# Gerd Schenker

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'''Gerd Schenker''' (born 2 June 1948) is a German [percussionist](/source/Percussion_instrument).

== Life ==
Born in [Zeulenroda-Triebes](/source/Zeulenroda-Triebes), Schenker attended the {{Ill|Musikgymnasium Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach|de}} from 1963 to 1965. From 1965 to 1969 he studied percussion with Otto Reil at the [Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_%22Hanns_Eisler%22) in Berlin. From 1968 to 1972 he worked as a percussionist at the [Volksbühne](/source/Volksb%C3%BChne).

Since 1972 he has been activ with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (today [MDR-Sinfonieorchester](/source/MDR_Leipzig_Radio_Symphony_Orchestra)). In 1975 he became [solo](/source/Solo_(music))-percussionist. From 1974 to 1993 he was also a member of the [Gruppe Neue Musik Hanns Eisler](/source/Gruppe_Neue_Musik_Hanns_Eisler). With the ensemble he received the [Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic](/source/Art_Prize_of_the_German_Democratic_Republic) (1980), the [Kunstpreis der Stadt Leipzig](/source/Kunstpreis_der_Stadt_Leipzig) (1986) and the [Schneider-Schott Music Prize](/source/Schneider-Schott_Music_Prize) in Main (1991). In 1978 he founded the Leipziger Schlagzeug-Duo and in 1982 the {{Ill|Leipziger Schlagzeugensemble|de}}.

Schenker has performed compositions by [Paul-Heinz Dittrich](/source/Paul-Heinz_Dittrich), [Reiner Bredemeyer](/source/Reiner_Bredemeyer), [Ruth Zechlin](/source/Ruth_Zechlin), [Bernt Franke](/source/Bernd_Franke_(composer)), [Karl Ottomar Treibmann](/source/Karl_Ottomar_Treibmann), [Friedrich Schenker](/source/Friedrich_Schenker), (Gerd Schenker's brother) and [Krzysztof Meyer](/source/Krzysztof_Meyer) among others. He is a member of the [Forum Zeitgenössischer Musik Leipzig](/source/Forum_Zeitgen%C3%B6ssischer_Musik_Leipzig). Schenker is active as editor of percussion literature.

== Literature ==
* ''Zeitgenössische Musik für Schlagzeug : 1 Spieler''.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35754796 ''Zeitgenössische Musik für Schlagzeug : 1 Spieler''] on WorldCat</ref> VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, 1988.
* [Burkhard Glaetzner](/source/Burkhard_Glaetzner), [Reiner Kontressowitz](/source/Reiner_Kontressowitz) (ed.): ''Gruppe Neue Musik  "Hanns Eisler" 1970–1990. Spiel-Horizonte.''<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/312613266 ''Gruppe Neue Musik "Hanns Eisler" 1970-1990 : Spiel-Horizonte''] on WorldCat</ref> Leipzig 1990, {{p.|62}}.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|134509951|TYP=Werke von und über}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110225044658/http://www.mdr.de/klangkoerper/2952439-hintergrund-2952340.html Short biography] on Webarchiv

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