Hermann Keller

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HERMANN KELLER was born in Zeitz (Saxe-Anhalt, Germany) in 1945. He took piano lessons from the age of six and started composing at 14. From 1963 to 1968 he attended the Weimar Conservatory, where he studied Composition with Johann Cilenšek and Piano with Ingeborg Herkomer. This was followed by an assistantship and a teaching position at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. From 1971 he played on a regular basis with jazz musicians, drawing international acclaim with his Berlin Improvisation Quartet (or Trio). Many of his improvisatory patterns and works with improvisation date from this period. Hermann Keller has been a freelance composer, pianist and improviser since 1981. He teaches Theory and Improvisation at the Freie Musikschule Musikhaus e.V., which he co-founded in 1990. His music has been heard inter alia at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Boswil Künstlerhaus, the Berlin Biennale, the Berlin Festival, the Mannheim Klangwerkstatt, the MDR Musiksommer, the UltraSchall Festival (Berlin) and the Rheinsberg Festival. His works are played by the Jena Symphony, the Halle Philharmonic, Ensemble Modern, the Berlin New Music Chamber Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik, the Modern Art Sextet and ensemble chronophonie as well as such sterling musicians as Heinz Holliger, Steffen Schleiermacher, Ingo Metzmacher, Tomas Bächli and Vinko Globokar. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Keller, Hermann: Nicht ohne Wasser / 29 Stucke

Second Piano Concerto and Chamber Music

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Festliche Weihnachen in Leipzig

Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 - Konzerte: Masse und Individuum

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Keller: Solo, Duo and Trio Improvisations

Keller: Second Piano Concerto and Chamber Music

Keller: Schumann Metamorphoses and Piano Sonatas

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Schwebungen - Brechungen

Schumann Metamorphoses And Piano Sonatas

Solo, Duo And Trio Improvisations

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29 Stücke

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Nicht ohne Wasser / 29 Stucke

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