16.00 Uhr
Festveranstaltung Orden Pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste
Uwe Saegebarth
- born in Templin
- Member of the orchestra since 1988
- Chamber music at the Konzerthaus Berlin: Konzerthaus Brass Berlin
Uwe Saegebarth studied in Berlin at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music. Before joining what was then the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester and today’s Konzerthausorchester, he was first/third trumpeter in the Großes Rundfunkorchester Berlin from 1985 to 1988.
What do you find most beautiful about being an orchestral musician?
The most beautiful thing for me are the emotional moments when the music touches me deeply and I notice that my colleagues feel the same way. Being right in the middle of it all is the greatest thing.
Which composer inspires you the most?
Gustav Mahler
Is there a key work that started your love of music?
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Which favourite place in Berlin do you recommend when you have visitors?
The Luiseninsel in the Tiergarten. Especially when the rhododendrons are in bloom.