Tag: 1900-1949

Marius Meng

Marius Meng

Marius Meng (1911 - 1979), gynecologist, conductor and founder of the Orchestergesellschaft Zuerich.Portrait written by his nephew TV-Bericht SRF vom 12.10.1971 Bildnachweis 1 Bildnachweis 2 wikipedia DE - wikipedia EN - wikipedia XY youtube - vimeo - soundcloud facebook - twitter - instagram - XING work Read more [...]
George Habash

George Habash

George Habash (Arabic: جورج حبش), also known by his laqab "al-Hakim" (Arabic: الحكيم, "the wise one" or "the doctor"; 2 August 1926 – 26 January 2008) was a Palestinian Christian politician who founded the Marxist–LeninistPopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Habash served as General Secretary of the PFLP until 2000, when ill health forced him to resign.[1][2][3] Habash was born in Lydda (today's Lod) to an Eastern Read more [...]
Radovan Karadžić

Radovan Karadžić

Radovan Karadžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радован Караџић, pronounced [râdoʋaːn kâradʒitɕ]; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb psychiatrist, poet and former politician who served as the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War, and was later convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).[2] Trained Read more [...]
Patch Adams

Patch Adams

For the 1998 film, see Patch Adams (film). Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams (born May 28, 1945) is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.[1] Adams is currently based in Urbana, Illinois. Read more [...]
Ekkehard Stammwitz

Ekkehard Stammwitz

I was born in 1945 in Schlesien and my first violin teacher made me interested in building violins since he did himself. Before retiring as cardiologist I took classes since 2008 and learnt from Jozef Novak in Slowakia. Since my retirement in 2010 I fully work in building violins and also play in two orchestras. web wikipedia DEwikipedia EN youtube - vimeo facebook - twitter - instagram work Read more [...]
Hans Walz

Hans Walz

Instrument: Hillebille Hans Walz had a DDR folk music group the "Stieger Walzmusikanten" and built historical instruments as this Hillebille with which his family band performed. Folk music of the Harz (mountain chain in the middle of Germany) area has fascinated Dr.med. Hans Walz, especially when performed on historical Harz instruments like the "devils violin" or the "Hillebille". The general practitioner and lung specialist who settled his office in the little town Stiege in the eastern Read more [...]
Abbi Hübner

Abbi Hübner

Albert Charles Otto „Abbi“ Hübner (* 4. Februar1933 in Hamburg; † 27. Juli2021 ebd.[1][2]) was a German jazz trumpet player, singer and author. He played Hot Jazz with his band "Low Down Wizards" and in the years before he passed away he was the oldest jazz musician in Hamburg anyways. He worked for the Jazz redaction of the NDR (North Gemran Radio) for many years and published books as about Louis Armstrong and wrote poems as well and in several columns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGRGrQQOaPs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGF-DS6DY90 one Read more [...]
Andreas Diemer

Andreas Diemer

Whenever my profession leaves some time, I take my trumpet and play jazz. Originally educated as a cello player, I soon felt the borders of classical music too close. I needed more freedom to express myself, to play my own music, to create chorusses, arrangements and compositions and to play “dirty” notes when I wanted. So jazz has become my passion for almost 40 years. I play by myself, in a sextett !ALIVE!, in a Big Band Jazz Association Orchestra or in a piano/flugelhorn Read more [...]