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Christian Matthias Heiss (born June 1, 1967 in Greding ) is a German church musician , composer of church music , former diocesan music director of Eichstätt and, since September 1, 2019, cathedral music director in Regensburg .
Life
Christian Heiss was born as the son of Otto Heiss and his wife Rosa. He completed his school days with the Regensburger Domspatzen and studied church music and organ at the Munich University of Music (graduation: church music A diploma and master class diploma) a. a. with Franz Lehrndorfer . After working as a musical assistant at Eichstätter Dom , he worked as a church musician in Ravensburg . In 1999 he was cathedral organist in Eichstätt and in autumn 2002 was appointed to succeed Wolfram Menschick as Eichstätter cathedral music director. He also held the office of diocesan music director and head of the office for church music in Eichstätt.
He works as a choir composer and has created numerous pieces that have been published by music publishers. On behalf of the German Bishops' Conference , he set the first sentence of Pope Benedict XVI to music. as an official gift from the German bishops on the occasion of the papal visit to Germany in summer 2011.
On March 25, 2019, the Regensburg diocese announced that Christian Heiss will take over the office of Regensburg Cathedral Music Director as the successor to Roland Büchner from September 1, 2019 . He is now the director of the Regensburger Domspatzen and is returning to his former school.
Christian Heiß is married and has three children.
Works (selection)
- Missa Buccinata for old style choir and wind instruments (2003)
- Cantate Domino from Psalm 98 for choir and organ (2005)
- Messa piccola for mixed choir, tenor ad libitum and organ (2009)
- Non quia dominamur first sentence of Pope Benedict XVI. for four-part choir, wind quintet, timpani and organ (2011)
- Missa pro pace for choir and winds (2 trumpets, 2 trombones) or organ (2012)
- Ave verum corpus (2014)
- Cantate Domino for male choir and organ (2018)
Web links
- Works by Christian Heiß in the catalog of the German National Library
- Portrait of the composer Christian Heiß on the website of the Bonn Abbey Choir .
- At the papal mass, melodies from Eichstätt - works by Wolfram Menschick and Christian Heiß - will be heard online in the Berlin Olympic Stadium on the Augsburger Allgemeine website.
- Cathedral radio from September 8, 2019: Christian Heiss is the new cathedral music director in Regensburg "We look to the future"
Individual evidence
- ^ Portrait of the composer Christian Heiß. Retrieved July 18, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : Domspatz becomes Kapellmeister from March 26, 2019 vol. 75, no. 52, p. 6
- ↑ a b c Report in the Mittelbayerische Zeitung : Choir director in the office of September 4, 2019, vol. 75, no. 201, p. 31.
- ↑ Cathedral Kapellmeister. Retrieved April 14, 2017 (English).
- ↑ eichstaetter-dommusik.de. Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
- ↑ bistum-eichstaett.de: “A work by the Eichstätter cathedral music director Christian Heiss as a gift to the Pope”. Retrieved May 28, 2015 .
- ↑ March 25, 2019 1:20 p.m .: A cathedral sparrow becomes the new cathedral music director. Retrieved March 25, 2019 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Roland Büchner |
Domkapellmeister at Regensburg Cathedral since 2019 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hot, Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hot, Christian Matthias (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greding |