Peter Gülke
Peter Ludwig Gülke is a German conductor and musicologist.
Biography
Born in Weimar, Gülke studied cello and musicology at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. He completed his doctorate in philosophy in Leipzig in 1958, followed in 1985 by his professorial thesis at Technische Universität Berlin. In 1976 he became conductor at the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and in 1981 he was appointed Principal Conductor in Weimar. From 1986 to 1996 he was Principal Conductor in the City of Wuppertal. From 1996 to 2001 he was a professor of conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg and from 1999 to 2002 professor of musicology at the University of Basel. From 2011 to 2014 he was President of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste. Gülke was the chief conductor of the Brandenburger Symphoniker from 2015 to 2020.Awards
- 1994 Sigmund Freud Prize of the Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- 1998 Karl-Vossler-Preis
- 2004 Honorary doctorate University of Bern
- 2007 Honorary doctorate Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden
- 2009 Honorary doctorate Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar
- 2014 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
- 2016 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 2017 Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande
- 2022 Pour le Mérite