Andreas Boltz

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Andreas Boltz

Andreas Boltz (born July 13, 1964 in Würzburg ) is a German church musician and composer.

Life

Boltz studied Catholic church music at the Würzburg University of Music. In 1989 he passed the Diplom-A-examination and the state music teacher examination, in 1992 he obtained the master class diploma for artistic organ playing in Günther Kaunzinger's master class . He also studied with Fritz ter Wey and Eric Ericson (choir direction), Daniel Roth , Francoise Renet, Guy Bovet and Jon Laukvik (organ), Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Kurt Suttner (voice physiology) and Zsolt Gárdonyi (composition).

From 1989 to 1993 he was assistant to the cathedral music director at Kiliansdom in Würzburg . From autumn 1993 to 2011 he was regional cantor of the Mainz diocese in Darmstadt and lecturer for choral conducting and organ at the Institute for Church Music in Mainz .

As an organist and choir director he made recordings for ZDF , BR , HR , DLF , ORF , RAI and Catalunya Ràdio. Concerts as a soloist and accompanist have taken him to numerous European countries. From 1994 to 1995 he was rehearsal director of the Darmstadt Musikverein in cooperation with the Darmstadt State Theater . From 1995 to 2011 Andreas Boltz directed the Vocal Ensemble Darmstadt , a chamber choir of around 35 people that works on a project basis.

In 1998 he made commissioned compositions for the closing service of the Katholikentag in Mainz, and on the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2006 the stage work Saphir was created, the setting of a parable by the Indian author Dilip Chitre . In autumn 2010, the music theater production The True Buenos Aires was premiered in cooperation with the cultural association "con tempo" in Frankfurt am Main .

Andreas Boltz has been the cathedral music director at the Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt am Main since June 2011 . In September 2011 rehearsals began for the Frankfurt Cathedral Singing School , which was set up under his direction. On November 3, 2012 he will play the organ part of the Missa solemnis Bonifatius Mass by Colin Mawby in the second performance of the work by the Choir of St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden , conducted by Gabriel Dessauer . to Frankfurt am Main in the Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew.

CD recordings

  • Christmas carol - improvisations from the Darmstadt carillon
  • Organ music of the 19th century on Dreymann organs in Rheinhessen
  • Glory to God on high - Christmas organ music on the Winterhalter organ in St. Ludwig, Darmstadt
  • Duettissimo A 3 - Christina Bockschweiger (soprano), Manfred Bockschweiger (trumpet), Andreas Boltz (organ)
  • Mainz Diocese Fair - joint composition of the six regional cantors of the Diocese of Mainz: Dan Zerfaß , Nicolo Sokoli , Ruben J. Sturm, Ralf Stiewe, Thomas Gabriel , Andreas Boltz (2010)
  • Main mixes - composers in Frankfurt, recorded on the Klais organs of the Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral (2013)
  • Ave Maria - Marian organ music, on the organ of the pilgrimage church St. Maria in Dieburg (2014)
  • Mainstream - sound currents and current sounds, on the Klais organs of the Frankfurt Kaiserdom (2017)

Awards

His compositional work was honored with the Premio Speciale at the 1992 International Composition Competition in Trieste (Italy) .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Vocal ensemble in the Frankfurt Imperial Cathedral, founded by Andreas Boltz. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Cathedral Kapellmeister Hans-Otto Jakob says goodbye. Almost 40 years in the service of the Diocese of Limburg - successor Andreas Boltz. Diocese of Limburg May 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ The new cathedral music director is here: Premiere by Andreas Boltz . In: Frankfurter Neue Presse June 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ The St. Thomas' Choir as a model ( memento of the original from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse September 10, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  5. ^ Frankfurter Domsingschule .
  6. ↑ Boniface Mass by Colin Mawby inspires listeners ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Diocese of Limburg, accessed on January 6, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistumlimburg.de
  7. ↑ a b c New CD by the cathedral organist in Frankfurt. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Duettissimo on JPC. In: JPC. Bella Musica, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Mainz diocese mass on Organo Phon. Organo Phon, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Main mixes at Organo Phon. In: Organo Phon - Classical Artists Records. Organo Phon, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  11. ^ Ave Maria on Organo Phon. Organo Phon, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  12. ^ Darmstadt in the net (op-online) via CD recording "Ave Maria". DA-im Netz (op-online.de), accessed on April 11, 2018 .
  13. ↑ "Mainstream" on Organo Phon. Organo Phon, accessed April 11, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Mainstream - New CD with organ music from the Kaiserdom. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
  15. ^ Curriculum Vitae by Andreas Boltz. In: Konzertdirektion Berg. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Boltz, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg