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Rolf Liebermann
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Rolf Liebermann,
by Claude Truong-Ngoc (1980) |
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| Born | 14 September 1910 Zürich, Switzerland
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| Died | 2 January 1999 (aged 88) Paris, France
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| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1943–1999 |
Rolf Liebermann (born September 14, 1910 – died January 2, 1999) was a talented musician from Switzerland. He was a composer, meaning he wrote music. He also helped run big opera houses. He was the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera for many years. Later, he led the Paris Opera too.
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Rolf Liebermann's Life Story
Rolf Liebermann was born in Zürich, Switzerland. He loved music from a young age. He studied how to write music (composition) and how to lead an orchestra (conducting). His teachers included Hermann Scherchen and Wladimir Vogel.
Liebermann wrote many different kinds of music. He composed chansons (French songs), classical pieces, and even light music. His classical music often mixed different styles. He used ideas from Baroque, Classical, and even twelve-tone music.
Leading Opera Houses
Rolf Liebermann was the director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973. He returned to this role from 1985 to 1988. During his time in Hamburg, he asked composers to create 24 new operas. Some famous operas he helped bring to life include The Devils by Krzysztof Penderecki and Der Prinz von Homburg by Hans Werner Henze.
Between his two times in Hamburg, he was the director of the Paris Opera. He worked there from 1973 to 1980. Liebermann passed away in Paris.
Eurovision and Other Roles
In 1956, Rolf Liebermann had an important job at the very first Eurovision Song Contest. He was the president of the jury. This meant he was in charge of making sure the judging was fair. He helped finalize the results from seven different countries.
He also served on the jury for important music competitions. In 1992, he was a judge for the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition in Spain. In 1989, he led the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
Rolf Liebermann's Musical Works
Rolf Liebermann created many musical pieces throughout his life. Here are some of his notable works:
- 1943 Polyphone Studien for chamber orchestra
- 1944 Une des fins du monde, a cantata for singer and orchestra
- 1945 Chinese Love Songs
- 1945 Furioso für Orchester
- 1947 Swiss Folk Song Suite
- 1949 Music for Orchestra and Reciter; Chinese Song; Symphony No 1
- 1950 Streitlied zwischen Leben und Tod (Combat Song of Life and Death)
- 1951 Sonata for piano
- 1952 Leonore 40/45 (opera)
- 1954 Penelope (opera)
- 1954 Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra
- 1955 The School for Wives (opera)
- 1956 Executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest 1956
- 1957 Die Schule der Frauen (opera)
- 1958 Geigy Festival Concerto for Basler drum and orchestra
- 1959 Capriccio for soprano, violin and orchestra
- 1964 Concert des Echanges, Swiss National Exhibition, Lausanne
- 1981 Essai 81 for cello and piano
- 1984 Ferdinand, a story for speaker and instruments
- 1987 La Forêt (opera)
- 1988 Herring Quintet; Cosmopolitan Greetings
- 1989 Medea Monologue for soprano, female choir and orchestra
- 1990 3x1 = CH+X for mezzo-soprano, choir, and orchestra
- 1992 Freispruch für Medea (opera)
- 1994 Enigma; Violin Concerto
- 1995 Piano Concerto
- 1996 Die schlesischen Weber (text: Heinrich Heine) for mixed choir, string quartet, and piano
- 1997 Variations on a Theme from Appenzell for five instruments
- 1998 Mouvance for nine percussion players and piano
See also
In Spanish: Rolf Liebermann para niños
