Egon Boelsche

Hermann Egon Bölsche (born February 4, 1907 in Cologne , † May 28, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German conductor at various theaters in Germany and professor of music at the State University of Music - Mendelssohn Academy in Leipzig .

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The son of Franz Bölsche and Olga Bölsche studied conducting with Hermann Abendroth at the Cologne University of Music from 1925 to 1929 and then (1929 to 1933) became Kapellmeister in Cologne and Magdeburg at the theaters there. From 1933 to 1944 he was first Kapellmeister and choirmaster at the Opera House in Königsberg (Prussia) . After taking part in the war and imprisonment in Riga , he became a lecturer at the University of Music in Leipzig, later professor of conducting and composition. From 1948 he taught at the "Staatliche Hochschule für Musik - Mendelssohn Academy", where on September 1, 1949 he was appointed professor for opera school and conducting. He retired on August 31, 1954.

After a subsequent engagement at the Stralsund Theater , he moved to the Brandenburger Theater as chief conductor.

Egon Bölsche lived with his wife Hildegard Bölsche, b. Bauer, and the three children Elke, Jörg and Kay in Leipzig-Schleußig, later in one of the 'intelligence houses' in Leipzig-Marienbrunn. The marriage did not last long, however, after which he married Beate Hardloff (* 1931), b. Schwarz, and had two other children with her, Alexander Johannes and Gyvonne Katharina. Beate brought Michael-Günter, who was adopted by him, into the marriage.

He died in 1970 in the Charité hospital in Berlin .

publication

• School of Score Playing , Edition Peters No. 4604, 1952, several editions

Web links

• Works by and about Egon Bölsche in the catalog of the German National Library