Otto Sauter

Otto Sauter ( born June 23, 1961 in Tengen, Baden- Württemberg ) is a German trumpeter specializing Baroque music and piccolo trumpet.

Life

At the age of four years, he received his first trumpet lessons. At age 16, he began studying with Claude Rippas at the Conservatory of Winterthur. He later acquired in 1984 a teaching and orchestral diploma and one year of the soloist's diploma. After graduation he pursued further studies with Bo Nilsson in Malmö / Sweden and Pierre Thibaud in Paris.

From 1988 to 1998, he was appointed principal trumpet in the Philharmonic State Orchestra in Bremen. In 1991 he founded the annual International Trumpet Days Bremen ( concerts, for example, Maurice André, Montserrat Caballé, Ray Charles) and 1994 International Trumpet Academy Bremen. In 1988 he was appointed to the University of the Arts in Bremen. 1995 brought him the Toho Gakuen School for Music in Tokyo, and the Universidad Metropolitana de Santiago visiting professorships.

In December 1995, Otto Sauter played with the Philharmonia Orchestra in London at St. James Palace in the presence of Prince Charles. In 1998, he guested on the occasion of the founding of the " German Society for the restoration of the Vatican art treasures " in the Vatican. He also played in August 2000 before Pope John Paul II accompanied by the Philharmonia Hungarica during the " Festa Musica Pro Mundo VNO ." 2001, he has performed with the China National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Muhai Tang, in the " Forbidden City " in Beijing.

For EMI Classics he started his concerts approximately 600 works of comprehensive music collection of lost compositions of baroque and early classical masters such as A. Scarlatti, G. Reutter or J. M. Molter, einzuspielen as world premiere recordings. To expand the repertoire of contemporary original literature for piccolo trumpet it are works commissioned for example, Julien- François Zbinden, Harald Genzmer and Jan Koetsier. In 2004, he presented three world premieres of works by Czech composer Juraj Filas, including two at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn and the " Concerto for Piccolo Trumpet and Symphony Orchestra " performed with the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra and " Appassionate " Piccolo Trumpet organ.

In 2008 he gave the premiere of the new trumpet concerto for piccolo trumpet and symphony orchestra by Mikis Theodorakis, the Greek composer who has written for Otto Sauter, in a ring - premiere at the Philharmonie in Cologne and Berlin (directed by Gert Hof / Arrangement Robert Gulya ). In 2004, he opened as artistic director of the " Wartburg festival". Initiated in 2005 Otto Sauter international choir and music festival " Musica Sacra a Roma" in Rome and the Vatican under the auspices of Cardinal Paul Poupard.

In 2007 he initiated as artistic director of the Little Amadeus Live children's concert series with around 70 concerts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in cooperation with the animated series of KI.KA, ARD and ZDF, which was awarded the "Echo Klassik" for children.

In 1991, Otto Sauter, the ensemble " Ten of the Best " with ten trumpet players, bass, drums and piano. In August 2001 they played at the opening of the arena Aufschalke. In 2006, the ensemble during the "Play Time Live City Concert Tour", the Germany -wide music festival as part of the FIFA World Cup in 2006, supported by the Organising Committee 2006 FIFA World Cup, 16 concerts.

Social Commitment

In favor of the 50th anniversary of UNICEF Germany in 2003, he initiated a series of concerts in German churches and cathedrals, as well as the opening gala of the sheep farm festivals for UNICEF by Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff. In Singen am Hohentwiel he gave benefit concerts, among others with Montserrat Caballé and Bobby McFerrin for the Otto Sauter Relief Fund. On the occasion of the Mozart Year 2006, he initiated the " Little Amadeus action" in German primary schools with producer Peter Will the eponymous TV series.

Discography

• Rendez- Vous Royal I - Trumpet & Organ, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Christian Schmitt ( organ)
• Rendez- Vous II Royal - Trumpet & Organ, World Premiere Recordings *, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Christian Schmitt (organ ), Franz Wagner Meyer ( second trumpet )
• DVD to Telemann CD box, from the Schwetzingen Castle, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Electoral Palatinate Chamber Orchestra, Nicol Matt (Conductor)
• The Trumpet in Salzburg (CD 1 /2), Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Franz Wagner Meyer ( second trumpet ), Capella Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics )
• The trumpet in Vienna (CD 1 /2), Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Franz Wagner Meyer ( second trumpet ), Capella Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (Brilliant Classics )
• Johann Melchior Molter Trumpet Concertos Complete (ca. 1695-1765 ) (2 CD BOX), Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), CAPPELLA Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (Conductor ), Franz Wagner Meyer ( second trumpet ) (Brilliant Classics )
• The complete works for trumpet and orchestra of Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) ( 4 CD BOX), Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), CAPPELLA Istropolitana, Nicol Matt (Conductor ), Franz Wagner Meyer ( second trumpet ) (Brilliant Classics )
• World of Baroque V, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Maki Mori (soprano), Philharmonic State Orchestra Hall, conductor Marcus Bosch ( EMI Classics )
• World of Baroque IV, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), David Timm (organ) (EMI Classics )
• World of Baroque III, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), David Timm (organ) (EMI Classics )
• World of Baroque II, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Cappella Istropolitana, Volker Schmidt -Gert Bach ( Conductor) (EMI Classics )
• World of Baroque I, Otto Sauter ( solo piccolo trumpet ), Cappella Istropolitana, Volker Schmidt -Gert Bach ( Conductor) (EMI Classics )
• Contrasts for trumpets, Anthony Plog, Otto Sauter, Bo Nilsson, Urban Agnas, Claes Strömblad, Howard Snell ( line )
• Ten of the Best & Friends, Sting guitarist Dominic Miller, Mike Lindup Level 42 Leyboarder, Sting percussionist Rhani Krija
• Play Time Live - Pop Classics, Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best & Nürnberger Symphoniker, István Dénés (Conductor)
• Ten of the Best - Live in Concert, Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best
• Christmas Melodies, Otto Sauter & Ten of the Best ( EMI Classics )