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{{about|the violinist|the politician|Max Kayser (politician)}}
{{short description|German violinist}}

'''Max Kayser''' (born 11 February 1918) is a German violinist.

== Life ==
Born in [[Hamburg]], Kayser studied violin privately with Lessmann in Berlin from 1939 to 1944. In 1940 he took part in the premiere of [[Walter Gieseking]]'s ''Kleine Musik'' for three violins.<ref>Michael Waiblinger, Strub Quartet, Booklet, Meloclassic 4002, 2014.</ref> Afterwards he attended [[Max Strub]]'s [[master class]] at the [[Universität der Künste Berlin]]. Kyser was considered a "halbarian"<ref>[[Michael Custodis]]: ''Bureaucracy versus ideology? Post-war perspectives on the Reichsmusikkammer using the example of Fritz Stein''. In [[Albrecht Riethmüller]], Michael Custodis (ed.): ''The Reich Chamber of Music. Art under the spell of the Nazi dictatorship''.  Böhlau Verlag, Cologne among others 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-412-22394-6}}, {{pp.|221|238}}, here {{p.|225}}.</ref> and had to abandon his studies in 1944. Afterwards he worked as [[Concertmaster]] in the Berlin Doctors' and Lawyers' Orchestra.

After the Second World War he became 2nd concertmaster in the [[Kammerorchester Berlin]]. He also appeared as soloist among others with the [[Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie]]. From January to August 1946 he was a member of the [[Berliner Philharmoniker]] orchestra. Afterwards he was 2nd concertmaster with the {{Ill|Radio Berlin Tanzorchester|de}}.<ref>Günter Grull: ''Radio and music by and for soldiers. War and post-war years (1939-1960)''. Herbst, Cologne 2000, {{ISBN|3-923925-66-2}}, {{p.|184}}.</ref> From 1950 to the 1970s he was a member of [[Hans-Georg Arlt]], concertmaster of the film, radio and stage orchestra Berlin.<ref>Heiko Bockstiegel: ''Schmidt-Boelcke conducts. A musician's life between art and media landscape''. Grimm, Wolfratshausen 1994, {{ISBN|3-9802695-1-5}}, {{p.|70}}.</ref> At the [[Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor|RIAS Berlin]] he was programme designer for [[light music]] with Irma Spallek.

Kayser was also first violinist of the Max Kayser Quartet with Milada Brosch as 2nd violin, Richard Kayser at the viola and Herbert Naumann at the cello. In 1947 he was responsible for the world premiere of [[Dietrich Erdmann]]'s String Quartet.<ref>Jürgen Stegmüller: ''Das Streichquartett. Eine internationale Dokumentation zur Geschichte der Streichquartett-Ensembles und Streichquartett-Kompositionen von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart'' (''Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte''. Vol. 40). Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-7959-0780-8}}, {{p.|289}}.</ref> From 1965 to 1972 he formed a piano trio with Horst Göbel (piano) and Gottfried Schmidt-Enders (violoncello) in Berlin, which also gave concerts in other European countries.<ref>Paul Siegel: ''News from Germany''. In ''Record World'', 16 May 1970, {{p.|46}}.</ref> Kayser issued several recordings (Haydn, Mozart, Bruch, Svendsen and Bach among others).

== Literature ==
* Gerassimos Avgerinos: ''Künstler-Biographien: die Mitglieder im Berliner Philharmonischen Orchester von 1882 bis 1972''. Self edited, Berlin 1972, {{p.|81}}.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|1165000229}}
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