Arno Leicht

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Arno Leicht (born May 25, 1950 in Werneck / Lower Franconia ) is a German composer and singing teacher .

Life

Arno Leicht was born in Werneck in Lower Franconia. From 1961 he attended the Wirsberg-Gymnasium in Würzburg . As a twelve-year-old boy soprano, he made his first television appearance with songs he had composed himself. Due to his early musical talent, the Würzburg University of Music accepted him as a young student for piano and composition in 1963 - parallel to attending high school. After graduating from high school in 1970, the junior course led directly to a professional full course at the same university. His teachers there included the pianist Peter Hollfelder and the composer Bertold Hummel . In 1972 Leicht obtained the state diploma in piano and composition.

In 1972 Arno Leicht was appointed lecturer for music theory at the University of Church Music in Regensburg . In the same year he took up singing studies at the Musikhochschule Würzburg with the bass-baritone Herbert Roth.

In 1974 Leicht became a lecturer in vocal pedagogy and music theory at the Hermann Zilcher Conservatory in Würzburg. In 1977 he completed his vocal studies with a diploma. As a lyrical baritone , a lively concert activity led him in the following years with lieder recitals, oratorios and concert operas through West Germany and neighboring European countries. His repertoire ranged from the early baroque to the modern; Among other things he sang at world premieres of works by Bertold Hummel, Josef Trompke , Ida Gotkovsky and Yves-Marie Bruel .

Several of the works composed by Arno Leicht in the 1970s and 1980s (primarily church and chamber music) found widespread use in German-speaking countries. His best-known work from this creative period is the "Deutsche Messe".

From 1988 to 1998 Arno Leicht was director of the Würzburg Conservatory. In 1999 he switched to teaching solo singing at the Nuremberg University of Music , which in 2011 awarded him the title of honorary professor.

Arno Leicht is the father of five children and now lives near Würzburg.

further activities

Arno Leicht is a speaker for the Werkgemeinschaft Musik eV

Works (selection)

  • Sonata for flute and organ 1972 (Zimmermann, Frankfurt)
  • Vocal quartets with four-hand piano based on poems by Friedrich Nietzsche in 1972
  • Songs for Advent and Christmas (based on Franconian songs) for eight solo voices and harp (2nd version for mixed choir, organ and string orchestra) 1974
  • European Christmas carols (Jubilate-Verlag, Eichstätt)
  • Marian diptych for vocal double quartet a cappella (Verlag J. Rauh, Berlin)
  • German fair for soprano and bass solo, mixed choir, concert organ and string orchestra 1976

Discography (selection)

  • Piano sonatas by João Domingos Bomtempo , His Masters Voice 1979
  • Our Father by Peter Cornelius and Spiritual Songs by Franz Liszt , b & b records 1983
  • “I'm standing here at your crib” (Advent and Christmas carols), Christophorus 1986
  • Vocal works by Yves-Marie Bruel, Studio Catz / Paris 1997

Awards

literature

  • Who is who? The German Who's Who XLVIII 2011/12, Lübeck 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arno Leicht appointed honorary professor ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), University of Music Nuremberg, June 22, 2011, accessed on March 23, 2015
  2. ↑ Speakers , Werkgemeinschaft Musik eV, accessed on November 24, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Easy, Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Werneck