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Klaus Bernbacher
Klaus Bernbacher
Born	25 January 1931; Hanover, Province of Hanover, Prussia, Germany
Died	3 December 2023 (aged 92)
Education	Musikhochschule Hannover
Occupations	Conductor; Music event manager; Broadcasting manager; Academic teacher; Politician;
Organizations	Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover; Radio Bremen; Bremische Bürgerschaft; Hochschule für Künste Bremen;
Awards	Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft

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Klaus Bernbacher (25 January 1931 – 3 December 2023) was a German conductor, music event manager, broadcasting manager and academic teacher. He co-founded the Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover, a festival for contemporary music, in 1958. He was manager for the broadcaster Radio Bremen from 1962. In Bremen, he was also a cultural politician, a member of the Bremische Bürgerschaft, and an honorary professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.

Life

Family, education and musical career

Born in Hanover, Bernbacher was the son of a violinist who worked as a chamber musician and in the orchestra of the Staatsoper Hannover. He came into early contact with music through piano lessons and concert visits, listening to music conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, Herbert von Karajan, Hans Knappertsbusch, Clemens Krauss, Hermann Scherchen, Johannes Schüler and Richard Strauss in rehearsals and performances. He studied music at the Musikhochschule Hannover^[1] to become a conductor. During his studies, he was involved in establishing the Jeunesses Musicales Internationalles festival from 1951,^[2] and the music centre at Schloss Weikersheim. In 1958, he and Klaus Hashagen [de] founded a studio for contemporary music (Neue Musik). It was developed to the Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover, a festival held from 1958 to 1998 in collaboration with broadcasters NDR and Radio Bremen, the Musikhochschule and the Staatsoper.^[1] The festival featured music by Hans Werner Henze, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, Hans Otte, Josef Anton Riedl, Werner Heider, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Hans Ulrich Engelmann, Helmut Lachenmann, Isang Yun, Peter Ruzicka and Detlef Heusinger, among others.^[2]

In 1962, he became conductor at Radio Bremen and department head at the broadcaster around 1969,^[1] especially promoting Neue Musik.^[1] He was responsible for around 600 radio productions and concerts over around 40 years, including with the orchestras Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and the Bremer Philharmoniker.^[2] Performances included Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder in the original version and Mahler's Second Symphony at the Bremen Cathedral.^[2] He has been an honorary professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.^[3]

Bernbacher was married to Christa Bernbacher [de], who became a politician of the Green Party, from 1957 until her death in 2013.^[4] He met her in 1947 during school days. The couple had four children, two of them adopted.^[4]

Bernbacher died on 3 December 2023, at the age of 92.^[5]

Politics

Bernbacher was a member of the SPD from the 1950s until 1994,^[6] influenced by Kurt Schumacher. In 1995 he joined a Wählergruppe [de] (voters group) Arbeit für Bremen und Bremerhaven (AfB) as a candidate, a group of both dissatisfied SPD members and committed citizens who had not belonged to any party, led by the former savings bank director Friedrich Rebers [de]. The AfB immediately achieved 10.7% of the votes and 12 seats in parliament for the 14th election period [de], including Bernbacher. He helped to ensure that culture was included in the constitution as a state objective. The AfB had no seat from 1999.^[7]

Other memberships

Rundfunkrat [de] Bremen^[1]
Collaboration, together with Peter Schulze, at the citizens' initiative for the preservation of the Sendesaal Bremen [de] famous for its acoustics.^[8]
Landesmusikrat Bremen^[1]^[9]
Chairman of the support association "Musicon Bremen", which supports the construction of a concert hall on the Bürgerweide according to plans by Daniel Libeskind.^[10]

Work

Klaus Bernbacher, Detlef Müller-Hennig (ed.): Dokumentation 20 Jahre Konzert des Deutschen Musikrates. Bonn 2000.

Awards

In 2011, Bernbacher was awarded the Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Bremen Medal for Art and Science) for his decades of influential work for the music scene in Germany.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Professor Bernbacher soll Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft erhalten" (in German). Der Senator für Kultur Bremen. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rohlfs, Eckart (February 2011). "Kämpfer für Grundrechte und Konzertsaal". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Honorary members – HFK BREMEN". HFK Bremen. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b Laudowicz, Edith. "Biografien: Christine Bernbacher". Bremer Frauengeschichte (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ Landesmusikrat Bremen trauert um Klaus Bernbacher (in German)
^ Wolschner, Klaus (29 September 2013). "Ein Nachruf: Die Seele der Grünen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Bremen-Wahl: SPD klarer Wahlsieger – Politik". DER SPIEGEL (in German). 6 June 1999. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ "Ein Stück Rundfunkgeschichte lebt weiter – Ausgabe: 4/09 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 27 March 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ "Vorstand". Landesmusikrat Bremen e.V. (in German). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
^ WELT (16 November 2011). "Bremen diskutiert erneut über das "Musicon"". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.

External links

Literature by and about Klaus Bernbacher in the German National Library catalogue

[Bremen-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Professor Bernbacher soll Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft erhalten" (in German). Der Senator für Kultur Bremen. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

[Rohlfs-2] Rohlfs, Eckart (February 2011). "Kämpfer für Grundrechte und Konzertsaal". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[HFK_Bremen-3] "Honorary members – HFK BREMEN". HFK Bremen. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Laudowicz-4] Laudowicz, Edith. "Biografien: Christine Bernbacher". Bremer Frauengeschichte (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[5] Landesmusikrat Bremen trauert um Klaus Bernbacher (in German)

[Wolschner_2013-6] Wolschner, Klaus (29 September 2013). "Ein Nachruf: Die Seele der Grünen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Spiegel_1999-7] "Bremen-Wahl: SPD klarer Wahlsieger – Politik". DER SPIEGEL (in German). 6 June 1999. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[nmz-8] "Ein Stück Rundfunkgeschichte lebt weiter – Ausgabe: 4/09 – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). 27 March 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[Landesmusikrat_Bremen_e.V._2018-9] "Vorstand". Landesmusikrat Bremen e.V. (in German). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[WELT_2011-10] WELT (16 November 2011). "Bremen diskutiert erneut über das "Musicon"". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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+| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|01|25|df=y}}
+| birth_place = [[Hanover]], [[Province of Hanover]], [[Free State of Prussia|Prussia]], [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]
+| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|03|1931|01|25|df=y}}
+| death_place =
+| education = [[University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover|Musikhochschule Hannover]]
+| occupation = {{plainlist|
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+* Music event manager
+* Broadcasting manager
+* Academic teacher
+* Politician
+}}
+| organizations = {{plainlist|
+* Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover
+* [[Radio Bremen]]
+* [[Bremische Bürgerschaft]]
+* [[Hochschule für Künste Bremen]]
+}}
+| awards = Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft
+| website =
+}}
-'''Klaus Bernbacher''' (born 25 January 1931) is a German conductor, music event manager and broadcasting manager and academic teacher. He co-founded the ''Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover'', a festival for contempory music, in 1958. He was manager for the broadcaster [[Radio Bremen]] from 1962. He was also a cultural politician, a member of the [[Bremische Bürgerschaft]] for the {{Ill|Arbeit für Bremen und Bremerhaven|de}} (AfB) party, and professor at the [[Hochschule für Künste Bremen]].
+'''Klaus Bernbacher''' (25 January 1931 – 3 December 2023) was a German conductor, music event manager, broadcasting manager and academic teacher. He co-founded the ''Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover'', a festival for [[contemporary music]], in 1958. He was manager for the broadcaster [[Radio Bremen]] from 1962. In Bremen, he was also a cultural politician, a member of the [[Bremische Bürgerschaft]], and an honorary professor at the [[Hochschule für Künste Bremen]].
 == Life ==
 === Family, education and musical career ===
-Born in [[Hanover]], Bernbacher was the son of a violinist who worked as a chamber musician and in the orchestra of the [[Staatsoper Hannover]]. He came into early contact with music through piano lessons and concert visits, listening to music  conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], [[Herbert von Karajan]], [[Hans Knappertsbusch]], [[Clemens Krauss]], [[Hermann Scherchen]], [[Johannes Schüler]] and [[Richard Strauss]] in rehearsals and performances. He studied music at the [[University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover|Musikhochschule Hannover]]<ref name="Bremen" /> to become a conductor. During his studies, he was involved in establishing the [[Jeunesses Musicales International]]les festival from 1951,<ref name="Rohlfs" /> and the music centre at [[Schloss Weikersheim]]. In 1958, he and {{Ill|Klaus Hashagen|de}} founded a studio for [[contemporary music]] (''Neue Musik''). It was developed to the ''Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover'', a festival held from 1958 to 1998 in collaboration with broadcasters [[NDR]] and [[Radio Bremen]], the Musikhochschule and the Staatsoper.<ref name="Bremen" /> The festival featured music by [[Hans Werner Henze]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[Mauricio Kagel]], [[Hans Otte]], [[Josef Anton Riedl]], [[Werner Heider]], [[Hans-Joachim Hespos]], [[Hans Ulrich Engelmann]], [[Helmut Lachenmann]], [[Isang Yun]], [[Peter Ruzicka]] and {{ill|Detlef Heusinger|de}}, among others.<ref name="Rohlfs" />
+Born in [[Hanover]], Bernbacher was the son of a violinist who worked as a chamber musician and in the orchestra of the [[Staatsoper Hannover]]. He came into early contact with music through piano lessons and concert visits, listening to music conducted by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], [[Herbert von Karajan]], [[Hans Knappertsbusch]], [[Clemens Krauss]], [[Hermann Scherchen]], [[Johannes Schüler]] and [[Richard Strauss]] in rehearsals and performances. He studied music at the [[University of Music, Theatre and Media Hanover|Musikhochschule Hannover]]<ref name="Bremen" /> to become a conductor. During his studies, he was involved in establishing the [[Jeunesses Musicales International]]les festival from 1951,<ref name="Rohlfs" /> and the music centre at [[Schloss Weikersheim]]. In 1958, he and {{Ill|Klaus Hashagen|de}} founded a studio for [[contemporary music]] (''Neue Musik''). It was developed to the ''Tage der Neuen Musik Hannover'', a festival held from 1958 to 1998 in collaboration with broadcasters [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] and [[Radio Bremen]], the Musikhochschule and the Staatsoper.<ref name="Bremen" /> The festival featured music by [[Hans Werner Henze]], [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], [[Mauricio Kagel]], [[Hans Otte]], [[Josef Anton Riedl]], [[Werner Heider]], [[Hans-Joachim Hespos]], [[Hans Ulrich Engelmann]], [[Helmut Lachenmann]], [[Isang Yun]], [[Peter Ruzicka]] and [[Detlef Heusinger]], among others.<ref name="Rohlfs" />
+In 1962, he became conductor at Radio Bremen and department head at the broadcaster around 1969,<ref name="Bremen" /> especially promoting ''Neue Musik''.<ref name="Bremen" /> He was responsible for around 600 radio productions and concerts over around 40 years, including with the orchestras [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie]] and the [[Bremer Philharmoniker]].<ref name="Rohlfs" /> Performances included Schönberg's ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' in the original version and Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Bremen Cathedral]].<ref name="Rohlfs" /> He has been an honorary professor at the [[Hochschule für Künste Bremen]].<ref name="HFK Bremen">{{cite web | title=Honorary members – HFK BREMEN | website=HFK Bremen | url=https://www.hfk-bremen.de/node/5816 | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
+Bernbacher was married to {{Ill|Christa Bernbacher|de}}, who became a politician of the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]], from 1957 until her death in 2013.<ref name="Laudowicz"/> He met her in 1947 during school days. The couple had four children, two of them adopted.<ref name="Laudowicz">{{cite web | last=Laudowicz | first=Edith | title=Biografien: Christine Bernbacher | website=Bremer Frauengeschichte | url=http://www.bremerfrauengeschichte.de/2_Biografien/Bernbacher.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
-In 1962, he became conductor at Radio Bremen and department head at the broadcaster around 1969,<ref name="Bremen" /> especially promoting ''Neue Musik''.<ref name="Bremen" /> He was responsible for around 600 radio productions and concerts over around 40 years, including with the orchestras [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie]] and the [[Bremer Philharmoniker]]. Performances included Schönberg's ''[[Gurre-Lieder]]'' in the original version and Mahler's [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Second Symphony]] at the [[Bremen Cathedral]].<ref name="Rohlfs" /> He has been a ''Honorarprofessor'' (part-time professor) at the [[Hochschule für Künste Bremen]].<ref name="HFK Bremen">{{cite web | title=Honorary members - HFK BREMEN | website=HFK Bremen | url=https://www.hfk-bremen.de/node/5816 | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
+Bernbacher died on 3 December 2023, at the age of 92.<ref>[https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/landesmusikrat-bremen-trauert-um-klaus-bernbacher Landesmusikrat Bremen trauert um Klaus Bernbacher] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
-Bernbacher was married to {{Ill|Christa Bernbacher|de}}, who became a politician of the [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]], from 1957 until her death in 2013.<ref name="Laudowicz"/> He already met her in 1947 during school days. The couple had four children, two of them adopted.<ref name="Laudowicz">{{cite web | last=Laudowicz | first=Edith | title=Biografien: Christine Bernbacher | website=Bremer Frauengeschichte | url=http://www.bremerfrauengeschichte.de/2_Biografien/Bernbacher.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
 === Politics ===
-Bernbacher was a member of the [[SPD]] from the 1950s until 1994,<ref name="Wolschner 2013">{{cite web | last=Wolschner | first=Klaus | title=Ein Nachruf: Die Seele der Grünen | website=taz.de | date=29 September 2013 | url=https://taz.de/!5058147/ | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> influenced by [[Kurt Schumacher]]. In 1995 he joined a {{Ill|Wählergruppe|de}} (voters group) Arbeit (AfB) as a candidate for Bremen and Bremerhaven, a group of both dissatisfied SPD members and committed citizens who had not belonged to any party, led by the former savings bank director {{Ill|Friedrich Rebers|de}}. The AfB immediately achieved 10.7% of the votes and 12 seats in parliament for the [[list of members of the Bremische Bürgerschaft (14th election period)|14th election period]], including Bernbacher. He helped to ensure that culture was included in the constitution as a state objective. The AfB had no seat from 1999.
+Bernbacher was a member of the [[SPD]] from the 1950s until 1994,<ref name="Wolschner 2013">{{cite news | last=Wolschner | first=Klaus | title=Ein Nachruf: Die Seele der Grünen | newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date=29 September 2013 | url=https://taz.de/!5058147/ | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> influenced by [[Kurt Schumacher]]. In 1995 he joined a {{Ill|Wählergruppe|de}} (voters group) Arbeit für Bremen und Bremerhaven (AfB) as a candidate, a group of both dissatisfied SPD members and committed citizens who had not belonged to any party, led by the former savings bank director {{Ill|Friedrich Rebers|de}}. The AfB immediately achieved 10.7% of the votes and 12 seats in parliament for the {{ill|List of members of the Bremische Bürgerschaft (14th election period)|de|Liste der Mitglieder der Bremischen Bürgerschaft (14. Wahlperiode)|lt=14th election period}}, including Bernbacher. He helped to ensure that culture was included in the constitution as a state objective. The AfB had no seat from 1999.<ref name="Spiegel 1999">{{cite web | title=Bremen-Wahl: SPD klarer Wahlsieger – Politik | website=DER SPIEGEL | date=6 June 1999 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bremen-wahl-spd-klarer-wahlsieger-a-25952.html | language=de | access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref>
 === Other memberships ===
 * <!--Twelve years - needs ref-->{{Ill|Rundfunkrat|de}} Bremen<ref name="Bremen" />
-* Collaboration, together with [[Peter Schulze (music journalist)|Peter Schulze]], at the citizens' initiative for the preservation of the {{Ill|Sendesaal Bremen|de}} famous for its acoustics.<ref name="nmz">{{cite web | title=Ein Stück Rundfunkgeschichte lebt weiter - Ausgabe: 4/09 - neue musikzeitung | website=nmz | url=https://www.nmz.de/artikel/ein-stueck-rundfunkgeschichte-lebt-weiter | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
+* Collaboration, together with [[Peter Schulze (music journalist)|Peter Schulze]], at the citizens' initiative for the preservation of the {{Ill|Sendesaal Bremen|de}} famous for its acoustics.<ref name="nmz">{{cite web | title=Ein Stück Rundfunkgeschichte lebt weiter – Ausgabe: 4/09 – neue musikzeitung | website=nmz | date=27 March 2009 | url=https://www.nmz.de/artikel/ein-stueck-rundfunkgeschichte-lebt-weiter | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
 * Landesmusikrat Bremen<ref name="Bremen" /><ref name="Landesmusikrat Bremen e.V. 2018">{{cite web | title=Vorstand | website=Landesmusikrat Bremen e.V. | date=31 January 2018 | url=https://landesmusikrat-bremen.de/ueber-uns/vorstand/ | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
 * Chairman of the support association "Musicon Bremen", which supports the construction of a concert hall on the [[Bürgerweide (Bremen)|Bürgerweide]] according to plans by [[Daniel Libeskind]].<ref name="WELT 2011">{{cite web | author=WELT | title=Bremen diskutiert erneut über das "Musicon" | website=DIE WELT | date=16 November 2011 | url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article492355/Bremen-diskutiert-erneut-ueber-das-Musicon.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
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 * {{cite web | author= | title=Ein Impulsgeber | website=Elbe-Jeetzel-Zeitung | url=https://www.ejz.de/ein-impulsgeber_52_109886469-28-.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}
 * {{cite web | last=Fischer | first=Frauke | title=Die Bremische Gesellschaft förderte den Austausch | website=WESER-KURIER | date=29 October 2014 | url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen_artikel,-Die-Bremische-Gesellschaft-foerderte-den-Austausch-_arid,290507.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}
-* {{cite web | last=Schuer | first=Sigrid | title="Hörer haben qualitative Verbesserung erreicht" | website=DIE WELT | date=16 November 2011 | url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article495140/Hoerer-haben-qualitative-Verbesserung-erreicht.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}
+* {{cite web | last=Schuer | first=Sigrid | title=Hörer haben qualitative Verbesserung erreicht | website=DIE WELT | date=16 November 2011 | url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article495140/Hoerer-haben-qualitative-Verbesserung-erreicht.html | language=de | access-date=27 November 2020}}
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-[[Category:Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians]]
+[[Category:1931 births]]
-[[Category:1931 births]]
+[[Category:2023 deaths]]
-[[Category:Living people]]
 [[Category:Musicians from Hanover]]
+[[Category:Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover alumni]]
+[[Category:Academic staff of the University of the Arts Bremen]]
+[[Category:German conductors (music)]]
+[[Category:Radio Bremen people]]
+[[Category:Social Democratic Party of Germany politicians]]

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