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Home Alexander Order Coats-of-Arms Articles ... Spiritual Corner The Pianist Wilhelm Kempff is dead The friend of Leonard Bernstein died at 95 He played often in the United States By B. John Zavrel Munich - The famous pianist Wilhelm Kempff has died at the age of 95 in Positano, Italy. The city government announced the death of the piano virtuoso on Friday, May 24, 1991. Kempff still performed at the age of 80 with his friend Leonard Bernstein in New York City. The friendship between the two has developed after the Second World War. Bernstein praised the German: "He is one of the most interesting personalities I ever met in my life." After 1945 Kempff lived in Ammerland near Munich. His adopted home became the Italian town Positano near Naples, where he suffered a stroke. Kempff was a pianist with an unmistakable, unique touch. His interpretations of piano works of the classic and romantic styles were always stamped with a highly personal style. With the pianist Cortot, also Kempff played at the opening of a great art exhibition of his friend Arno Breker in the Orangerie in Paris in 1942 in front of an international audience. Kempff is immortalized in a magnificent bronze bust by Breker. Kempff grew up in Potsdam, studied music in Berlin and received there a thorough education as a pianist. Already in the 20's he began with an extensive touring activity which took him around the world. He performed in Japan as well as in South America and in the United States. To his friends belonged Eugen d'Albert, Georg Kulenkampff, Edwin Fischer and the legendary pianistin Elly Ney. Together with Roger Peyrefitte, Ernst Fuchs, Ronald Reagan, Dr. Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Salvador Dali and other personalities, also Kempff belonged to the Order of Alexander the Great for Science and Art.

11. Wilhelm Kempff - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia wilhelm kempff (November 25, 1895 – May 23, 1991) was a German pianist and composer . Considered one of the greatest pianists of 20th century, kempff is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Kempff

Wilhelm Kempff From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wilhelm Kempff November 25 May 23 ) was a German pianist and composer Kempff was born in J¼terbog Germany and studied in Berlin and Potsdam . He toured widely throughout contintental Europe and much of the rest of the world, but did not make his first London appearance until 1951, and did not play in New York until 1964. He died in Positano Italy Considered one of the greatest pianists of 20th century, Kempff is celebrated today for his recordings of Schumann Brahms Schubert Mozart ... Chopin and particularly, of Ludwig van Beethoven . He recorded over a period of some sixty years. Kempff was among the first to record the complete Sonatas of Franz Schubert long before these works became popular. He also recorded two celebrated sets of the complete Beethoven sonatas , one in mono and the other in early stereo. Kempff also played chamber music with Yehudi Menuhin and Pierre Fournier among others. Particularly famous are the recordings of the complete Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano with Menuhin. A lesser known activity of Kempff was also composing. He composed for almost every genre. His second symphony was premiered in 1929 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus by

12. MUSIC Wilhelm Kempff And Ataturk of Ataturk and the German/Prussian concert pianist wilhelm kempff. kempff (18951991) was a brilliant pianist was never a party member of the http://wais.stanford.edu/Music/music_WilhelmKempffAtaturk(0125

Back to Index MUSIC: Wilhelm Kempff and Ataturk Christopher Jones writes: "In our discussion of music and noise, I forgot to mention the example of Ataturk and the German/Prussian concert pianist Wilhelm Kempff. In 1927, Kempff visited Ankara and was introduced to Mustapha Kemal who underscored to Kempff the importance of his reforms to create a modern Turkish state on the ashes of the old Ottoman empire. Ataturk told Kempff that every great movement in human history has to be accompanied by music if it is to succeed. Kempff, who was probably the greatest living expert in the music of L.v. Beethoven, said that real music is polyphonic and advised Ataturk on the right music to accompany the foundation of the Turkish republic. Kempff (1895-1991) was a brilliant pianist was never a party member of the National Socialists". RH: Ataturk's revolution more or less succeeded, but I know nothing about the music which accompanied it. Kempff's premise seems self-serving and flawed. Islam succeeded without music, although in my travels through Arab countries I heard a lot of noise passed off as music. Ronald Hilton Webmaster

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14. WILHELM KEMPFF DISCOGRAPHY, By Frank Forman And wilhelm kempff and wilhelm Backhaus are two German pianists whose differencesvery much To this I should add that the pianist also joins in quietly, http://www.trovar.com/Kempff.html

Wilhelm Kempff by Frank Forman Version 2, 1995 May 27. Version 1 was 1990 November. The Quiet Pianist We often call opposite things which are very much alike. Thus both Protestants and Catholics are Christians and both liberalism and conservatism are Western political philosophies. And Wilhelm Kempff and Wilhelm Backhaus are two German pianists whose differences very much complement each other. Backhaus' playing can be characterized as a masculine carving of solid granite. Yet within this huge, rugged framework, Backhaus is a subtle interpreter. He plays, it might be said, from the outside in. You might say he is the loudest of pianists, even in the quietest passages, because he plays with the most authority. Kempff is the opposite, or as it might be better put, the complement of Backhaus in German piano playing. With Kempff, it is not the loudness but the quiet that one hears. There is a *suspended* *tension*, a calm, and a holding back between each note and the next. Under Backhaus' playing there is a feeling of inevitable movement; with Kempff's an unfolding. He plays, as it were, from the inside out. The best example of this is the beginning of the last movement of the Waldstein Sonata of Beethoven (especially the 1951-2 monophonic LP recording). The pensive second movement has just ended, and what will become the stormy finale is quietly beginning. The volume and speed gradually pick up; but, no, Beethoven hesitates and begins quietly again again, before moving up and down still more until the work's triumphant end. Kempff keeps us suspended throughout, no matter how well we think we know the music. This is a supreme instance of his use of silence: the spaces between the notes count as much as the notes themselves.

15. "Fanfare" Interview Famed pianist wilhelm kempff died May 23 1991 at the age of 95. For many yearshe invited pianists to his home in Positano, Italy for a series of summer http://www.madeleineforte.com/Kempff.html

A Summer with Wilhelm Kempff by Madeleine Hsu [Forte] as reprinted in Clavier, October 1991 Famed pianist Wilhelm Kempff died May 23 [1991] at the age of 95. For many years he invited pianists to his home in Positano, Italy for a series of summer master classes devoted to Beethoven. Madeleine Hsu [Forte] participated in the 1963 session; her diary of that summer, translated by Christina Petrowsky, appeared in the January 1970 issue of Clavier and is reprinted here with minor corrections. Thursday, June 20 "Positano!" In a deep and musical voice, the captain of the vaporetto announces to the passengers their arrival in paradise. The dream is over, surpassed by reality. A few meters from the shore, the vaporetto deposits us and our luggage into a small boat; the savage beauty of the Italian village is encrusted jealously between two rocks. Positano rises to a peak, all pink, yellow, green, and white, especially toward the western part of the beach. To the east, toward Amalfi, live the shepherds. A few villas are nestled there in solitude, among them Casa Virgilio and Casa Orfeo, domains of Wilhelm Kempff. He lives there for a portion of the summer with his family. I won't disturb his rest today; I'll wait until the first class. Zagoruiko met him here five or six years ago. I have an advantage over him: I was 12 years old when I met him, with emotion, for the first time. The morning after his recital I had to take my last exam in natural science. I was living in a village then, and after traveling all night, protozoa and other microcosmic inhabitants were far from my mind as I struggled before my blank sheet, against sleep and memory of Kempff's subtle harmonies.

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01. Home 02. About 03. Archives 04. Photos ... Wilhelm Kempff Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 Description: Beauty of tone, clarity of texture, and graceful phrasing were the hallmarks of his playing, and they are much in evidence in the recordings gathered here. As in volume I and volume II of the Great Pianists series devoted to Kempff's artistry, the selection of repertoire for this two-CD set was made by Alfred Brendel, and it shows Kempff for the most part in splendid form. The Mozart concerto is vibrantly played, the two Beethoven sonatas and rondo dispatched with energy and the kind of spiritual elation that comes only from a deep affinity with the music. There is evidence aplenty of Kempff's extraordinary earas in the opening solo passage of the Mozart concerto, when he corrects for a slightly too-strong high C in the very next figure. He brings remarkable inner-voice detail to the Brahms and the Schumann, without sacrificing thrust in the former or a singing line in the latter. Ted Libbey Spotlight customer reviews Customer Rating: Summary: Naturalness, spontaneity and exactitude!

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Thursday 1st July 2004 Victoria Concert Hall Singapore International Piano Festival J.S. BACH-Wilhelm KEMPFF Siliciano (From Flute Sonata in E. BWV 1031) J.S. BACH-Wilhelm KEMPFF Chorale Jesu, bleibet meine Freude J.S. BACH-Wilhelm KEMPFF Chorale Preludes: Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit (BWV307) Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein (BWV 734) Frederic CHOPIN Four Impromptus Ballade No.1 in G minor Sergei RACHMANINOFF Gyorgy Sandor LIGETI Three Etudes Igor STRAVINSKY The Firebird (Selections) Idil BIRET piano OVERALL NOISE RATING: 3 (Phone ringing in the second subject of the Ballade. ARGH) The Noise Rating Index is a partially-objective measurement of pager and handphone blasts, 9pm and 10pm watch beeps, coughing-during-the-pianissimo-bits, intra-audience conversation and other mind-bogglingly inept noises emitted in the concert hall during actual performance of music. It is measured on a scale of to 5, in increasing annoyance. This review has been kindly sponsored by the Singapore International Piano Festival Read reviews for all 4 nights!

18. Kempff Complete 1950s Concertos [CH]: Classical CD Reviews- Apr 2003 MusicWeb(UK wilhelm kempff (piano), orchestras, conductors, dates and locations as above the treble in this transfer would clearly have done the pianist no favours. http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/Apr03/Kempff_box.htm

Your clickable banner could be here: details If you cannot see an advert click here. MusicWeb is not a subscription site and it is these advertisers that pay for it. Please visit their sites regularly to see if anything might interest you. Purchasing from them keeps MusicWeb free. Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger MusicWeb International is now partnering for World-wide FREE postage on CD purchases and for downloads. Wilhelm KEMPFF: The Complete 1950s Concerto Recordings Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART Piano Concertos: 9 in E flat K.271, 15 in B flat K.450 Recorded September 1953, Victoria Hall, Geneva Ludwig van BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos: 1 in C op. 15, 2 in B flat op. 19, 3 in c op. 37, 4 in G op. 58, 5 in E flat op. 73 – "Emperor" Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Paul van Kempen Recorded 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27, 29 May 1953, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin Robert SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in a op. 54

19. Bach Transcriptions Kempff [JW]: Classical Reviews- May2002 MusicWeb(UK) wilhelm kempff, piano Recorded 1976 ELOQUENCE DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 6242 79.20 Hewitt, maybe the greatest Bach pianist of our day, paid eloquent http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2002/May02/Bach_Kempff.htm

Your clickable banner could be here: details If you cannot see an advert click here. MusicWeb is not a subscription site and it is these advertisers that pay for it. Please visit their sites regularly to see if anything might interest you. Purchasing from them keeps MusicWeb free. Classical Editor: Rob Barnett Founder Len Mullenger J S BACH Favourite Piano Transcriptions Transcriptions by Wilhelm Kempff Chorale Prelude Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland Chorale Prelude Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit Flute Sonata No 2 – Sicilienne Organ Chorale Prelude Befiehl du deine Wege Jesu joy of man’s desiring Chorale Prelude In dulci jubilo Cantata Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir Chorale Prelude Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1056 –Largo Chorale Prelude Ich ruf zu hir, Herr Jesu Christ Christoph Willibald GLUCK Ballet music from Orfeo ed Euridice Georg Friedrich HANDEL Minuet in G minor HWV 434 No 1 J S BACH English Suite No 3 BWV 808 French Suite No 5 BWV 816 Wilhelm Kempff, piano

20. Montreal International Musical Competition ‘An outstanding organist and pianist with an original and individual style,’ wilhelm kempff died at his home there on 23 May 1991; his wife Helene von http://www.jeunessesmusicales.com/piano2004/en/actualites/entrevue/0518.asp

Wilhelm Kempf: Majestic poet This article first appeared in International Piano magazine, May/June 2004, issue 33. Author: Christopher Breunig. Orpheus Publications Ltd/Newsquest Magazines. Subscribe at: www.pianomagazine.com/cmw_subscribe.htm To read the PDF version of the article click here G REAT PIANISTS Christopher Breunig reappraises the unique artistry of celebrated German virtuoso, Wilhelm Kempff His face fills the screen. You notice the shaving cut on his cheek, the skin pigmentation dots that come with old age. Listening intently, sometimes he glances down; just as often he’s looking up, much as a man might watching the circling of gulls over the sea’s edge. When the music moves into more adventurous harmonies, an expression almost of concern crosses Kempff’s face. The medium, of course, is the DVD: a carrier of increasing, repeatable delight to the pianophile as archive material comes into the public domain. (Who could forget, for instance, the historic clip of Horowitz’s hands, uniquely curved, flickering over the keys – part of Warner’s Art of Piano?) Beethoven was central to his art: the Hammerklavier won him the Mendelssohn Prize as a student of Heinrich Barth (also Artur Rubinstein’s teacher); he played the Fourth Concerto under Nikisch when making his Berlin Philharmonic debut in 1918; the Ecossaise, WoO86, and C major Bagatelle, Op.33 No.5, were his first recordings, made in Berlin in 1920, where apparently he mutters ‘Donnerwetter!’ after a finger-slip in Op.33. He began to record the sonatas on shellac from 1929, later completing two LP cycles, mono and stereo, for Deutsche Grammophon, but his 78rpm sets lacked Nos.3, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 28. The instruments were by Bechstein and Grotrian-Steinweg.

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