October 27,2023 Dear Nathaniel, What I have found out about Gernot Schmalfuss is: a) born in 1943, now 83 years old, no longer active b) no webpage, no wikipedia entry c) graduate of, and retired faculty member of Hochschule für Musik Detmold info@hfm-detmold.de d) if you haven't found Gernot Schmalfuss you can address e-mail inquiries to info@hfm-detmold.de e) you can also address e-mail inquiries to individual faculty members of Hochschule für Musik Detmold https://www.hfm-detmold.de/die-hochschule/personenverzeichnis/lehrende/ f) these circumstances suggest that you can easily obtain e-mail addressesof musical faculty of numerous universities in Germany, US, and elsewhere g) Please let me know if you want me to draft for your editing correspondence in your name or in my name. h) Detmold, the county seat of Lippe, is 12 miles east of Oerlinghausen, the birthplace of your great-grandfather Heinz Meyer (1899) and your great-great-grandfather Joe Meyer (1865) i) When the chamberlain of the Count of Lippe directed Joe Meyer to appear in a tuxedo for an audience before the Count in Detmold, Joe Meyer declined the invitation, but offered to send the tuxedo by mail. j) I hope this helps. Love, Jochen info@hfm-detmold.de Hochschule für Musik Detmold https://www.hfm-detmold.de/die-hochschule/personenverzeichnis/lehrende/ Gernot Schmalfuss An unusually versatile musician, Schmalfuss has had significant careers as both an oboist and a conductor. Read Full Biography STREAM OR BUY: Active 1960s - 2010s Born in Germany Genre Classical Styles Chamber Music, Concerto, Symphony Member Of Consortium Classicum, Münchner Philharmoniker Related Artists All Related Artists Consortium Classicum Consortium Classicum Biography Gernot Schmalfuss Biography by James Manheim One of Germany's most prominent oboists, Gernot Schmalfuss has also had a significant career as a conductor. He has made a number of recordings as both oboist and conductor and is a noted educator. Schmalfuss (also given as Schmalfuß) was born in East Prussia, then part of Nazi Germany, in 1943. He studied oboe at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold (now the Hochschule für Musik Detmold) with Helmut Winschermann and Leon Goossens, then went on to study piano and conducting in London. He landed a post as solo oboist with the Munich Philharmonic in 1968, and two years later, he joined the new Consortium Classicum chamber orchestra organized by clarinetist Dieter Klöcker. In Munich, he took conducting lessons from the Philharmonic's conductor, the renowned Rudolf Kempe, and after leaving his oboist post in 1979, he began to find conducting engagements around Germany and beyond. He served as conductor with the orchestra of the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and the Munich Chamber Soloists, and he took on a large variety of guest conducting engagements. These included appearances with the Munich Philharmonic, the Duisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, and various Japanese ensembles, including the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra. Since 2007, Schmalfuss has been the music director and chief conductor of the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. As a conductor, he has often programmed neglected 19th century composers such as Philipp Jakob Riotte and Norbert Burgmüller. Anton Casimir Cartellieri: Gioas - Re di Giuda Schmalfuss has amassed a substantial catalog of recordings, beginning with a large group made with the Consortium Classicum. In 1997, he led a cast including bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff in the little-known oratorio Gioas-Re di Giuda, by Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, in a recording on the audiophile label MDG. The next year, he issued an album of Burgmüller's works with the Wuppertal Symphony on MDG, and he continued to record for that label both as conductor and oboist. Schmalfuss issued a complete recording of Benjamin Britten's oboe music in 1999. In the 2010s, he also recorded for CPO, but in 2019, he moved back to MDG for an album of music by Max Bruch, once again with the Wuppertal Symphony. Since 1986, Schmalfuss has taught at his alma mater, the Musikhochschule Detmold. Discography Songs Credits Related Submit Corrections Gernot Schmalfuss Play Gernot Schmalfuss Questions and Contact ©2023 ALLMUSIC, NETAKTION LLC - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Gernot Schmalfuss An unusually versatile musician, Schmalfuss has had significant careers as both an oboist and a conductor. Read Full Biography Active 1960s - 2010s Born in Germany Genre Classical Styles Chamber Music, Concerto, Symphony Member Of Consortium Classicum, Münchner Philharmoniker Related Artists All Related Artists Consortium Classicum Consortium Classicum Biography Gernot Schmalfuss Biography by James Manheim One of Germany's most prominent oboists, Gernot Schmalfuss has also had a significant career as a conductor. He has made a number of recordings as both oboist and conductor and is a noted educator. Schmalfuss (also given as Schmalfuß) was born in East Prussia, then part of Nazi Germany, in 1943. He studied oboe at the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie Detmold (now the Hochschule für Musik Detmold) with Helmut Winschermann and Leon Goossens, then went on to study piano and conducting in London. He landed a post as solo oboist with the Munich Philharmonic in 1968, and two years later, he joined the new Consortium Classicum chamber orchestra organized by clarinetist Dieter Klöcker. In Munich, he took conducting lessons from the Philharmonic's conductor, the renowned Rudolf Kempe, and after leaving his oboist post in 1979, he began to find conducting engagements around Germany and beyond. He served as conductor with the orchestra of the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and the Munich Chamber Soloists, and he took on a large variety of guest conducting engagements. These included appearances with the Munich Philharmonic, the Duisburg Symphony Orchestra, the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, and various Japanese ensembles, including the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra. Since 2007, Schmalfuss has been the music director and chief conductor of the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra in Taiwan. As a conductor, he has often programmed neglected 19th century composers such as Philipp Jakob Riotte and Norbert Burgmüller. Anton Casimir Cartellieri: Gioas - Re di Giuda Schmalfuss has amassed a substantial catalog of recordings, beginning with a large group made with the Consortium Classicum. In 1997, he led a cast including bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff in the little-known oratorio Gioas-Re di Giuda, by Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, in a recording on the audiophile label MDG. The next year, he issued an album of Burgmüller's works with the Wuppertal Symphony on MDG, and he continued to record for that label both as conductor and oboist. Schmalfuss issued a complete recording of Benjamin Britten's oboe music in 1999. In the 2010s, he also recorded for CPO, but in 2019, he moved back to MDG for an album of music by Max Bruch, once again with the Wuppertal Symphony. Since 1986, Schmalfuss has taught at his alma mater, the Musikhochschule Detmold.