Klaus Bernbacher was a German conductor, music event manager, broadcasting manager and academic teacher.
13 Facts About Klaus Bernbacher
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Klaus Bernbacher co-founded the Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover, a festival for contemporary music, in 1958.
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Klaus Bernbacher was manager for the broadcaster Radio Bremen from 1962.
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Klaus Bernbacher came into early contact with music through piano lessons and concert visits, listening to music conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler, Herbert von Karajan, Hans Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss, Hermann Scherchen, Johannes Schuler and Richard Strauss in rehearsals and performances.
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Klaus Bernbacher studied music at the Musikhochschule Hannover to become a conductor.
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In 1958, he and Klaus Bernbacher Hashagen founded a studio for contemporary music.
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Klaus Bernbacher was responsible for around 600 radio productions and concerts over around 40 years, including with the orchestras Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Bremer Philharmoniker.
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Klaus Bernbacher has been an honorary professor at the Hochschule fur Kunste Bremen.
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Klaus Bernbacher was married to Christa Klaus Bernbacher, who became a politician of the Green Party, from 1957 until her death in 2013.
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Klaus Bernbacher died on 3 December 2023, at the age of 92.
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Klaus Bernbacher was a member of the SPD from the 1950s until 1994, influenced by Kurt Schumacher.
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Klaus Bernbacher helped to ensure that culture was included in the constitution as a state objective.
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In 2011, Klaus Bernbacher was awarded the Bremische Medaille fur Kunst und Wissenschaft for his decades of influential work for the music scene in Germany.