Klaus Storck Explained

Klaus Storck
Birth Date:28 February 1928
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Death Place:Katowice, Poland
Education:
Occupation:
  • Cellist
  • Academic teacher
  • Music editor
Organisation:
Spouse:Helga Storck

Klaus Storck (11 February 1928 – 18 March 2011[1] [2] [3]) was a German cellist who appeared internationally as soloist and chamber musician. He also edited music for cello. He often appeared in a duo with his wife, the harpist Helga Storck, and composers wrote music for them.

Life

Storck was born in Berlin. He received his first cello lessons at the age of eight. After transferring to the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt,[4] [5] he studied there with Rudolf Metzmacher. From autumn 1946, Storck studied at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold with Hans Münch-Holland. He spent several years studying with Enrico Mainardi, on a scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.

Storck toured many countries as a soloist and chamber musician. He built an extensive classical and romantic repertoire He included pieces by lesser-known composers and works of contemporary music in his programs, such as Britten, Martin, Shostakovich, Genzmer, Bialas, Kagel, Baird and Medek, often in world premieres. His programs have been broadcast on radio and television, and he played extensively for recordings.[6] Storck's first recording of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata on original instruments, with Alfons Kontarsky playing hammerflügel,[7] received special international attention. His chamber music activities have included duos with his wife, the harpist Helga Storck.[8] [9] [10] [11] inspiring composers such as Harald Genzmer to write music for them.[12] He played with pianist Aya Ishihara, and formed the Klaviertrio Alfons Kontarsky, a piano trio with Alfons Kontarsky and violinist Saschko Gawriloff.[13]

Storck also worked as an editor of compositions for cello,[14] and wrote an arrangement of the Arpeggione Sonata for cello and piano, published by Bärenreiter.[15]

Storck was a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover[16] and the Musikhochschule München, as well as the head of a university class for cello at the Musikhochschule Köln from 1964 to 1971. From 1992 to 2003, he also taught a class of chamber music with harp at the Musikhochschule Weimar. He taught master classes all over the world, such as in summer 2007 in Sankt Paul im Lavanttal, and in April 2009 at the Musikhochschule Hannover and the .[17] [18] One of his sons is the surgeon and violist .[19] [20]

Storck died in Katowice at the age of 83. His grave is located at the Cologne South Cemetery (Flur 43).

Recordings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Hochschule trauert um Prof. Klaus Storck . Home . de . 24 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Authors: Klaus Storck. Schott Music . 24 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Focht . Josef . Storck, Klaus (1928–2011), Violoncellist – BMLO . Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online . 8 April 2012 . de . 24 August 2021.
  4. Book: Schniederjürgen, Axel . Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch 2006 . De Gruyter . 2010 . 978-3-11-095016-8 . 24 August 2021 . 462.
  5. Web site: Kurt Thomas # Zu den Kurt Thomas-Veranstaltungen in der Dreikönigskirche . Kurt Thomas . de . 24 August 2021.
  6. https://tidal.com/browse/artist/4079391 Klaus Storck
  7. https://www.audiophileusa.com/item.cfm?record=130836&c=1&kw=Classical Schubert / Klaus Storck / Hans-Martin Linde / Alfons Kontarsk – Arpeggione-Sonate D. 824 / Variationen D. 802
  8. News: Rudolph . Jack . Harp and Cello . 4 January 1970 . . Appleton, Wisconsin . . 64.
  9. Web site: Klaus & Helga Storck . Musikverein Vienna . de . 24 August 2021.
  10. News: Duo-Recital Storcks Set Friday . 22 October 1969 . . Tampa, Florida . . 51.
  11. https://www.helga-storck.de/en.html Helga Storck
  12. Web site: Genzmer-Sonate – Villa Musica Rheinland-Pfalz . Kammermusikführer . de . 24 August 2021.
  13. Encyclopedia: Fuhrmann . Peter . Lütteken . Laurenz . MGG Online . 2005 . Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart . Kontarsky, Alfons .
  14. Web site: Klaus Storck . Stretta Noten Shop . de . 24 August 2021.
  15. https://www.baerenreiter.com/en/shop/product/details/BA5685/ Schubert, Franz / Sonate a-Moll D 821 "Arpeggione" / Ausgabe für Violoncello und Klavier
  16. Book: Tadday, U. . MUSIK-KONZEPTE 184/185: Jürg Baur . edition text + kritik . MUSIK-KONZEPTE . 2019 . 978-3-86916-748-0 . de . 24 August 2021 . 139.
  17. Web site: Gedenkkonzert für Prof. Klaus Storck . Kyffhäuser Nachrichten . 25 April 2011 . de . 24 August 2021.
  18. Web site: Internationaler Meisterkurs startet . nnz-online . 6 April 2006 . de . 24 August 2021.
  19. http://www.wundverbund-mitteldeutschland.de/mitglieder/d82c8d1619ad8176d665453cfb2e55f0.pdf Lebenslauf Prof. Dr. Martin Storck
  20. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/klaus-storck-mn0002203923 Klaus Storck
  21. https://musicritic.net/albums/6CPthfqJSnGl4bdn6SFbiV Claudio Monteverdi / Vespro della Beata Vergine
  22. https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/M00000268770/CLASSICAL/Klaus-Storck Klaus Storck
  23. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7984693--schumann-complete-works-for-violoncello-and-piano Schumann – Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano

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