Swiss composer and music administrator
Rolf Liebermann
Rolf Liebermann, by Claude Truong-Ngoc (1980)
Born (1910-09-14 ) 14 September 1910Died 2 January 1999(1999-01-02) (aged 88)Paris, France
Occupation Composer Years active 1943–1999
Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999),[1] was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the Artistic Director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also Artistic Director of the Paris Opera from 1973 to 1980.
Life
Liebermann was born in Zürich , and studied composition and conducting with Hermann Scherchen in Budapest and Vienna in the 1930s, and later with Wladimir Vogel in Basel. His compositional output involved several different musical genres, including chansons , classical , and light music . His classical music often combines myriad styles and techniques, including those drawn from baroque , classical , and twelve-tone music.
Liebermann was the director of the Hamburg Staatsoper from 1959 to 1973, and again from 1985 to 1988.[1] During his tenure in Hamburg, he commissioned 24 new operas, including The Devils by Krzysztof Penderecki , Der Prinz von Homburg by Hans Werner Henze , and Help, Help, the Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti . In the intervening years he served as director of the Paris Opera from 1973 to 1980. He died in Paris.[2]
At the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, Liebermann acted as the president of the jury; being responsible for moderating and finalising the results of the seven international juries judging the competition.[3]
In 1992 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain.[4]
In 1989, he was the head of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival .[5]
List of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize winners
1938-1950
1937: Hermann Hiltbrunner
1938: Emil Gerber
1939: Max Frisch
1940: Albert Ehrismann
1941: Ernst Kappeler
1942: Paul Adolf Brenner
1943: Hans Schumacher
1944: Kurt Guggenheim
1945: Maria Drittenbass / Hans Erhardt / Sven Moeschlin
1946: Franz Böni / Gottlieb Heinrich Heer / Charles Hug / Heinrich Müller
1947: Hans Aeschbacher / Ernst Hess / Eugen Mattes
1948: Marcel Gero / Max Hegetschweiler / Nadja Jollos
1949: Marcel Fischer / Rolf Liebermann / Hermann A. Sigg
1950: Kurt Leuthard / Armin Schibler / Emilio Stanzani
1951-1975
1951: Karl Kuprecht / Bruno Meiner / Franz Tischhäuser
1952: Paul Brenner / Erhart Ermatinger / Kaspar Ilg
1953: Arthur Häny / Hans J. Meyer / Hans Naef
1954: Hans Boesch / Hildi Hess /Viktor Aerni
1955: Franz Fassbind / Charlotte Stocker
1956: Emanuel Jakob / Werner Weber
1957: Walter Gort Bischof / Bruno Boesch / Armin Schibler
1958: Erwin Jaeckle / Klaus Huber / Harry Buser
1959: Karl Jakob Wegmann / Franz Giegling
1960: Raffael Ganz / Silvio Mattioli / Ernst Züllig
1961: Erika Burkart /Josef Wyss
1962: Roland Gross / Hans Reutimann
1963: Peter Meister
1964: Herbert Meier / Gottfried Müller
1965: Elfriede Huber-Abrahamowicz
1966: Hugo Loetscher / Walter Siegfried
1967: Andreas Christen / Walter Gross
1968: Adolf Muschg / Franz Hohler
1969: Irma Bamert / Jürg Federspiel
1970: Gerold Späth / Fritz Gafner / Urs Raussmüller
1971: Jürg Acklin
1972: Paul Nizon / Walter Rüfenacht / Peter Vogt
1973: Hans Ulrich Lehmann / Florin Granwehr
1974: Silvio Blatter / Max Bolliger / Marianne Gloor
1975: Beat Brechbühl / Ulrich Elsener
1976-2000
1976: Rolf Hörler / Roland Hotz / Walther Kauer
1977: Marguerite Hersberger / Peter Meier
1978: Alice Vollenweider / Josef Haselbach
1979: Hermann Burger / Jürg Altherr
1980: Franz Böni / Federico Hindermann / Thomas Müllenbach
1981: Roland Moser / Claudia Storz-Bürli
1983: Jürg Amann / Rosina Kuhn
1983: Hansjörg Schertenleib / Klaus Born
1984: Emil Zopfi / Berndt Höppner
1985: André Grab / Alfred Zimmerlin
1986: Hanna Johansen / Martin Hamburger / Peter Bräuniger
1987: Felix Stephan Huber / Martin Wehrli
1988: Iso Camartin / Jürg Burkhart
1989: Christoph Rütimann / Thomas Hürlimann
1990: Rita Ernst / Daniel Schnyder
1991: Hans Danuser / Dante Andrea Franzetti
1992: Thomas David Müller / Peter Sieber
1993: Hannes Brunner / Tim Krohn
1994: Hans Ulrich Bächtold / Rainer Henrich / Kurt Jakob Rüetschi / Thomas Stalder
1995: Urs Frei / Konrad Klotz
1996: Mischa Käser, Christoph Mörgeli
1997: Perikles Monioudis / Beatrice Maritz
1998: Silvia Gertsch / Max Gassmann
2001-2025
2017: Veronika Job / Urs Mannhart / Bruno Rauch (Free Opera Company Zürich)
2018: Dorothee Elmiger / Simone E. Pfenninger / Tom Emerson
2019: Viktoria Dimitrova Popova / Guillaume Bruère / Adrian Gerber
Berlin International Film Festival jury presidents
1956–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
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