Gerold Huber
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{{short description|German classical pianist (born 1969)}}
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Gerold Huber (born 1969) is a German classical pianist, best known as the regular duo partner of baritone Christian Gerhaher and accompanist of other singers.
Career
Born in Straubing, Huber studied on a scholarship at the {{lang|de|Hochschule für Musik und Theater München}}, piano with Friedemann Berger and Lied accompaniment ("{{lang|de|Liedgestaltung}}") with Helmut Deutsch. Together with the singer Christian Gerhaher he attended a master class with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in Berlin.
Huber forms a duo with Christian Gerhaher and has also accompanied singers such as Ruth Ziesak, Franz-Josef Selig, Bernarda Fink, Cornelia Kallisch and Diana Damrau. He is the pianist of the "Liedertafel" founded in 2002 of James Taylor, Christian Elsner, Michael Volle and Franz-Josef Selig and has appeared with the Artemis Quartet.
At the Rheingau Musik Festival 2010 he accompanied Christian Gerhaher in a Gustav Mahler program of {{lang|de|Sieben Lieder aus letzter Zeit}} (Seven Songs of Latter Days) and from {{lang|de|Das Lied von der Erde}} the movements {{lang|de|Der Einsame im Herbst}} (The lonely one in Autumn) and {{lang|de|Der Abschied}} (The Farewell).
Awards
- 2006 Gramophone Award 2006 for "{{lang|de|Abendbilder}}" with Christian Gerhaher
- 2004 German Phono Prize Echo Klassik in the category "{{lang|de|Liedeinspielung}}" with Christian Gerhaher for {{lang|de|Die Schöne Müllerin}} by Schubert
- 2002 German Phono Prize "Echo Klassik" in the category "{{lang|de|Liedeinspielung}}" with Christian Gerhaher for {{lang|de|Winterreise}} by Schubert
- 2001 {{lang|de|Internationaler Klavierwettbewerb Johann Sebastian Bach Saarbrücken}}
- 1998 Prix International Pro Musicis Paris/New York with Christian Gerhaher
Recordings
- Ludwig van Beethoven: {{lang|de|Fantasie H-Dur, 6 Bagatellen, Sonate F-Dur}}, Russki Record München
- Johannes Brahms: {{lang|de|Vier ernste Gesänge}}, Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Gesänge des Harfners}} and various {{lang|de|Lieder}}, Frank Martin: {{lang|de|Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann}}, Christian Gerhaher, Arte Nova, August 2002
- Joseph Haydn: {{lang|de|Canzonetten}}, Ruth Ziesak, Capriccio [http://www.naxos.com/reviews/reviewslist.asp?catalogueid=C5025&languageid=EN HAYDN, F.J.: Lieder (Ziesak, Huber)] review by Phil Muse, Audio Video Club of Atlanta, October 2009
- Erich Kästner / Edmund Nick: {{lang|de|Rezept zum Glücklichsein}}, chansons, Susanne Brantl, Russki Record München
- Erich Kästner / Edmund Nick: {{lang|de|Das Leben ohne Zeitverlust}}, chansons, Susanne Brantl, Russki Record München
- Gustav Mahler: {{lang|de|Kindertotenlieder}}, Christian Gerhaher, {{lang|de|Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen}}, Hyperion Ensemble, Arte Nova, February 2003
- Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Die Schöne Müllerin}}, Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Winterreise}}, Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Schwanengesang}}, Christian Gerhaher, ARTE NOVA
- Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Abendbilder}} (various Lieder), Christian Gerhaher, RCA, January 2006
- Franz Schubert: {{lang|de|Lieder}}, Bernarda Fink, Harmonia Mundi
- Robert Schumann: {{lang|de|Melancholie - Liederkreis op. 39 und gemischte Lieder}}, Christian Gerhaher, RCA, March 2008[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/June08/Gerhaher_88697168172.htm Melancholie - Lieder von Robert Schumann] review of Jens F. Laurson, June 2008
- Robert Schumann: {{lang|de|Dichterliebe und gemischte Lieder}}, Christian Gerhaher, RCA, October 2004[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=93565 Schumann: Dichterliebe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608141213/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=93565 |date=8 June 2011 }} review by Dan Davis in "Classics Today", 2005
- Terezín|Theresienstadt, Lieder by Victor Ullmann and others, Anne Sofie von Otter, Christian Gerhaher, Deutsche Grammophon, 2007
- {{lang|de|Liedertafel}}, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Silcher, "Liedertafel", ORFEO [http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=101024]
References
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External links
- {{DNB portal|135165032}}
- [http://www.ks-gasteig.de/kuenstleragentur/kuenstler/liedbegleitung/gerold-huber/index.html Gerold Huber] on the Gasteig website
- [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Gerold+Huber&dblist=638&fq=dt%3Arec&qt=facet_dt%3A Entries for recordings by Gerold Huber] on WorldCat
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Category:German male classical pianists
Category:University of Music and Theatre Munich alumni
Category:21st-century German classical pianists