Wilfried Hanke
{{short description|German violinist}}
Wilfried Hanke (23 September 1901Peter Muck: Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Vol. 3: Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen, Erst- und Uraufführungen. Schneider, Tutzing 1982, {{ISBN|3-7952-0341-4}}, {{p.|17}}. – ?) was a German violinist and music educator.
Life
Hanke was born in Levín in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic).
He joined the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra in 1927 under the principal conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler. In 1932/33 he was an active member of the orchestra, finally as second concertmaster. In 1931, he was also a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, which was conducted by Furtwängler at the time.Alfred Sous: Das Bayreuther Festspielorchester. Geschichte, Geschichten und Anekdoten von damals bis heute. Lienau, Berlin 1997, {{ISBN|3-87484-125-1}}, {{p.|138}}. On 1 January 1934, Hanke became first concertmaster at the Hamburg State Theatre.Personal. In Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 101 (1934) 2, p. 225f. In 1934 the Philharmonic Orchestra and the City Theatre Orchestra merged to form the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, where he was also concertmaster.Erik Verg: Hamburg philharmonic. A city and its orchestra. Christians, Hamburg 1978, {{ISBN|3-7672-0591-2}}, {{p.|111}}. He played with the conductors Eugen Jochum, Joseph Keilberth and Wolfgang Sawallisch.
From 1938 to 1943, he was primarius of the Hanke Quartet in Hamburg. He played with Rudolf Prick (2nd violin), Fritz Lang (viola) and Rudolf Metzmacher and Bernhard Günther (violoncello).Jürgen Stegmüller: Das Streichquartett. Eine internationale Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Streichquartett-Ensembles und Streichquartett-Kompositionen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte. vol. 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7959-0780-8}}, {{p.|121}}. Together with Carl Seemann (piano) and Atis Teichmannis (cello), he performed in the Seemann Trio. He was soloist among others at the premiere of Willy Czernik's Violin Concerto in A minor (with the Staatsorchester Braunschweig)Kleine Mitteilungen. In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 100 (1933) 4, {{p.|400}}. and by Rudolf von Oertzen's Symphonischer Dialog for solo violins and orchestra (conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch). Furthermore, in 1941 he conducted in Hamburg {{Ill|Conventgarten|de}} the premiere of Helmut Paulsen's Sonata for violin and piano (with the composer).Premiere. In the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 108 (1941) 2, p. 73 f.
From the 1950s, he was also professor of violin at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.Walter Habel (ed.): {{Ill|Wer ist wer?|de}} the German Who's Who. 27th edition, Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1988, {{ISBN|3-7950-2008-5}}, {{p.|488}}.
Literature
- Gerassimos Avgerinos: Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882–1972.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/257941610 Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882–1972] on WorldCat self edited, Berlin 1972, {{p.|62}}.
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Category:Date of death unknown
Category:20th-century German classical violinists
Category:German male classical violinists
Category:20th-century German male musicians
Category:People from Litoměřice District
Category:German Bohemian people
Category:People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Category:Musicians from Austria-Hungary
Category:Concertmasters of the Berlin Philharmonic
Category:Players of the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg