German composer, violist, violinist, teacher and conductor. Among his most famous works are the song cycle "The Life of a Maiden" (1923) and the opera "Dailininkas Matis" (1938).He learned to play the violin as a child. He entered the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, where he studied violin with Adolf Rebner, as well as conducting and composition with Arnold Mendelssoh and Bernhard Sekles. At first, he earned his living by playing in dance groups and musical comedy groups. in 1914 Hindemith became deputy conductor of the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra, and in 1914 promoted to manager. Since 1914 He played second fiddle in Rebner's string quartet. in 1921 he formed the Amar Quartet[1], in which he toured Europe extensively playing viola.in 1922 several of his works to be played at the Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music in Salzburg, where he attracted the attention of an international audience. The following year, Hindemith began working as an organizer for the Donaueschingen Festival, arranging programs for several avant-garde composers such as Anton Webern and Arnold Schönberg. in 1927 appointed professor at the Berlin Academy of Music. Hindemith wrote the music for Hans Richter's 1928 for the avant-garde film "Vormittagsspuk" and also starred in it. Unfortunately, the soundtrack did not survive.20th century In the 1940s, he visited Cairo, several times in Ankara, where he led the reorganization of the Turkish musical education program and the first attempts to establish the Turkish State Opera and Ballet Theater. His works greatly influenced the subsequent work of Turkish musicians. At the end of the decade, he gave several solo performances of viola and viola d'amore in America.The composer's music did not appeal to the Nazis, they did not shy away from publicly denouncing his music. The debates related to his activities worried him, so he eventually left in 1938. emigrated to Switzerland (partly because his wife was half-Jewish).in 1940 Hindemith emigrated to the United States, taught at Yale University, lectured at Harvard University. in 1946 he became a US citizen, but in 1953 returned to Europe, settled in Zurich, where he taught at the university. Towards the end of his life, he began to conduct more and made many recordings, mostly of his own creations. in 1962 awarded the Balkan Prize. After prolonged ill health (although he continued to write poetry until his death), Hindemith died in Frankfurt of pancreatitis at the age of 68.In his work, he covered various genres, paying great attention to chamber music. His creative style was initially influenced by Schönberg's music and the expressionist art movement, but later he switched to neoclassical music and completely abandoned Schönberg's approach to music. In the works, he sought to give meaning to moderate emotionality, both motority and lyricism. Hindemith played viola in the Amaro Quartet for a long time and participated in the Salzburg Chamber Music Festival. He wrote sonatas for violin, piano, viola, cello, etc. i.e. (at least one sonata was composed for all instruments of the symphony orchestra, except for percussion). He liked polyphonic instruments, which are best reflected in the piano cycle "The Game of Sounds" (Ludus tonalis).
