The Violin Music of East Germany Part VI: Ottmar Gerster
This month, the spotlight is on composer Ottmar Gerstner. He is difficult to learn much about BUT Iām excited to share a rough recording of myself playing a movement of his violin trio. He was a Nazi sympathizer during his lifetime which put him in a precarious political position after the war and he chose to move to Soviet German (later the GDR) which better aligned with his ideals and politics.
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