Roland Greutter, the violinist, is the first concertmaster of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and teaches master-classes internationally.
Composer Biography
Ulrich Leyendecker, born in Wuppertal in 1946, studied composition with Ingo Schmitt and Rudolf Petzold, and piano with Günter Ludwig at the Cologne Musikhochschule.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ulrich Leyendecker's music is characterized by wide archforms that seek and prefer larger coherence, while still paying careful attention to detail.
Performer Biography
Johannes Kalitzke, the conductor, is also a German composer who studied church music, piano, conducting, and composition, including electronic music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ulrich Leyendecker gives his music titles from historically defined genres, like symphony and concerto, but aims for "emotional comprehensibility" rather than mimicking past masters.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ulrich Leyendecker's "directions for use" for his music are aids to listening, revealing how something is made without dictating what the listener should hear.
Performer Biography
Roland Greutter, the violinist on this recording, was born in Linz in 1957 and made his debut at the Salzburg Mozart Weeks at age fourteen.
