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Alfons Kontarsky

p, 1932-2010 DE, Iserlohn
Musician of Classical

German pianist and professor for piano in Cologne, Munich and at the Mozarteum in Vienna, born 9 October 1932, in Iserlohn, Germany, died 5 May, 2010. Since the 1950s, together with his brother Aloys Kontarsky, he has been an early participant and later a teacher at the 'Internationalen Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt'. His youngest brother is Bernhard Kontarsky.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Soundtrack
  • Pop
Popular Tracks   
16 Waltzes, Op. 39 - For Piano Duet: 15. In A Major on Brahms: Complete Piano Music by Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Kempff, Johann Sebastian Bach & Anatol Ugorski
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le cygne on Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XIV. Finale on Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: XII. Fossiles on Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm
Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56 - 1. Berceuse on Classical Sonosphere Vol. 3 by Gabriel Fauré, Antonín Dvořák & Felix Mendelssohn
16 Waltzes, Op. 39: 3. In G Sharp Minor on Brahms: Complete Piano Music by Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Kempff, Johann Sebastian Bach & Anatol Ugorski
16 Waltzes, Op. 39: 11. In B Minor on Brahms: Complete Piano Music by Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Kempff, Johann Sebastian Bach & Anatol Ugorski
16 Waltzes, Op. 39: 14. In G Sharp Minor on Brahms: Complete Piano Music by Johannes Brahms, Daniel Barenboim, Wilhelm Kempff, Johann Sebastian Bach & Anatol Ugorski
Le carnaval des animaux, R. 125: VII. Aquarium on Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Wiener Philharmoniker & Karl Böhm
Peter And The Wolf, Op. 67 - Narration In German: Vorspiel:"Peter und der Wolf - ein musikalisches Märchen" on Prokofiev: Peter und der Wolf / Saint-Saëns: Der Karneval der Tiere by Wiener Philharmoniker, Sergei Prokofiev, Karl Böhm, Camille Saint-Saëns, Karlheinz Böhm, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky & Wolfgang Herzer

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
FragmenteFranz Schubert - Alfons Kontarsky1998Album
Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps / Tage- Und NachtbücherOlivier Messiaen / Richard Dünser - Martin Schelling · Martin Mumelter · Walter Nothas · Alfons Kontarsky1996Album
Ludvig Norman / August Söderman: SångerLudvig Norman, August Söderman, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Alfons Kontarsky, Pia-Marie Nilsson, Anders Kilström, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör1990Album
Le Domaine Musical de Pierre BoulezPierre Boulez, Gilbert Amy, Christiane Eda-Pierre, Severino Gazzelloni, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky1990Album
Werke Für Klarinette Und KlavierSabine Meyer, Alfons Kontarsky1989Album
Cellosonaten · Cello Sonatas · Sonates Pour Violoncelle Et Piano C-dur, Op. 20 · A-dur, Op. 21Ferdinand Ries - Klaus Storck, Alfons Kontarsky1980Album
Träumerei - Die schönsten KlavierstückeWilhelm Kempff, Christoph Eschenbach, Justus Frantz, Tamás Vásáry, Martha Argerich, Yara Bernette, Dino Ciani, Maurizio Pollini, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus, Emil Gilels, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky, Daniel Barenboim, Stefan Askenase, Andor Foldes1976Compil.
Arpeggione-Sonate - Trockne BlumenFranz Schubert - Klaus Storck - Hans-Martin Linde - Alfons Kontarsky1974Album
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