Adele Stolte

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Adele Stolte (born October 12, 1932 in Sperenberg ) is a German oratorio and concert singer ( soprano ).

Life

12 inch (30 cm) record case with soprano Adele Stolte (ETERNA 1968)

Adele Stolte first attended school in Lübeck , later in Potsdam , where her father Conrad Stolte became superintendent and took over the pastor's office at the Friedenskirche . She received musical support from Karl Landgrebe and began private singing studies with Anneliese Buschmann in Rostock in 1952. In 1953 she married the church musician Wolfram Iwer (1928–2020). In the following years she developed an increasing concert activity in the GDR and beyond. In 1958 the first radio recordings were made with the Thomanerchor Leipzig and in 1960 the first recordings were made, which were followed by numerous others. a. as a soloist in Bach cantatas under Erhard Mauersberger . In the early 1960s she was involved in the recording of important works by Heinrich Schütz by the Westphalian Kantorei under the direction of Wilhelm Ehmann , such as the musical exequies and the St. John Passion in 1960, the small sacred concerts 1963–1966 and the Psalms of David 1966, early examples historically informed performance practice . In 1964 she founded the quartet "Leipziger Bacholisten" together with Gerda Schriever , Hans-Joachim Rotzsch and Hermann Christian Polster . In 1966 Adele Stolte became a member of the board of directors of the Neue Bachgesellschaft Leipzig . In the following years she also gave concerts at home and abroad, although appearances in western countries were only possible to a limited extent. From 1969 she also began to work in education, led a. a. She took singing courses in Poland and worked as a voice trainer for choirs. From 1990 to 2005 Adele Stolte held a teaching position for singing at the Hochschule / Universität der Künste Berlin , where she was appointed honorary professor in 1995. In 1999 she founded the New Chamber Choir Potsdam.

Adele Stolte, whose repertoire not only focuses on baroque music but also includes contemporary works, received a number of awards, including the Edison Music Prize in 1962 and the GDR Art Prize in 1966 . In 2007 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

literature

  • Christoph Schröder (ed.): Adele Stolte - "I am happy with my happiness". Sung - Lived - Preserved , ed. from the Friends of the Potsdamer Kantorei an der Erlöserkirche eV, Potsdam (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Wolfram Iwer , accessed on February 6, 2020
  2. ↑ Platzeck presents the Order of Merit to "Ambassador of German High Culture" , accessed on February 6, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Stolte, Adele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German oratorio and concert singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Sperenberg