Alexander Rumpf
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| Alexander Rumpf | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 April 1928 Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 💀Died | 1 December 1989 (aged 61) Remscheid, Germany1 December 1989 (aged 61) |
| 💼 Occupation | Conductor |
| 📆 Years active | 1954–1980 |
Alexander Rumpf (8. April 1928 at Karlsruhe – 1 December 1980 at Remscheid) was a German conductor. He was a student of Herbert von Karajan. He is not related to the German conductor Alexander Rumpf, born in Stuttgart in 1958.[1]
Life and Work[edit]
Alexander Rumpf studied church music and conducting at the Badische Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe and privately with the German conductor Otto Matzerath.[1]
In 1954 he became a solo coach at the Pforzheim City Theater. In 1959 he completed training with Herbert von Karajan, as his assistant he worked from 1963 to 1964. In 1961 he became first conductor at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. In 1964 he became chief conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and in 1966 city music director in Remscheid. In 1971 he became general music director there.[1]
Introducing young people to Classical music was not only important to him in Remscheid. "His school concerts and, above all, the tried and tested workshop concerts were milestones in this endeavor."[2]
At the end of the 1970s, Alexander Rumpf fell seriously ill. As a result, guest conductors often had to be hired for the Remscheid Orchestra during this period, until Christoph Stepp, the former director of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz in Ludwigshafen, took over provisional leadership of the Remscheid Orchestra from August 1980. After the death of Alexander Rumpf, Stepp finally took over the management of the orchestra in August 1981.[3]
Literature[edit]
Alexander Rumpf. In: Carl Dahlhaus (ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon. 12., völlig neubearbeitete Auflage. Personenteil: L–Z, Ergänzungsband. Schott, Mainz 1975, p. 525.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Section after: Carl Dahlhaus: Alexander Rumpf. In: Riemann Musiklexikon. 12th edition. 1975.
- ↑ Jürgen Feld: Symphonie zum Abschied - 70 Jahre Remscheider Symphoniker gehen zu Ende. In: Geschichte und Heimat – Mitteilungsblatt des Bergischen Geschichtsverein. Remscheid Juli 1995. There some statements about the work of Alexander Rumpf in Remscheid and a photo as general music director in 1967. The two neighboring orchestras from Solingen and Remscheid were merged in 1995 to form the "Bergische Symphoniker".
- ↑ Ulrich Mutz, Christian Peiseler: Orchesterchef in unruhiger Zeit - Christoph Stepp (86), langjähriger Leiter der Remscheider Symphoniker, ist tot. In: RP Online (Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf), 8. Juli 2014. There the statements about the illness of Alexander Rumpf and the assumption of management from Christoph Stepp.
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