Carl Robert Helg
Carl Robert Helg (born May 26, 1956 in Switzerland ; † July 23, 2011 in Karlsruhe ) was a Swiss conductor , pianist and choir director .
Life
Carl Robert Helg studied piano, bassoon, conducting and choral conducting at the Winterthur Conservatory . At the age of 18 he was the director of the church choir in his home town of Lütisburg .
His artistic career took him to the Zurich Opera House , the Basel Theater , the National Theater in Munich , the Wiesbaden State Theater and the Hildesheim City Theater . The collaboration with Wolfgang Sawallisch , Carlos Kleiber and Anne Sophie Mutter as well as regular master classes with Sergiu Celibidache shaped his further career. In 1989 he was assistant at the Bayreuth Festival , in 1990/1991 he was deputy chief conductor of the musical Das Phantom der Oper in Hamburg.
In 2000, Helg founded his own orchestra, the Carl Robert Helg Ensemble , with which he played numerous concerts.
From 1997 to 2011 he was the choir director of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe . From August 2011 he should have taken the same position at the Stadttheater Bern . He died on July 23, 2011 as a result of a fall on the stage of the Karlsruhe State Theater.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait Carl Robert Helg: Choir Director of the Badisches Staatstheater, ka-news
- ^ Berner Zeitung , accessed on August 17, 2011.
- ↑ ka-news , accessed on August 17, 2011.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Helg, Carl Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss conductor, pianist and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 2011 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |