Marie-Luise Neunecker

Marie Luise Neunecker (born 17 July 1955) is a German horn player and professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".

Marie-Luise Neunecker, 2011

Professional career

Neunecker was born in Erbes-Büdesheim. She studied musicology and German studies.

She completed her horn studies with Erich Penzel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1978 she started her career at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt as second horn. In 1979 she was appointed principal horn with the Bamberg Symphony, and from 1981 to 1989 she held the same position with the hr-Sinfonieorchester. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras worldwide, and is also active as a chamber music player.

In 1986 she won first prize at the Concert Artists Guild international competition in New York.[1]

In 1988 she was appointed professor at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and in 2004 she was appointed professor of horn at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".[2]

Volker David Kirchner dedicated his Orfeo for baritone, horn and piano on poems from Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus to her, premiered on 6 May 1988 in Karlsruhe with Hermann Becht and Nina Tichman.[3]

György Ligeti dedicated to her his Hamburg Concerto, which she premiered on 20 January 2001 in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble.[4] She also recorded the work for Teldec's Ligeti Project series.[5][6]

Recordings include works by Britten, Hindemith, Mozart and Richard Strauss and also lesser known repertory, such as horn concertos by Reinhold Glière, Paul Hindemith,[7] Othmar Schoeck, and Vissarion Shebalin; three works for horn and piano by Alexander Glazunov; Poème by Charles Koechlin; and the concerto for violin, horn and orchestra by Ethel Smyth.[8][9]

She has served on the jury of The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments.[10]

Discography

Concertante works
YearComposerWorkConductor
Orchestra
Format: Record label
Catalogue number
?W.A. MozartHorn Concertos 1-4Thomas Füri
Camerata Bern		Audio CD: Novalis
Cat: 150 030-0
1993Paul HindemithHorn ConcertoWerner Andreas Albert
Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt		Audio CD: CPO
Cat: 999142-2[7]
1993Reinhold Glière
Vissarion Shebalin		Horn Concerto, Op. 91
Horn Concertino		Werner Andreas Albert
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[9]
1995Othmar Schoeck
Charles Koechlin
Ethel Smyth		Horn Concerto, Op. 65
Poème for horn and orchestra, Op. 70b
Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra		Uri Mayer
NDR Radiophilharmonie		Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-6412-2 H1[8]
1995Max RegerScherzino for horn and orchestraHorst Stein
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1489-2 H1[11]
1999Richard Strauss
Benjamin Britten		Horn Concertos 1-2
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings		Ingo Metzmacher
Bamberg Symphony		Audio CD: EMI Classics
Cat: 72435 56183-2
2002György LigetiHamburg ConcertoReinbert de Leeuw
Asko Ensemble		Audio CD: Teldec
Cat: 8573 88263-2

Chamber music
YearComposerWorkEnsembleFormat: Record label
Catalogue number
?W.A. MozartQuintet for horn and strings, KV 407Mannheimer String QuartetAudio CD: Novalis
Cat: 150 006-2
1993Alexander GlazunovReverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and pianoPaul Rivinius (piano)Audio CD: Koch/Schwann
Cat: 3-1357-2 H1[9]
1996György LigetiTrio for violin, horn and pianoSaschko Gawriloff (violin)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)		Audio CD: Sony Classical
Cat: SK62309

Notes
  1. "Past competition winners". Concert Artists Guild. 2010. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  2. "Marie Luise Neunecker". Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  3. "Vocal Music" (PDF). Schott. 2008. p. 27. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  4. "Hamburg Concerto". Schott Music. 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  5. "The Ligeti Project". Warner Classics. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  6. Andrew Clements (2 May 2003). "Ligeti: Hamburg Concerto; Double Concerto; Ramifications; Requiem". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2010. The solo horn part in the Hamburg Concerto is mind-bogglingly difficult, yet Marie-Louise Neunecker makes light of every challenge.
  7. "Hindemith: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 3". ArkivMusic. 2001. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  8. Rob Barnett (1999). "Three Works for French Horn and Orchestra". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  9. Rob Barnett (2000). "Russian Horn Concertos". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  10. "Marie-Luise Neunecker". The Aeolus International Competition. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  11. Rob Barnett (1999). "Max Reger Edition - Orchestral Works". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
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