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Johannes Fischer, born in Augsburg in 1962, studied piano at the Leopold-Mozart-Konservatorium for two years before switching to recorder studies with Gerhard Braun in Karlsruhe. There he completed his studies and passed the concert exam with honors. Following a period teaching the Augsburger Domsingknaben, at the Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe, and at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe, he has been active as lecturer since 1993 at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt.
Over the past twenty years he has performed approximately a hundred works by contemporary composers at various festivals in Germany and abroad, roughly half of which premieres (e.g., by H. M. Linde, G. Braun, M. Spahlinger, M. Schneid, F. Döhl, E. Karkoschka, T. Völker). These days in addition to focusing on premieres of new works he is concentrating above all on the tenor recorder designed by Maarten Helder. In addition to developing playing techniques he is primarily concerned with methodical aspects, with an eye to his teaching activity. Working with the literature from the early classical period to Impressionism reveals the possibilities of the instrument and presents a special challenge.
Johannes Fischer frequently performs concerts together with his wife, Renate Fischer, a dancer, and in various chamber music ensembles for early and modern music. He has published in specialist journals, produced editions of sheet music, made recordings for CD and radio, offered many courses, and has been artistic director of the Karlsruher Forum für Flötenmusik Flautando and a founding member of ERTA (European Recorder Teachers Association), as president from 1996 to 2002 and vice president since 2003—all of which testifies to his commitment to the recorder and the music written for it. |
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