Claus Bantzer

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Claus Bantzer (2007)

Claus Bantzer (born October 10, 1942 in Marburg ) is a German church musician , composer and conductor .

life and work

Claus Bantzer was born in Marburg in 1942 into a family of artists (both father and grandfather Carl Bantzer were painters ). His older brother Christoph Bantzer is a film actor.

Bantzer began studying piano, organ and conducting at the University of Music in Frankfurt am Main. He continued his studies at the University of Music in Hamburg, where he became an organ student of Heinz Wunderlich . At the same time he was his assistant at St. Jacobi .

From 1975 Bantzer was organist, later church music director at St. Johannis Harvestehude in Hamburg, where he a. a. directed the church choir of St. Johannis. In 1980 he founded the Harvestehude Chamber Choir , which he also directed. Bantzer has worked as a conductor with the Hamburger Camerata since 1986 .

In 1999, he started the music series Kreuzungen - Musik interwoven , in which he combined various art forms (dance, painting, literature or film) with his own improvisations . The choreographer John Neumeier and the writer Hamid Skif were involved in the series. He also involved jazz musicians such as Leszek Zadlo and Warnfried Altmann , with whom he also made recordings.

As a composer of film music, Bantzer worked particularly intensively with the directors Peter Lilienthal , Doris Dörrie , Jan Schütte and Tevfik Başer .

In 2008 Bantzer retired from church service and handed over the leadership of the church choir to his successor in office. He directed the Harvestehude Chamber Choir until 2017.

Filmography

  • 1980: the uprising
  • 1980: birth of the witch
  • 1982: Dear Mr. Wonderful
  • 1983: Arnold Janssen's risk
  • 1985: men
  • 1985: Inside the whale
  • 1986: paradise
  • 1986: 40 sqm Germany
  • 1987: When, if not now
  • 1987: Dragon food
  • 1987: The poet's silence
  • 1987: Adrian and the Romans
  • 1988: The cyclist from San Cristóbal
  • 1989: Farewell to false paradise
  • 1990: Winckelmann's travels
  • 1991: Farewell, strangers
  • 1991: To Patagonia
  • 1994: Goodbye America
  • 1995: Wasserman - The Singing Dog
  • 1996: In view of the forests
  • 2008: Cherry Blossoms - Hanami

Other compositions (selection)

  • time before - time after , composed together with ElbtonalPercussion member Stephan Krause for strings and percussion (2007)
  • Love is nothing, it grows at its highest , composition for solo viola, chamber choir and percussion ensemble based on a text by Paul Valéry (2002)
  • Open your mouth for the mute , jazz cantata, premiered by the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Chorus (1993)
  • Missa Popularis / Jazz Messe , premiered at the NDR Jazzworkshop on November 27, 1980

Works on CD (selection)

  • Claus Bantzer: Missa , Jazz-Messe, a live recording from June 16, 2001, conducted by Claus Bantzer Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 2001.
  • A ship is coming, loaded ... , Advent and Christmas music, Harvestehuder Chamber Choir , conducted by Claus Bantzer, Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 2000.
  • The Song of Solomon , A Collection of Love Songs, Harvestehude Chamber Choir, conducted by Claus Bantzer, Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 1999.
  • Samsara , improvisations for organ by Claus Bantzer, Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 1998.
  • Romantic choral music , Harvestehude Chamber Choir, conducted by Claus Bantzer, Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 1997.
  • Mariengesänge , Harvestehude Chamber Choir, conducted by Claus Bantzer, Arte Nova (Sony BMG) 1996.

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcus Stäbler: "St. Bantzer" vom Turmweg - Claus Bantzer leaves "his" choir at St. John's Church after 33 years of service. In: Hamburger Abendblatt from April 4, 2008, online at http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2008/04/04/865276.html (accessed on April 6, 2008)
personal data
SURNAME Bantzer, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, church musician and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg