Dietmar Hallmann


Dietmar Hallmann is a German musician who was professor for viola and chamber music at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig.

Life

Hallmann was born in Breslau.After the Second World War Hallmann moved to Burkhardtsdorf. From 1954 to 1957 he studied music with violin as his main subject with in Leipzig. First he was first violinist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. From 1960 to 1996 he was solo violist there. At the same time he was active in the Gewandhaus Quartet from 1958 to 1993. He was co-founder of the Bach Orchestra of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
As a soloist, his work was devoted to the works New Music in addition to the classical repertoire. composers and their premieres mostly with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. The spectrum of musical encounters ranges from Wilhelm Backhaus, Elly Ney, Claudio Arrau, Leopold Stokowski, Franz Konwitschny, David Oistrach, Leonid Kogan, Sviatoslav Richter etc. to more recent personalities like Rudolf Buchbinder and Frank Peter Zimmermann.
Since 1960 he has taught viola at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. In 1979 he was appointed professor. He retired in 2000 and many of his students now play in orchestras at home and abroad. He is currently a freelance teacher and writes compositions and transcriptions.

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