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Robert Ehrlich (born in 1965 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish recorder player and university professor.[1][2] From October 2015 until 2019, he was rector of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.[3] Previously, he was rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig from 2006 to 2015.[4]

Life

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Ehrlich was born in Belfast. He initially studied musicology at King's College, Cambridge. In 1990, he obtained a master's degree in ethnomusicology (M.Phil.). He then studied recorder with Walter van Hauwe at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.[1][2]

He performs worldwide as a soloist and in ensembles, including with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and The English Concert. His CD recordings include recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos in three different pitches with Riccardo Chailly (A4=443 Hz),[5] Trevor Pinnock (A4=415 Hz)[6] and Richard Egarr (A4=392 Hz).[7] The latter two recordings won Gramophone Awards in the categories "Best Baroque Instrumental"[8] and "Editor’s Choice".[9]

From 1990 to 1993, Ehrlich taught recorder and teaching methodology part time at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. He was also a guest lecturer for performance practice at the University of Southampton.[1] Since 1993 he has been professor of recorder at the University of Music und Theatre Leipzig and since 1998 visiting professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama[10] in London. In 2006, Ehrlich was elected rector of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, where he was re-elected by a large majority for a second term by the Extended Senate in 2010.[11]

In 2015, he was elected rector of the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin by the Extended Academic Senate.[12][4] In 2019, following the end of his period of office at the HfM Hanns Eisler Berlin, he resumed his tenure as professor in Leipzig, where he was elected to the University Senate in the same year and was designated special representative of the Department of Composition and Music Theory in 2021.[13]

Functions, public offices and honorary offices

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  • 2012-2015 Vice-Chairman of the Landesrektorenkonferenz Saxony[14]
  • 2014 Patron Christopher Street Day Leipzig[15][16]
  • 2014-2019 Member of the Board of the Rectors' Conference of the German Universities of Music[12]

Awards

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Writings (selection)

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  • "Du mußt dich nicht fürchten; diese Insel ist voll von Getöse: Rede anlässlich der feierlichen Investitur in das Rektorenamt" (PDF). MT-Journal, issue 22 (2006), Sonderbeilage, 2–8.
  • "Festrede zur Gründung der Stiftung der Hochschule für Musik und Theater" (PDF). MT-Journal, issue 28 (2010) Sonderbeilage, 2–7.
  • "Serendipität" (PDF). Denkströme. Journal der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, issue 5 (2010), 9–17.
  • "Die verlorenen Hanns Eisler-Bilder von Prof. Roland Paris [de]". Essay in the programme book Akademischer Festakt der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin 2016.
  • "Germany National Overview; Overview of Higher Music Education System", ed. AEC (Association Européenne Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen) 2017.[20]
  • "Wiedergefundene Fragmente eines Hochschularchivs". Essay in the programme book Akademischer Festakt der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler, Berlin 2018.
  • The Great German Recorder Epidemic: Reinventing the Recorder, 1925–1950. (Instant Harmony Essay Series, vol. 1) Portland 2021.[21]
  • The Recorder, co-authored with David Lasocki. (Yale University Press Musical Instrument Series) London & New York 2022. (Further contributions by Nikolaj Tarasov and Michala Petri.) ISBN 9780300118704.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mitarbeiterdetailanzeige". hmt-leipzig.de. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Ehrlich ist neuer Rektor der HfMT Leipzig". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). 29 June 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  3. ^ "History with list of rectors of the school". Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  4. ^ a b Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum (MIZ). Deutscher Musikrat: "Announcement from 8 July 2015". Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  5. ^ Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Decca (2010). "Record in the German National Library". d-nb.info. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  6. ^ European Brandenburg Ensemble, Avie (2007). Record in "Catalogue of Berlin State Library". stabikat.de. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  7. ^ Academy of Ancient Music, Harmonia Mundi (2009). "Record in the German National Library". d-nb.info. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  8. ^ Gramophone Classical Music Awards, section Awards of the 2000s, and "Overview on Gramophone". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022. and "Review". gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Information Avie". avie-records.com. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  10. ^ Teaching staff, department of historical performance, "Robert Ehrlich". gsmd.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. ^ Announcement (PDF) in HMT-Journal. Zeitschrift der Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig", issue 30 (2011).
  12. ^ a b Web Archive "Robert Ehrlich – Hanns Eisler". rbb-online.de. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 28 April 2022. Radio Berlin-Brandenburg.
  13. ^ See at the bottom of "Mitarbeiterdetailanzeige". hmt-leipzig.de. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  14. ^ See at the bottom of the "Newsletter Aktuelles". lrk-sachsen.de. Archived from the original on 2014-01-09. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Botschaft zum Christopher Street Day 2014". csd-leipzig.de. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  16. ^ "The Freedom We Love". kreuzer-leipzig.de. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  17. ^ VAN. Online-magazin für klassische Musik, 18 November 2018. Manze's notes in "Ein Arche-Typ". van-magazin.de. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2022..
  18. ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk, "Rückblick Preisträger – List of previous winners" (PDF). br.de. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  19. ^ Der Windkanal. Das Forum für die Blockflöte, "overview of previous winners". windkanal.de. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Record of full text". aec-music.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  21. ^ Ehrlich, Robert (20 March 2021). The Great German Recorder Epidemic: Reinventing the Recorder, 1925–1950. ISBN 9798721925344. OCLC 1250473982.
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