Siglind Bruhn

Siglind Bruhn ( born October 11, 1951 in Hamburg ) is a German musicologist and concert pianist.

Life

Siglind Bruhn grew up as the daughter of an engineer Ernst Bruhn and Bruhn interpreter Leonore, born Kieberger on in Hamburg. Even before graduating from high school in 1970, she studied for three semesters in the piano class of Eckart Besch at the Musikhochschule Hamburg, then in the master class of Vladimir Horbowski at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart; 1975 state exam music with a major in piano. She also explores occupied Romance languages ​​, comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Munich; 1976 Master of Arts with a thesis on the drama Ramón del Valle- Inclán. During this time she met her future husband, the philosopher Gerhold K. Becker know. In the years 1976-78 Siglind Bruhn wrote her first book, which combines the educational legacy of their teacher Horbowski with first own research. After another four years of professional work, she enrolled at the University of Vienna, where she graduated in the spring of 1985 with an interdisciplinary thesis in the fan connection music analysis and psychoanalysis summa cum laude. Two years later she followed her husband, who had now taken a job in Hong Kong, Asia and taught for six years at the University of Hong Kong. During her first sabbatical year 1993-1994, which she spent at the University of Michigan, USA, she was appointed to the local humanities research institute where she is now a research fellow for life.

Career

Awards

  • 2001 elected a full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • 2002 appointment as Distinguished Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Christianity and the Arts, University of Copenhagen
  • 2005 appointment as Chercheur invité at the Institut d' esthétique des arts contemporains the University of Paris I- Sorbonne
  • 2008 honorary doctorate ( Dr. phil hc. ) Växjö University - today: Linnaeus University - Sweden

Book publications ( German )

  • The art of musical design on the piano. Design criteria and design elements in Bach's and classical piano music. Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang, 1981 ISBN 978-3-8204-5878-7.
  • The musical representation of psychological reality in Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang, 1986 ISBN 978-3-8204-8951-4 - on Google.
  • Musical symbolism in Olivier Messiaen's Christmas vignettes. Hermeneutic- analytical studies of the Vingt Regards sur l' Enfant Jésus -. Frankfurt etc.: Peter Lang, 1997 ISBN 978-3-631-31097-7 - on Google.
  • The sounding Museum: 20th century music interpreted works of visual art. Waldkirch: Edition 2004 ISBN 3-938095-00-8 Gorz - Google.
  • Christ as an opera hero in the late 20th century. Waldkirch: Edition 2005 ISBN 3-938095-03-2 Gorz - Google.
  • Messiaen's musical language of faith: Theological symbolism in the piano cycles Visions de l' Amen and Vingt Regards sur l' Enfant Jésus -. Waldkirch: Edition 2006 ISBN 3-938095-04-0 Gorz - Google.
  • Olivier Messiaen, Troubadour: love and understanding musical symbolism in Poèmes pour Mi, Chants de terre et de ciel, Trois petites Liturgies de la présence divine, Harawi, Turangalîla Symphony and Cinq Rechants. Waldkirch: 2007 ISBN 978-3-938095-07-2 Edition Gorz - Google.
  • Messiaen's ' Summa Theologica ': Musical clues with Thomas Aquinas in La Transfiguration, and Saint François d'Assise Méditations. Waldkirch: 2008 ISBN 978-3-938095-09-6 Edition Gorz - Google.
  • Hindemith's great stage works. Hindemith Trilogy Volume I. Waldkirch: 2009 ISBN 978-3-938095-11-9 Edition Gorz - Google.
  • Hindemith's great vocal works. Hindemith Trilogy Volume II Waldkirch: 2010 ISBN 978-3-938095-14-0 Edition Gorz - Google.
  • Hindemith's great instrumental works. Hindemith Trilogy Volume III. Waldkirch: 2012 ISBN 978-3-938095-15-7 Edition Gorz.
  • The music of Jörg Widmann. Waldkirch: 2013 ISBN 978-3-938095-16-4 Edition Gorz.

English book publications here

Publishing activities

As co-author of published collections of essays

  • Messiaen 's Language of Mystical Love. New York: Garland 1998 ISBN 0-8153-2747-1 - on Google.
  • Encrypted Messages in Alban Berg 's Music. New York: Garland 1998 ISBN 0-8153-2480-4 - on Google.
  • Signs in Musical Hermeneutic [The American Journal of Semiotics 13/1-4 ], 1998. ISSN 0277-7126
  • Voicing the Ineffable: Musical Representations of Religious Experience. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press 2002 ISBN 1-57647-089- X - with Google.
  • Sonic Transformations of Literary Texts: From Program Music to Musical Ekphrasis. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press, 2008 ISBN 1-57647-140-3.
  • Since 2000, care of the published in Pendragon Press book series " Interplay: Music in Interdisciplinary Dialogue" (along with Magnar Breivik, University of Trondheim, Norway) - Interplay

Concerts

First piano recitals and solo appearances with orchestras from the age of 14. Since then, concerts as a soloist and in various chamber music ensembles in 23 countries on all continents, radio recordings with the most western Germany and several foreign radio stations.

  • Maurice Ravel: Histoires Naturelles, Modest Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death. Cornelia Kallisch, mezzo- soprano; Siglind Bruhn, piano. LM -M E 2011 (1984).
  • Paul Hindemith: Five Sonatas for String Instruments and Piano. [ a] Andrew Jennings, violin; [b ] Yizhak Schotten, viola; [c ] Bruce Smith, viola d' amore; [ d] Anthony Elliott, cello; [e ] Derek Weller, bass; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [ a], [ c ], [ e], Katherine Collier [b ], Anton Nel [ d]. Equilibrium 1995.
  • Paul Hindemith: Five Sonatas for Woodwind Instruments and Piano. [ a] Leone Buyse, flute; [b ] Harry Sargous, oboe; [c ] Fred Ormand, clarinet; [ d] Harry Sargous, English horn; [e ] Richard Beene, bassoon; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [ a], [ b], [ e], Anton Nel [c ], [ d]. Equilibrium 1995.
  • Paul Hindemith: Five Sonatas for Brass Instruments and Piano. [ a] Charles Darval, trumpet; [b ] Bryan Kennedy, horn; [c ] Charles Darval, Alto; [ d] H. Dennis Smith, trumpet; [e ] Fritz Kaenzig, tuba; Piano: Siglind Bruhn, [ a], [ b], [ e], Robert Conway [c ], Anton Nel [ d]. Equilibrium 1996.
  • Paul Hindemith: Ludus tonalis and number of small pieces. Siglind Bruhn, piano. Equilibrium 1996.

Since 2007 she has organized in the southwestern German city of Waldkirch the chamber concerts " On Bruck forest ".

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