Albert Hartinger

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Albert Hartinger (born July 13, 1946 in Seekirchen near Salzburg; † January 22, 2020 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian singer ( bass baritone ) and conductor .

Life

Albert Hartinger first studied clarinet and singing at the Mozarteum Salzburg. In addition, he devoted himself to opera with Heinrich Pflanzl . He graduated with honors and won first prize at the Mozart Competition . This was followed by an engagement at the Braunschweig State Theater and then an international concert activity. As a lecturer, singer, conductor and mediator in historical performance practice for early Baroque music , he has worked regularly with a large number of the world's most experienced musicians of baroque music since 1976. He made numerous radio and television recordings as well as LP and CD productions.

From 1970 to 1973, in addition to his artistic work, he studied educational science and psychology at the TU Braunschweig . In 1974 he passed a teaching examination and became a university assistant at the Paris-Lodron University of Salzburg . In 1976 he completed his studies with a doctorate.

In 1976 he founded the Salzburg Music Forum, which he headed shortly afterwards as the Salzburg Bach Society - named after Johann Sebastian Bach - as chairman of the board. He saw it as his intention to offer young artists a platform where they could exchange ideas and make their first stage appearances in the early music scene, which was then not very busy. He invited the Concentus Musicus with its founder and artistic director Nikolaus Harnoncourt . From this point on, the early music scene in Salzburg grew continuously. Franz Welser-Möst , Benjamin Schmid , Martin Grubinger , the Weinmeister siblings, Trevor Pinnock , Ton Koopman , the Hilliard Ensemble , the Arnold Schönberg Choir and Erwin Ortner as well as many other world-famous musicians had their first appearance or debut in Salzburg with the Salzburg Bach Society .

In 1980 he created the concert series for children and young people “Music for children and connoisseurs”, today “Music for young people”, as part of the Salzburg Bach Society. The Bach Society was awarded a “pioneering achievement” in this area by DrehPunktKultur .

In 1983 he founded the Salzburg Bach Choir as a choir of the Salzburg Bach Society. Soon afterwards he hired Howard Arman to take over the musical direction, which he held until 2000. The Salzburg Bach Choir became an independent association in 1988 that works with the Bach Society and gives concerts as part of the Bach cycle, for example at the 2008 International Bach Festival in Salzburg. The Salzburg Bach Choir and the Collegium Vocale Salzburg are now internationally recognized vocal ensembles and are regular guests in important music centers and festivals.

The co-founding of the Salzburg Baroque Ensemble followed shortly thereafter. The concertmaster was founding member Anita Mitterer, for many years section leader at the Concentus Musicus Vienna and a member of the Quartour Mosaiques . The Salzburg Baroque Ensemble is a project ensemble orchestra and consists mainly of members of Austria's leading orchestras. Frank Stadler is currently a frequent guest and concert master.

In 1987 the Collegium Vocale Salzburg was founded and was the artistic director. Guest conductors such as Michi Gaigg , Leopold Hager , Sigiswald Kuijken , Simon Schouten , Lorenzo Ghielmi , Wieland Kuijken , Christophe Coin and Dorothee Oberlinger have worked with the choir so far. In recent years he has performed at the Beethovenfest Bonn , the Stauffen Music Weeks , the Concertgebouw Amsterdam , the Basilica Santa Maria de Milano and the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht .

In 2008 Hartinger organized the three-week International Bach Festival of the New Bach Society , in collaboration with Lutz Hochstraate . Both were later invited to host a Bach festival at the Expo2010 in Shanghai.

Since 1989 he has had a full professorship for singing and ensemble (choir) conducting at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg . From 1998 to 1993 he headed the department for music education and was responsible for the maintenance of music education at the Mozarteum University, Salzburg. In the 2007/2008 academic year he headed the early music department. He retired at the beginning of the 2014/2015 academic year. In 2016 he handed over the artistic and executive agendas of the Salzburg Bach Society to Florian Birsak .

He also gained fame among the Salzburg population through his organization of church festivals through the Müllner Cantorey, which he founded and directed . Among other things at the Riedenburger Corpus Christi procession or the collegiate church Benediktinen-Frauenstift Nonnberg Ehrentrudis am Nonnberg. In addition to the big church festivals of the city parish Mülln in Salzburg.

Albert Hartinger lived in Salzburg and Vorarlberg , had three children (Mary, Wolfgang and Virgil ) from his first marriage to Heather Woodall-Hartinger and three children (Leonhard, Elisabeth and Johannes) from his second marriage to Waltraud Grabherr-Hartinger.

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  1. ↑ Hedwig Kainberger: Salzburg is losing a great personality in music. Salzburger Nachrichten online, 23 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Albert Hartinger died at the age of 73. meinviertel.at online, January 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Grown up , but not a bit quiet: 30 years of music for young people. Report from October 13, 2010 in: DrehPunktKultur, the Salzburger Kulturzeitung on the Internet , viewed on January 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Austrian Cross of Honor for Economics and Art 1st class to Professor Albert Hartinger  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Message from October 2000 on the website of the Mozarteum University Salzburg, viewed February 14, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www-intern.moz.ac.at  
  5. ↑ Heidemarie Klabacher: Anyone who says Bach must also say Hartinger. Mozarteum website, November 23, 2011, accessed on January 23, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Hartinger, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian singer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Seekirchen
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 2020
Place of death Salzburg