Erika Radermacher

Erika Radermacher (born 16 April 1936) is a German pianist, soprano and composer.

Biography

Erika Radermacher was born in Eschweiler, near Aachen. She studied music with Else Schmitz-Gohr in Cologne, Bruno Seidlhofer in Vienna and voice with Sylvia Gähwiller in Zurich. After completing her studies, she performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Europe.

Radermaker married Urs Peter Schneider and settled in Bern and Biel, where she taught at the Conservatory of Music in Bern and sang as a soprano with the Ensemble Neue Horizonte Bern. After 1970 she became more interested in composition.[1]

She works as a lecturer in piano at the Bern University of Arts and also teaches piano, theory and improvisation in Sofia, Bulgaria.[2]

Honors and awards
  • Two prizes, BAT competition for new chamber music, 1982
  • Music Prize of the Canton of Bern, 1983 (with Schneider)
  • Prize of the German Culture Industry Group
  • First Prize in the Summer Academy in Salzburg
  • Beethoven Competition prize in Vienna
  • Mozart Prize in Dortmund
  • 1963 Austrian State Prize, 1963

Discography

Radermaker's work has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

  • Robert Walser in der Schweizer Musik (Musiques Suisses Nr. 6231, 2005) Artists: Schneider, Urs Peter; Rader, Erika
  • Historic Recordings 1968-1998, New Horizons Ensemble (music scene in Switzerland - Grammont Portrait No. CTS-M 76, 2002) Artists:

Ensemble Neue Horizonte Bern

  • Urs Peter Schneider (Edition Wandelweiser Records No. 101, 2001) Artists: Schneider, Urs Peter; Rader, Erika
  • Im Innern das Zitat, Improvisationen (Deputy / asm / Records Unit No. 012 / UTR4132, 2000) Artists: Rader, Erika; Weber, Katharina[3]

References
  1. Elley, Derek (1976). International music guide. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  2. "Radermacher Erika". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. "Discography". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
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