Bert Poulheim

Bert Poulheim (1952–2006) was a German composer.

Life

Poulheim was a student of Ruth Zechlin.^[1] In 1977, his work Die Uraufführung was premiered at the Club der Kulturschaffenden in Berlin.^[2] In 1979, he was awarded the Hanns Eisler Prize.^[3] In 1987, the premiere of the musical comedy Zug um Zug (text Hansjörg Schneider) took place at the Zeitz Theatre.^[4]

In 2007, the Bert Poulheim & Marion Violet Foundation was established.^[5]

Symphony No. 1 (1978)
Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (1979)
Virtuoses for viola and piano (1977)
Zeitspiele for solo flute (1982)
Capriccio for bassoon and piano (1995)
Impressions for bassoon and piano
No wind music, but music for five winds for wind quintet (1983)
Turkish Fantasy for four trombones and tuba (1987)
Four Miniatures for three trombones (1980)
Facets for piano
Am Samovar for voice and guitar
Songs of a Year on texts from ancient Japanese poetry for mezzo-soprano and piano (1980)
The Silent Carousel on texts by Marion Violet for mezzo-soprano and piano

1978: Virtuoses für Viola und Klavier (Nova) with Alfred Lipka and Dieter Brauer
1982: Fagottkonzert (Nova) with the Halleschen Philharmonie directed by Olaf Koch
2000: Swinging Trombones (Koch-Schwann) with the Berlin Trombone Quintet
2002: Das Stumme Karussell (Kreuzberg Records [de]) with Marion Violet and the Ensemble Capriccio Nova

^ Bettina Brand (ed.): Komponistinnen in Berlin. Berlin 1987, p. 401.
^ Roland Berbig (ed.): Der Lyrikclub Pankow. Literary Circles in the GDR. Berlin 2000, p. 310.
^ Erika Tschernig (ed.): Unsere Kultur. DDR-Zeittafel 1945–1987. Berlin 1989, p. 296.
^ Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender 2012/13. Berlin 2012, p. 952
^ Marion Violet, retrieved 11 January 2021.