Hermann baumann biography

– 29 December 2023) was a German horn player who was a pioneer of the natural horn in the revival of both Baroque and Classical period music.
Baumann is an excellent musician, both as a soloist and as a collaborator in chamber works.
Hermann Rudolph Konrad Baumann was a German horn player who was a pioneer of the natural horn in the revival of both Baroque and Classical period music.

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Death of a horn legend, 89

RIP

norman lebrecht

January 02, 2024

The son of Hermann Baumann, one of the greatest horn players of the mid-20th century, has notified friends and students of his passing on December 29.

Born near Hamburg in 1934, Baumann took up the horn at 17 and, three years later, won first prize at the ARD international competition in Munich.

Avoiding the temptation of a post with a major orchestra, he pursued a solo career in concert and on record.

His celebrated recordings include the four Mozart horn concertos with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in 1973, Mozart and Strauss with Sir Simon Rattle and, in 1983, the world premiere of György Ligeti’s trio for horn, violin and piano.

His tone was immaculate.

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Hermann Baumann of Schwarzenburg was one of the top Swiss freestyle wrestlers of the 1940s and the winner of multiple national titles in the lightweight freestyle category, starting in 1945 after he defeated Franz Lustenberger of Emmenhrücke. Selected for the Swiss Olympic wrestling team to compete at the 1948 London Olympic Games, Baumann won the bronze medal in the lightweight freestyle event after defeating Italy’s Garibaldo Nizzola in a tie-break match by unanimous decision. He was one of three Swiss wrestlers to win medals at the 1948 Olympics, in addition to Fritz Stöckli (silver in light-heavyweight freestyle) and Adolf Müller (bronze in featherweight freestyle).

Baumann continued wrestling into the 1950s, successfully defending his championship title until 1954, when he was unable to attend his semi-final match. He later served as the head of wrestling in the Swiss National Gymnastics Association in the late 1950s, and as a referee at wrestling matches throughout the canton of Bern into the 1960s. He was made a member of the veterans’ guild of the Bernese Cantonal Wrestli

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Hermann Baumann (musician)

German horn player (1934–2023)

Hermann Rudolph Konrad Baumann^[1] (1 August 1934 – 29 December 2023) was a German horn player who was a pioneer of the natural horn in the revival of both Baroque and Classical period music. He was a principal hornist of leading orchestras, and made an international career as a soloist. He made recordings such as Mozart's Horn Concertos on a natural horn with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and the first recording of Ligeti's 1982 Horn Trio, which he had premiered. Baumann was professor of horn at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen from 1969 for around 30 years.

Biography

Baumann started his musical career as a singer and jazz drummer. He switched to horn at the age of 17.^[1]^[2] He studied with Fritz Huth at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg and then played principal horn in orchestras for 12 years,^[2] including the Dortmunder Philharmoniker and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra,^[1] where he served from 1961 to 1967.^[3]

His career as a soloist started i