Rainer Seegers: a portrait
In the summer of 2019, Rainer Seegers said goodbye to the Berliner Philharmoniker, where the timpanist had been a member for 33 years. In our film portrait, the musician explains the technical and tonal characteristics of his instrument and talks about his relationship with the orchestra. He also reveals his second great passion besides music: collecting butterflies.
After positions in Braunschweig and Cologne, timpanist Rainer Seegers became a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 1986, during the Karajan era. Following decades under the direction of Karajan’s successors Claudio Abbado and Sir Simon Rattle, the musician retired shortly before Kirill Petrenko took up office in the summer of 2019. In this film portrait, Seegers can be seen in concert excerpts and interviews. The timpanist, who devotes his free time to collecting butterflies, lepidopterology, with great expertise, talks about the friendly atmosphere among the Philharmoniker, and he demonstrates that you can even play melodies on the timpani.
A film by Torben Jacobsen (2020)
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