| Marie Luise Neunecker | |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Erbes-Büdesheim |
| Education: | Hochschule für Musik Köln |
| Organizations: | Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" |
Marie Luise Neunecker (born 17 July 1955) is a German horn player and professor at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".
Neunecker was born in Erbes-Büdesheim. She studied musicology and German studies. She completed her horn studies with 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 .[10]
| Year | Composer | Work | Conductor Orchestra | Format: Record label Catalogue number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | Horn Concertos 1–4 | Thomas Füri Camerata Bern | Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 030-0 | ||
| 1993 | Horn Concerto | Audio CD: CPO Cat: 999142-2 | |||
| 1993 | Horn Concerto, Op. 91 Horn Concertino | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1 | |||
| 1995 | Othmar 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 | |
| 1995 | Scherzino for horn and orchestra | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1489-2 H1[11] | |||
| 1999 | Horn Concertos 1–2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings | Ingo Metzmacher Bamberg Symphony | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 72435 56183-2 | ||
| 2002 | Hamburg Concerto | Audio CD: Teldec Cat: 8573 88263-2 |
| Year | Composer | Work | Ensemble | Format: Record label Catalogue number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ? | W.A. Mozart | Mannheimer String Quartet | Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 006-2 | ||
| 1993 | Reverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and piano | Paul Rivinius (piano) | Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1 | ||
| 1996 | Trio for violin, horn and piano | Saschko Gawriloff (violin) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) | Audio CD: Sony Classical Cat: SK62309[12] | ||
| 1996 | Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano) | Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: CDC556385 |