Max Pommer

Potential Pommer, sometimes called mostly of the remaining “Aged Globe” conductors, initial drew interest for his interpretations from the functions of J.S. Bach as well as other Baroque composers. But because the 1980s he provides explored a very much broader selection of repertory, consuming compositions by modern Finnish composers Einojuhani Rautavaara and Kalevi Aho, in addition to even more traditional fare by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and also Weill. Pommer, a lot more than most initial — rank conductors, provides devoted a lot of his profession to teaching, in addition to to conducting school ensembles. He in addition has produced many recordings for Capriccio, Ondine, and Berlin Classics, and may many informal record customers through his performances on several well-known theme-oriented recordings, like the Classical Rest and Equipment of Classical Music series for Delta. Potential Pommer was created in Leipzig, Germany, in 1936. He enrolled on the Leipzig University of Music where he examined piano and performing. He graduated in 1968 using a doctorate level from the School of Leipzig. Pommer’s profession advanced gradually in the first years: his initial important session was as conductor from the School of Leipzig Choir in 1975. In 1980 he was presented with a professorship in music on the school. Pommer’s curiosity about the music of J.S. Bach as well as other Baroque statistics, like Handel and Vivaldi, led him to be among the key founders of the brand new Bach Collegium Musicum in 1978. He offered as primary conductor of the group until 1987, leading it in various, extremely acclaimed concerts, in addition to recordings, among which — the Bach Brandenburg Concertos — was honored the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis. In 1987 Pommer was appointed primary conductor from the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. He produced many acclaimed recordings with this ensemble, also after his 1991 departure, like the group of Rautavaara symphonies and orchestral functions for the Ondine label that started in the middle-’90s. In 1990 Pommer was appointed teacher of conducting on the Saarland (Germany) Academy of Music. He shortly founded students ensemble there, oddly- (but geographically-) called the Saar-Lor-Lux Orchestra. Since about 1991 Pommer started regularly guest-conducting many internationally known ensembles: the Hamburg Camerata, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and since 2000, the Holland Sinfonia. In 2001 Pommer was appointed creative director from the Hamburg Camerata and it has made an appearance with it at a few of Europe’s most widely used music festivals, like the Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.