Ewald Liska
Ewald Liska (born November 17, 1937 in Stuttgart ; † November 16, 2017 ) was a German physicist , singer , journalist and consultant in the field of music.
Life
The physicist who received his doctorate and subsequently qualified as a professor at the University of Stuttgart in 1967 with his thesis on the viscoelasticity of high-molecular melts, in particular ethylene oxide polymers , worked first in industry and then as a professor at the University of Ulm .
From 1978 to 1998 he was chief music editor in the sacred music and choral music department at Süddeutscher Rundfunk , later on Südwestrundfunk . He died in November 2017, the day before his 80th birthday.
Act
As a teenager, Liska became a bass concert and lieder singer. He was a cantor in Stuttgart from 1955 to 1969 and was a member of various vocal ensembles for old and new music, for example the Südfunkchor from 1960 to 1968, which he helped to reorientate, and the Schola Cantorum Stuttgart from 1960 to 1990, one of whose founding members counted.
In 1972 he was a co-founder of the EXVOCO (Expanded Voice Company Stuttgart) ensemble. He was also a member of the board of the art association "Kunstraum 34" in Stuttgart, which he co-founded in 1983. In 1987 he founded the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd with Hubert Beck as co-initiator, of which he had been artistic director since 1999.
Liska was also a consultant for numerous music and composition competitions, a member of the German Music Council and a juror at the German Choir Competition .
Awards
- 2008 Federal Cross of Merit (by Dietrich Birk )
- 2013 Citizen Medal of the City of Schwäbisch Gmünd (by Richard Arnold )
Publications
- Viscoelasticity of high molecular weight melts, especially of ethylene oxide polymers , Stuttgart 1967.
- (Ed.): Hommage à Clytus Gottwald : memories, letters, compositions for the 80th birthday . Stuttgart 2005: Carus-Verlag. ISBN 3-89948-071-6 .
Web links
- Article on the award of the Federal Cross of Merit on baden-wuerttemberg.de
- Article on the award of the citizen medal on remszeitung.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rems-Zeitung of November 21, 2017 Culture: EKM program maker Ewald Liska passed away , accessed on November 22, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liska, Ewald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th November 2017 |