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Thauer, Anja, 1945-1973

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Personal name headingThauer, Anja, 1945-1973
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Birth date1945-07-03
Death date1973-10-18
Place of birthLübeck (Germany)
Place of deathWiesbaden (Germany)
Field of activityMusic
AffiliationStaatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
Conservatoire national supérieur de musique
Radio Bremen
Süddeutscher Rundfunk. Sinfonie-Orchester
Profession or occupationCellists
Found inMusic from Germany, episode no. 1939, 1975: name spoken (Anja Thauer, cello)
International Who's Who in Music and Musician's Directory, 8th edition (1977), p. 845: Thauer, Anja (b. 1945 [in] Lubeck, Germany; cellist; Education: Nuremberg [Conservatory] and Stuttgart Schools of Music; National Higher Conservatoire of Music & Music Normal School, Paris; Honors: German Ind. Cultural Prize (1961), Grand Prix, Paris (1962), City of Nuremburg Cultural Prize (1964))
Wikipedia WWW site (German version), December 3, 2015: Anja Thauer (b. 1945 in Lübeck; d. 1973 in Wiesbaden; was in master class of Ludwig Hoelscher (1958); studied with André Navarra in Paris (1959); won international music composition in Paris (1960); recorded at Radio Bremen and with the [South German] Radio Symphony Orchestra for only two recordings for Deutsche Grammophon; was known for her emotional way of playing; was awarded City of Nuremberg [Cultural] Prize (1964); died at age 28)
Internet Cello Society Forums WWW site, on Cello Chat, previously posted by Nicholas Anderson (http://www.cello.org/heaven/mbarchs/2001/june2/fame.htm), December 3, 2015: Comment, For BA, about Gendron, etc. (Anja Thauer, cellist; attended André Navarra class at the Paris Conservatoire [1959]; recorded Jean Francaix's "Fantatsie" on Deutsche Grammophon in 1960s; took her own life after a torrid love affair)
Discogs.com WWW site, December 3, 2015: Anja Thauer (German cellist; b. 1945, d. 1973)
Presto Classical WWW site, December 3, 2015: Anja Thauer plays Dvořák, Reger & Francaix (Anja Heidi Thauer; b. July 3, 1945; attended Ludwig Hoelscher's Stuttgart Hochschule master class (High School for Music in Stuttgart) at age 14; won Grand Prix (1962); recorded in Prague the Deutche Grammophon recording of the Dvořák [Cello] Concerto [op. 104] with the Czech Philharmonic (March 1968), which brought her great fame)
The Strad, April 2015, p. 45 (Out of the shadow: Anja Thauer; d. Oct. 18, 1973)