Eitelfriedrich Thom
Eitelfriedrich Thom (born November 20, 1933 in Stolp ; † December 12, 1993 in Blankenburg (Harz) ) was an internationally recognized German conductor and musicologist .
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Thom was born in Stolp in 1933 and attended elementary school there until 1945 and then grammar school. In April 1946 Thom fled via Plau and Bernburg to Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains. In 1952 he founded the "Collegium musicum Blankenburg", which in 1965 was named " Telemann Chamber Orchestra ". From 1953 to 1957 he studied at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg. In 1956 Thom initiated the "Blankenburger Musiktage". In 1958 he initiated the first meeting for the "Jugend musiziert" courses, later the "Michaelsteiner Summer Course". After his state examination in 1957, Thom worked as a teacher at GutsMuths-EOS in Quedlinburg until 1970 . 1973 followed the doctorate to the Doctor philosophiae.
From 1968 onwards, Thom used the Michaelstein Monastery for his orchestra, and the building's crumbling structure was restored over many years. On June 30, 1968 the first concert took place in the refectory of the monastery. In 1972 Thom organized the first scientific working conference in Michaelstein. The former monastery became a cultural institution in 1978 and Thom took over the management. In addition to this activity, he was head of the Magdeburg branch of the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig University of Music from 1978 to 1980 . In 1981 Eitelfriedrich Thom was appointed director and chief musical director of the Michaelstein cultural and research center. On September 1, 1989, the baroque ensemble of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra, permanently employed at the institute, was founded. Two years later, Thom was appointed artistic director of the Telemann Festival in Clausthal-Zellerfeld .
Eitelfriedrich Thom was a member of the SED until 1989 . He later became a member of the Rotarians and Freemasons .
Awards
- 1994 posthumously honorary award of the city of Blankenburg
literature
- Bimberg / Pfeiffer Eitelfriedrich Thom Verlag Peter Lang, 2004. ISBN 3-631-52148-0
- Bimberg / Pfeiffer: The rediscovery of the baroque in the spirit of Telemann - 50 years of the Telemann Chamber Orchestra Michaelstein Verlag Peter Lang, 2002. ISBN 3-631-39628-7
Web links
- Works by and about Eitelfriedrich Thom in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sound recordings with Eitelfriedrich Thom at the Telemann Chamber Orchestra Michaelstein
- Eitelfriedrich-Thom-Förderpreis , awarded by the Society of Friends of Michaelstein eV, Michaelstein Monastery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thom, Eitelfriedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stolp , Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1993 |
| Place of death | Blankenburg |