Marie Luise Neunecker is a German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

 hornplayer

Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

 and a professor of French horn.

Professional career

Neunecker studied musicology and German studies

German studies

German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...

.

She completed her French horn

Horn (instrument)

The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....

 studies with Erich Penzel at the Hochschule für Musik Köln

Hochschule für Musik Köln

The Cologne University of Music is a music college in Cologne, and Germany's largest academy of music.-History:The academy was founded by Ferdinand Hiller in 1850 as Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln...

. In 1978 she started her career at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt as second hornplayer. In 1979 she was appointed principal hornplayer with the Bamberg Symphony, and from 1981 to 1989 she held the same position with the hr-Sinfonieorchester

HR-Sinfonieorchester

The hr-Sinfonieorchester is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. Until 2005 it was the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, a name still used for international tours....

. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras worldwide, and is also active as a chamber music player.

In 1986 she won first prize at the Concert Artists Guild

Concert Artists Guild

The Concert Artists Guild is an American musical institution, based in New York City and established in 1951. It is dedicated to discovering and nurturing musical talent and helping musicians start careers...

 international competition in New York.

In 1988 she was appointed professor at the Frankfurt Academy of Music and Performing Arts

Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a state Hochschule for Music, Theater and Dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse. It was founded in 1938....

, and in 2004 she was appointed professor of French horn at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".

Volker David Kirchner

Volker David Kirchner

Volker David Kirchner is a German composer and violist.-Biography:Kirchner studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz from 1956 to 1969 under Günter Kehr and Günter Raphael...

 dedicated his Orfeo for baritone, horn and piano on poems from Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus

Sonnets to Orpheus

The Sonnets to Orpheus are a cycle of sonnets written by German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke in 1922. He dedicated them as a memorial for Wera Ouckama Knoop , a playmate of Rilke's daughter Ruth.-Form and style:There are 55 sonnets in the sequence, divided into two sections: the first of 26...

to her, premiered on 6 May 1988 in Karlsruhe with Hermann Becht

Hermann Becht

Hermann Becht was a German operatic bass-baritone. He notably portrayed the role of Alberich in the 1983 recording of Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle which won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.-References:*Bayreuther Festspiele. *Cummings, David . , International Who's Who in Classical...

 and Nina Tichman.

György Ligeti

György Ligeti

György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...

 dedicated to her his Hamburg Concerto

Hamburg Concerto

Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns is one of György Ligeti's last works, composed in 1998-99 and revised in 2003....

, which she premiered on 20 January 2001 in Hamburg with the Asko Ensemble

Asko Ensemble

Asko Ensemble is a Dutch chamber orchestra that specializes in contemporary classical music. Formed in 1965 and based in Amsterdam, the group performs traditional concerts along with film music programmes, dance and multimedia projects and modern opera....

. She also recorded the work for Teldec

Teldec

The Teldec is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany. Today the label is a property of Warner Music Group.-History:...

's Ligeti Project series.

Recordings include works by Britten

Benjamin Britten

Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...

, Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...

, Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...

 and Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...

 and also lesser known repertory, such as horn concertos by Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Glière

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German–Polish descent.- Biography :Glière was born in Kiev, Ukraine...

, Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...

, Othmar Schoeck

Othmar Schoeck

Othmar Schoeck was a Swiss composer and conductor.He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of operas and instrumental compositions including two string quartets and...

, and Vissarion Shebalin

Vissarion Shebalin

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin was a Soviet composer.-Biography:Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school teachers. He studied in the musical college in Omsk. He was 20 years old when, following the advice of his professor, he went to Moscow to show his first compositions to...

; three works for horn and piano by Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Glazunov

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...

; Poème by Charles Koechlin

Charles Koechlin

Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin was a French composer, teacher and writer on music. He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars , travelling, stereoscopic...

; and the concerto for violin, horn and orchestra by Ethel Smyth

Ethel Smyth

Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.- Early career :...

.

She has served on the jury of The Aeolus International Competition for Wind Instruments.

Concertante works

Year	Composer	Work	Conductor Orchestra	Format: Record label Catalogue number
?	W.A. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...	Horn Concertos 1-4 Horn Concertos (Mozart) The four Horn Concertos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are a major part of most professional horn players' repertoire. The concertos were written for his friend Joseph Leutgeb , whom he had known since childhood...	Thomas Füri Thomas Füri Thomas Füri is a Swiss violin player, and a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik Basel. He studied with his father Erich Füri and with Max Rostal at the Hochschule für Musik Bern. He completed his studies with Ivan Galamian at the Juilliard School in New York. From 1973 till 1980 he was leader in... Camerata Bern Camerata Bern Located in Bern, Switzerland, the Camerata Bern was founded in 1963 by musicians as a small and flexible chamber orchestra without a conductor. The Camerata Bern performs early Baroque to contemporary classical music...	Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 030-0
1993	Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...	Horn Concerto	Werner Andreas Albert Werner Andreas Albert Werner Andreas Albert is a German conductor.He began his studies in musicology and history, and later studying conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Hans Rosbaud. After his 1961 debut with the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, he became chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie... Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt HR-Sinfonieorchester The hr-Sinfonieorchester is the radio orchestra of Hessischer Rundfunk, the public broadcasting network of the German state of Hesse. Until 2005 it was the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, a name still used for international tours....	Audio CD: CPO CPO -Officers:* Chief Performance Officer of the United States* Chief Petty Officer, a military rank* Chief privacy officer, an executive responsible for managing issues of privacy laws and policies... Cat: 999142-2
1993	Reinhold Glière Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière was a Russian and Soviet composer of German–Polish descent.- Biography :Glière was born in Kiev, Ukraine... Vissarion Shebalin Vissarion Shebalin Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin was a Soviet composer.-Biography:Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school teachers. He studied in the musical college in Omsk. He was 20 years old when, following the advice of his professor, he went to Moscow to show his first compositions to...	Horn Concerto, Op. 91 Horn Concerto (Glière) -Background:Reinhold Glière's Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in B-flat major, Op.91 was completed in 1951. It was premiered on May 10, 1951 by Russian hornist Valery Polekh in Leningrad with the Leningrad Radio Symphony Orchestra.... Horn Concertino	Werner Andreas Albert Werner Andreas Albert Werner Andreas Albert is a German conductor.He began his studies in musicology and history, and later studying conducting with Herbert von Karajan and Hans Rosbaud. After his 1961 debut with the Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, he became chief conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie... Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1
1995	Othmar Schoeck Othmar Schoeck Othmar Schoeck was a Swiss composer and conductor.He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of operas and instrumental compositions including two string quartets and... Charles Koechlin Charles Koechlin Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin was a French composer, teacher and writer on music. He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars , travelling, stereoscopic... Ethel Smyth Ethel Smyth Dame Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE was an English composer and a leader of the women's suffrage movement.- Early career :...	Horn Concerto, Op. 65 Poème for horn and orchestra, Op. 70b Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra	Uri Mayer Uri Mayer Uri Mayer is Romanian-born Canadian violist and conductor.Mayer moved to Israel at a young age, and studied at the Conservatory of Music of Tel-Aviv and the University of Tel-Aviv... Radio-Philharmonie Hannover NDR	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-6412-2 H1
1995	Max Reger Max Reger Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher.-Life:...	Scherzino for horn and orchestra	Horst Stein Horst Stein Horst Walter Stein was a German conductor.- Biography :... Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1489-2 H1
1999	Richard Strauss Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till... Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...	Horn Concertos 1-2 Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a song cycle written in 1943 by the English composer Benjamin Britten, scored for tenor accompanied by a solo horn and a small string orchestra...	Ingo Metzmacher Ingo Metzmacher Ingo Metzmacher is a German conductor. He is the son of the cellist Rudolf Metzmacher. His musical education in piano, music theory and conducting was in Hanover, Salzburg and Cologne... Bamberg Symphony	Audio CD: EMI Classics EMI Classics EMI Classics is a record label of EMI, formed in 1990 in order to reduce the need to create country-specific packaging and catalogs for internationally distributed classical music releases.... Cat: 72435 56183-2
2002	György Ligeti György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...	Hamburg Concerto Hamburg Concerto Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns is one of György Ligeti's last works, composed in 1998-99 and revised in 2003....	Reinbert de Leeuw Asko Ensemble Asko Ensemble Asko Ensemble is a Dutch chamber orchestra that specializes in contemporary classical music. Formed in 1965 and based in Amsterdam, the group performs traditional concerts along with film music programmes, dance and multimedia projects and modern opera....	Audio CD: Teldec Teldec The Teldec is a German record label in Hamburg, Germany. Today the label is a property of Warner Music Group.-History:... Cat: 8573 88263-2

Chamber music

Year	Composer	Work	Ensemble	Format: Record label Catalogue number
?	W.A. Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...	Quintet for horn and strings, KV 407	Mannheimer String Quartet	Audio CD: Novalis Cat: 150 006-2
1993	Alexander Glazunov Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...	Reverie, Serenade, Idyll for horn and piano	Paul Rivinius (piano)	Audio CD: Koch/Schwann Cat: 3-1357-2 H1
1996	György Ligeti György Ligeti György Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...	Trio for violin, horn and piano	Saschko Gawriloff Saschko Gawriloff Saschko Gawriloff is a German violinist and violin teacher.Gawriloff was born in Leipzig and received his first violin lessons from his father, who was a violinist in the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. He then studied with Walther Davisson, Gustav Havemann, and Martin Kovacz, the last of whom had...  (violin) Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard is a French pianist. He was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio....  (piano)	Audio CD: Sony Classical Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation.... Cat: SK62309

External links

• Marie Luise Neunecker at Künstlersekretariat Schoerke
• Marie Luise Neunecker at the Semperoper
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• Entries for Marie Luise Neunecker on WorldCat
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