Born in Essen in 1954; Hermann Kretzschmar studied school music and German studies as well as piano with Bernhard Ebert in Hanover and with Renate Kretschmar-Fischer in Detmold. Since 1985 he has been a member of the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt, where he plays as a soloist and in chamber music; there he has worked with John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, György Kurtag, Frank Zappa and Fred Frith, among others. In 1994 he founded HCD-Productions with Catherine Milliken and Dietmar Wiesner. Alongside piano music he writes chamber music and radio pieces: “Denotation Babel” was awarded the Prix Italia in 1999, followed in 2002 by “STUFEN” after texts by John Cage and Hermann Hesse, in 2004 by “Strahlungen”, in 2006 by “Harmonies of Paradise”, in 2007 by “Doktor Faustus” after Thomas Mann for the Hörverlag and in 2017 by “Sodom und Gomorrha” after Marcel Proust. For Cybele he played in 2008 on Feedback Studio Köln Vol. 8 – Piano Works by Klarenz Barlow.
Hermann Kretzschmar
Piano
