Gerold Huber Explained
Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers.
Career
Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the German: [[Hochschule für Musik und Theater München]], piano with Friedemann Berger and Lied accompaniment ("German: Liedgestaltung") with Helmut Deutsch. Together with the singer Christian Gerhaher he attended a master class with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin.
Huber forms a duo with Christian Gerhaher and has also accompanied singers such as Ruth Ziesak, Franz-Josef Selig, Bernarda Fink, Cornelia Kallisch and Diana Damrau. He is the pianist of the "Liedertafel" founded in 2002 of James Taylor, Christian Elsner, Michael Volle and Franz-Josef Selig and has appeared with the Artemis Quartet.
At the Rheingau Musik Festival 2010 he accompanied Christian Gerhaher in a Gustav Mahler program of German: [[Rückert-Lieder|Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit]] (Seven Songs of Latter Days) and from German: [[Das Lied von der Erde]] the movements German: Der Einsame im Herbst (The lonely one in Autumn) and German: Der Abschied (The Farewell).
Awards
- 2006 Gramophone Award 2006 for "German: Abendbilder" with Christian Gerhaher
- 2004 German Phono Prize Echo Klassik in the category "German: Liedeinspielung" with Christian Gerhaher for German: [[Die Schöne Müllerin]] by Schubert
- 2002 German Phono Prize "Echo Klassik" in the category "German: Liedeinspielung" with Christian Gerhaher for German: [[Winterreise]] by Schubert
- 2001 German: Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb Johann Sebastian Bach Saarbrücken
- 1998 Prix International Pro Musicis Paris/New York with Christian Gerhaher
Recordings
- Ludwig van Beethoven: German: Fantasie H-Dur, 6 Bagatellen, Sonate F-Dur, Russki Record München
- Johannes Brahms: German: [[Vier ernste Gesänge]], Franz Schubert: German: Gesänge des Harfners and various German: Lieder, Frank Martin: German: Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann, Christian Gerhaher, Arte Nova, August 2002
- Joseph Haydn: German: Canzonetten, Ruth Ziesak, Capriccio [1]
- Erich Kästner / Edmund Nick: German: Rezept zum Glücklichsein, chansons, Susanne Brantl, Russki Record München
- Erich Kästner / Edmund Nick: German: Das Leben ohne Zeitverlust, chansons, Susanne Brantl, Russki Record München
- Gustav Mahler: German: [[Kindertotenlieder]], Christian Gerhaher, German: [[Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen]], Hyperion Ensemble, Arte Nova, February 2003
- Franz Schubert: German: [[Die Schöne Müllerin]], Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: German: [[Winterreise]], Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: German: [[Schwanengesang]], Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: German: Abendbilder (various Lieder), Christian Gerhaher, RCA, January 2006
- Franz Schubert: German: Lieder, Bernarda Fink, Harmonia Mundi
- Robert Schumann: German: Melancholie - [[Liederkreis, Op. 39|Liederkreis op. 39]] und gemischte Lieder, Christian Gerhaher, RCA, March 2008[2]
- Robert Schumann: German: [[Dichterliebe]] und gemischte Lieder, Christian Gerhaher, RCA, October 2004[3]
- Terezín|Theresienstadt, Lieder by Victor Ullmann and others, Anne Sofie von Otter, Christian Gerhaher, Deutsche Grammophon, 2007
- German: Liedertafel, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Silcher, "Liedertafel", ORFEO http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=101024
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.naxos.com/reviews/reviewslist.asp?catalogueid=C5025&languageid=EN HAYDN, F.J.: Lieder (Ziesak, Huber)
- http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/June08/Gerhaher_88697168172.htm Melancholie - Lieder von Robert Schumann
- http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=93565 Schumann: Dichterliebe
