{"id":1010,"date":"2010-05-02T11:14:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T09:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2017-04-26T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T14:17:20","slug":"ulrich-herkenhoff-master-of-the-panflute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Ulrich Herkenhoff – Master of the Panflute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ulrich Herkenhoff<\/strong> is one of the most important virtuoso on the panflute<\/strong> in Germany<\/strong>. On his website http:\/\/www.art-of-pan.de\/<\/a> you can read about his most important successes:<\/p>\n

Through his interpretation of classical music Ulrich Herkenhoff has inspired several contemporary composers to write music for the panflute. In 1992 he was awarded the Munich “F\u00f6rderpreis des Gasteig Kulturkreises” (Sponsorship of Culture Group) and in 1996 with the Bavarian “Staatsf\u00f6rderpreis f\u00fcr junge K\u00fcnstler” (State Sponsorship for Young Artists).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Besides giving concerts Ulrich Herkenhoff is also acting in the pedagogical area; he is invited to national and international panflute seminars as an instructor since several years. In 1993 he inaugurated the first official class for panflute at the music-school in Bad T\u00f6lz, Germany. In the year 2000 he received the famous “Echo” award of the “Deutsche Phono Akademie e.V.” for his CD “Symphonic Cinema”, honoured as best classical virtuoso of the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since then Herkenhoff is also much asked for as soloist for cinema soundtracks. Among others he participated in the Oscar-winning music of \u201cLord of the Rings \u2013 The Return of the King” (composer: Howard Shore). He also contributed to the recording of Ennio Morricone\u2019s soundtrack of “Fateless” (Roman eines Schicksallosen).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the moment there are no videos showing Ulrich Herkenhoff with plucked strings. But he has played with guitarists several times, and another concert with Prof. Wolfgang Jungwirth is planned for later this year.<\/p>\n

Two videos show Ulrich Herkenhoff\u00a0 with improvisations about Rumanian folk music, accompanied by Laurentiu Ciocanel on the tambal, an instrumant similar to the cymbal from Hungary and the Hackbrett (hamered dulcimer) used in folk music of different countries. This sounds at least like a plucked instrument.<\/p>\n

Ulrich Herkenhoff and Laurentiu Ciocanel<\/h2>\n

Ulrich Herkenhoff, panflute and Laurentiu Ciocanel, tambal, play rumanian folkmusic at the panflute-workshop in Garsten, Austria.:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n