Gerd Schenker


Gerd Schenker is a German percussionist.

Life

Born in Zeulenroda-Triebes, Schenker attended the from 1963 to 1965. From 1965 to 1969 he studied percussion with Otto Reil at the Hochschule [für Musik "Hanns Eisler"] in Berlin. From 1968 to 1972 he worked as a percussionist at the Volksbühne.
Since 1972 he has been activ with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1975 he became solo-percussionist. From 1974 to 1993 he was also a member of the Gruppe [Neue Musik Hanns Eisler]. With the ensemble he received the Art [Prize of the German Democratic Republic], the Kunstpreis der [Stadt Leipzig] and the Schneider-Schott Music Prize in Main. In 1978 he founded the Leipziger Schlagzeug-Duo and in 1982 the.
Schenker has performed compositions by Paul-Heinz Dittrich, Reiner Bredemeyer, Ruth Zechlin, Bernt Franke, Karl Ottomar Treibmann, Friedrich Schenker, and Krzysztof Meyer among others. He is a member of the Forum Zeitgenössischer Musik Leipzig. Schenker is active as editor of percussion literature.

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