Marie Luise Neunecker

I have a soft spot for musicians who master the truly unforgiving instruments, and the horn sits near the top of that list. Neunecker built a major solo career on it, capped by the 2013 Frankfurter Musikpreis, which is no small feat in a field that rarely lets a horn player stand alone in the spotlight. What I admire just as much is that she became a professor and chose to pass that hard-won craft on to a new generation. She keeps her private life genuinely private and lets the playing speak, and there is something deeply trustworthy about an artist who simply lets the work do the talking.

Name (English)

Marie Luise Neunecker

Name (Japanese)

マリー＝ルイーズ・ノイネッカー

Reading

まりー＝るいーず・のいねっかー

Born

July 17, 1955 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

Origin

Erbes-Büdesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Occupation

horn player / university teacher / musician

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Frankfurter Musikpreis
• 1999 Echo Klassik – Instrumentalist of the Year

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• horn player
• university teacher
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-02

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