Harpist Gabriele Emde began performing contemporary music by exceptional 20th century artists in the early 80s; in this collection recorded from 1985 to 1987 she presents one of Cage's "Landscape" pieces, a major work by Hans Otte, and several short pieces by Lou Harrison.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2015 Country: Germany Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold w/ Booklet Track 1 recorded at WDR in Koln, Germany on October 30th, 1986 by Otto Georg Fries.
Tracks 2-6 recorded at Cornet-Studio in Koln-Junkersdorf, Germany on December 15th, 1985 by Wolfgang Hirschmann.
Tracks 7-10 recorded at WDR in Koln, Germany on Janurary 27th, 1987.
"Gabriele Emde-Hauffe was born in 1953 in Darmstadt. She received a humanistic education at a local grammar school in Darmstadt and started studying the harp after her A-levels first in Darmstadt and finished later in Cologne. Conducted by Peter Eotvos she worked out modern chamber music and modern improvisation by J. G. Fritsch and V. Globokar.
Passing her exams in 1980 and 1981, she continued her studies of musical science at Cologne University based on her thesis "The Harp between Myth and Reality". From 1981 to 1983 she was a member of "Die Junge Deutsche Philharmonie" and of "Ensemble Modern", collaborated on productions of contemporary music with "Ensemble-Koln" and "Ensemble 13" as well as "NDR-Symphonieorchester Hamburg". She performed the solo harp at various international festivals, among them many premieres, international radio, TV and record productions. By invitation of the Goethe-Institute, she went on a tour of North America in 1982 presenting Walter Zimmermann's works and excelled in concerts in South Korea.
Gabriele Emde-Hauffe has been performing contemporary music by Berio, Boulez, Cage, Globokar, N. A. Huber, Schoenberg, Stockhausen, Webern, I. Yun, B. A. Zimmermann and W. Zimmermann. Until 1992 she taught harp classes in Cologne and Dusseldorf. Since 1991 she has been teaching her private harp class in Darmstadt."-Edition RZ
Includes 20 page booklet with text in English and German.