Hans Pischner
German harpsichordist, musicologist, opera director and politician
Hans Pischner | |
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Pischner (left) with conductor Franz Konwitschny, 1961 | |
Born | 20 February 1914 Breslau, German Empire |
Died | 15 October 2016 (age 102) Berlin, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | Musicologist, activist, musician |
Political party | SED |
Hans Pischner (20 February 1914 – 15 October 2016) was a German harpsichordist, musicologist, opera director, and politician active in the German Democratic Republic. He encouraged the creation of musical and artistic cultural institutions in East Germany, and used his position in the SED to prevent any further brain drain of artists and musicians after the Berlin Wall was constructed by encouraging and supporting the arts. He served as Chairman of the Kulturbund from 1977 until German reunification in 1990.[1][2][3]
Awards and honours
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold (1973)
- National Prize of the German Democratic Republic (1976)
- Star of People's Friendship in Gold (1979)
- Order of Karl Marx (1989)
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999)
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Preceded by Max Burghardt | Chairman of the Cultural Association of the GDR 1977–1990 | Succeeded by none |
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- Carl Heinrich Graun (1742)
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1775)
- August Wilhelm Iffland (1796)
- Carl von Brühl (1815)
- Gaspare Spontini (1819)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1842)
- Theodor Küstner (1847)
- Botho von Hülsen (1851)
- Bolko von Hochberg (1886)
- Georg von Hülsen-Haeseler (1903)
- Franz Winter (1918)
- Max von Schillings (1919)
- Heinz Tietjen (1925)
- Ernst Legal (1945)
- Heinrich Allmeroth (1952)
- Max Burghardt (1954)
- Hans Pischner (1963)
- Günter Rimkus (1984)
- Georg Quander (1992)
- Peter Mussbach (2003)
- Ronald Adler (2008, commissioner)
- Jürgen Flimm (2010)
- Matthias Schulz (2018)
- Elisabeth Sobotka (2024)