Photo: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
Timeline
13 events✦ Award 8▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1910s
1950s
· Debut release
Debut release: Furioso für Orchestrer / Suite über Schweizerische Volkslieder
First documented EP in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
1970s
1980s
· Award
Won: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
source: wikidata
1990s
2000s
· Album
Album: Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra / Medea-Monolog (Cantata) / Furioso for Orchestra
Album
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography246 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370779400
Biography
Rolf Liebermann (14 September 1910 – 2 January 1999), was a Swiss composer and music administrator. He served as the artistic director of the Hamburg State Opera from 1959 to 1973 and again from 1985 to 1988. He was also the artistic director of the Paris Opera from 1973 to 1980.
Life
Liebermann was born in Zürich, and studied composition and conducting with Hermann Scherchen in Budapest and Vienna in the 1930s, and later with Wladimir Vogel in Basel. His compositional output involved several different musical genres, including chansons, classical, and light music. His classical music often combines myriad styles and techniques, including those drawn from baroque, classical, and twelve-tone music.
Liebermann was the director of the Hamburg Staatsoper from 1959 to 1973, and again from 1985 to 1988. During his tenure in Hamburg, he commissioned 24 new operas, including The Devils by Krzysztof Penderecki, Der Prinz von Homburg by Hans Werner Henze, and Help, Help, the Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti. In the intervening years he served as director of the Paris Opera from 1973 to 1980. He died in Paris.
At the inaugural Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, Liebermann acted as the president of the jury; being responsible for moderating and finalising the results of the seven international juries judging the competition.
In 1992 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain.
In 1989, he was the head of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 9 | 98.7th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra / Medea-Monolog (Cantata) / Furioso for Orchestra
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:04:32
1Furioso for Orchestra8:342Geigy Festival Concerto12:103Medea-Monolog (Cantata)23:414Les Échanges (Symphonie)3:195Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Introduction2:406Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Jump1:597Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Scherzo I1:468Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Blues2:179Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Scherzo II1:4410Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Boogie-Woogie1:1011Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Interludium1:4312Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra: Mambo3:292011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:20
1A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass), K522: 1st mvt. Allegro3:482A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass), K522: 2nd mvt. Menuetto – Maestoso6:323A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass), K522: 3rd mvt. Adagio cantabile6:294A Musical Joke (Ein musikalischer Spass), K522: 4th mvt. Presto4:335Alto Rhapsody, op. 5314:426Petite Suite: En bateau4:257Petite Suite: Cortège3:058Petite Suite: Menuet3:269Petite Suite: Ballet3:0910Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Introduction: Adagio3:0111Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Jump: Allegro vivace1:5812Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Scherzo I: Allegro molto1:2613Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Blues: Lento2:5714Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Scherzo II: Allegro vivace1:5015Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Boogie‐Woogie: Allegro1:0616Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Interludium: Andante – Presto1:4117Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra: Mambo: Allegro molto3:12
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Furioso für Orchestrer / Suite über Schweizerische VolksliederSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 15:301Furioso für Orchestrer7:05 2Suite über Schweizerische Volkslieder8:25 | 1956 |
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Symphonie "Les Echanges"Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksASymphonie "Les Echanges" BSymphonie "Les Echanges" (Jazzversion) | 1964 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rolf Liebermann head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 16 | 74.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 9 | 98.7th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 43 | 83.8th |
| Genres | 5 | 88.3th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg) | won | |
| 1971 | Swiss Grand Prix for performing arts / Hans Reinhart Ring | won | |
| 1973 | Prix du Brigadier | won | |
| 1974 | Commander of the Legion of Honour | won | |
| 1980 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| 1986 | Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | won | |
| 1987 | Honorary Lock keeper | won | |
| 1997 | Goethe Medal | won | |
| — | Honorary doctor at the University of Bern | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rolf_Liebermann_par_Claude_Truong-Ngoc_1980.jpegaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53832b43-e9c4-4503-99e5-110ffa77f9dcdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/53832b43-e9c4-4503-99e5-110ffa77f9dccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688067genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q688067seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Liebermannbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Liebermann
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q688067 · MusicBrainz: 53832b43-e9c4-4503-99e5-110ffa77f9dc
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