Edgar Seipenbusch
Edgar Seipenbusch (born August 18, 1936 in Velbert ; † April 11, 2011 ) was a German-Austrian composer , conductor and music director .
Life
Seipenbusch received violin and piano lessons at the age of seven and gave his first concerts at the age of twelve. From 1956 he studied violin, piano, composition and chamber music at the Cologne University of Music and Dance , among others with Frank Martin . He began his artistic career as concertmaster of the Rhenish Chamber Orchestra in Cologne. In 1962 he completed a conducting course with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , which he graduated with distinction.
He had his first permanent engagement for two years at the city theater in St. Pölten . From 1967 he was first conductor at the Graz Opera for five years . In 1972 he moved to Innsbruck, took over the Kapellmeister class of the Tyrolean State Conservatory , later also the direction of the orchestra, and worked until 1992 as general music director of the city of Innsbruck (and chief conductor of the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra ). After handing over this position to the Dutchman Kasper de Roo , years of teaching at the Innsbruck Conservatory and guest conductors in Europe followed. From 1995 he was conductor of the Vienna Chamber Opera and the festival “Mozart in Schönbrunn”. In addition to his concert activities at home and abroad, he also taught at the Mozarteum .
Awards
- Decoration of Honor for Art and Culture of the City of Innsbruck, 1976
- Cross of Merit of the City of Innsbruck, 1993
- Cross of Merit of the State of Tyrol
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Seipenbusch, Edgar. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Web links
- Audio recordings with Edgar Seipenbusch in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (interview and concert recordings )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Innsbruck honors Edgar Seipenbusch. In: Stadtnachrichten, Official Bulletin of the State Capital Innsbruck, February 1993, p. 13 ( digitized version )
- ^ A b Tiroler Landesjugendorchester: Edgar Seipenbusch ; Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ↑ a b Former music director Seipenbusch dead .; tirol.orf.at of April 14, 2011; accessed on August 2, 2016.
- ↑ Langenberger Kulturlexikon: Edgar Seipenbusch (PDF; 6.5 MB); Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ↑ City of Innsbruck: Decoration of Honor for Art and Culture (PDF; 306 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seipenbusch, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor and general music director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velbert |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 2011 |