Peter Damm
Peter Damm ( born July 27, 1937 in Meiningen / Thuringia ) is a German horn player iR
Life
Peter Damm began his instrumental training with 11 years on the violin. First experiments on the French horn, he undertook in 1951 with Franz Nauber ( 1911-2001 ). After briefly working as a forestry apprentice before he studied with Karl Biehlig 1951-1957 at the Academy of Music Weimar horn.
In 1957 he was appointed as principal horn in the orchestra of the stages the city of Gera. From 1959 to 1969 he played in the same position at the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra under the direction of Franz Konwitschny, Václav Neumann and other famous conductors. From 1969 to 2002 the dam was a member of the Staatskapelle Dresden.
In addition, he was a professor of horn at the University of Music Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, led and leads international master classes, seminars and workshops in Europe, Japan and North America.
Dam is an honorary member of the International Horn Society, the Horn Society Bavaria and the Staatskapelle Dresden.
Recordings (selection)
- Johannes Brahms, Horn Trio in E flat major, Op 40, inter alia, Manfred Scherzer, Peter Damm, Amadeus Webersinke BERLIN CLASSICS 0031 852 BC noble society Hamburg
- Benjamin Britten, Serenade, Op 31, inter alia, Peter Schreier, Peter Damm, Slovak Chamber Orchestra, Bohdan Warchal CAMPION / RRCD 1313 Campion Records, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England
- Johannes Brahms, Horn Trio in E flat major, Op 40, inter alia, Josef Suk, Peter Damm, Werner Genuit ACANTA 43270 Fono Team Hamburg
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Horn Concertos Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Philips 422330-2
- Horn Concertos at the Saxon court of Johann Joachim Quantz, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Johann David Heinichen, Georg Philipp Telemann and Johann Friedrich Fasch - Peter Damm and Dieter Pansa play the descant along with the Capella Sagittariana, line Eduard Melkus BERLIN CLASSICS 0011 772 BC noble society Hamburg
Prices
- International Competition Moscow 1957
- 2nd Prize International Music Competition of the ARD in Munich 1960
- 2nd Prize International Competition of the Prague Spring Festival 1962
- First prize GDR Art Prize 1972
- National Prize of the GDR 1979
- Fritz Busch Award 1995
- Art Prize of the City of Dresden 1998