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Born: April 27, 1925 - Memmingen, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany
Died: October 16, 2014 - Bergisch Gladbach, Kölne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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The German violinist, conductor and university professor, Franzjosef Maier, learned piano, violin, and viola at an early age. From 1938, he attended the Augsburger Konservatorium and subsequently the Münchner Akademie. From 1940 to 1944, he was a student at the Musischen Gymnasium in Frankfurt, where he received instruction from Wilhelm Isselmann (1902-1987) and Kurt Thomas. Immediately after the end of World War II and his release from captivity, he studied at the Kölner Musikhochschule from 1946 to 1948, including composition with Philipp Jarnach.
In 1948, Franzjosef Maier co-founded the Collegium Musicum für Alte Musik des NWDR (Northwest German Radio). At the same time, he played in various chamber ensembles, including as second violinist in the Schäffer Quartet, with which he recorded all of W.A. Mozart's and L.v. Beethoven's quartets. From 1949 to 1959, he taught at the Robert-Schumann-Konservatorium in Düsseldorf. From 1959 to 1992, he held a professorship for violin at the Musikhochschule Köln. As early as 1964, he established there Studio für Alte Musik, himself playing a Baroque violin.
Influenced by the chamber music circle around August Wenzinger and Gustav Scheck, Franzjosef Maier played a significant role in the development of Köln's early music scene from the beginning of the 1950's. His students included renowned Baroque violinists such as Reinhard Goebel (Musica Antiqua Köln), Werner Ehrhardt (Concerto Köln, Orchestra L'arte del mondo), Manfredo Kraemer (Le Concert des Nations and The Rare Fruits Council), and Gustavo Zarba (Orchestra of the 18th Century).
In 1964, Franzjosef Maier took over as concert-master of the Collegium Aureum, an ensemble founded by the record company Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, which made groundbreaking recordings for its time in the spirit of historically informed performance practice. He thus opted for the use of original Baroque instruments and an interpretation style appropriate to the respective era. In 1983, his recording of the then largely unknown Rosary Sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber was released.
Franzjosef Maier died on October 16, 2014 in Bergisch Gladbach and was buried on October 23, 2014 in the Refrath Cemetery, Kippekausen in Bergisch Gladbach. |
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Violin |
[C-1] (1968, LP/CD): BWV 106
[CR-55] (1973, Radio recording): BWV 55
[CR-84] 1973, Radio recording): BWV 84
[CR-86] (1974-1975?, Radio recording):
BWV 86
[CR-153] (1974-1975?, Radio recording): BWV 153
[CR-170] (1974-1975?, Radio recording): BWV 170 |
