Franz Müller-Heuser

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Franz Müller-Heuser (born March 8, 1932 in Wesel ; † December 30, 2010 in Cologne ) was a German concert singer and music college professor.

Life

Müller-Heuser received his training as an opera and concert singer (baritone) at the Folkwang School in Essen . At the same time he studied musicology, art history and philosophy at the University of Cologne and received his doctorate on the "Aesthetics of Gregorian Singing ".

As a professional singer he gave numerous oratorio concerts and recitals in all major German cities and went on concert tours to other European and non-European countries. He made records, radio and television recordings and stood on the podium for a total of 35 years.

In 1963 he was appointed professor for singing at the Cologne University of Music . In 1976 he was appointed director of the university. After the passing of the new art college law, he was elected rector of the college in 1989 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1997.

Grave in the Melaten cemetery

In 1978 he became the founding president of the State Music Council of North Rhine-Westphalia. From 1988 to 2003 Müller-Heuser was President of the German Music Council . In the 1990s, under his leadership, this umbrella association united with that of the former GDR, created new projects and reorganized its infrastructure in order to make itself more sustainable for growing areas of responsibility.

Since 1998, Müller-Heuser has been the founding president of the newly established Nuremberg-Augsburg University of Music . In 1999 he was elected chairman of the cultural council.

Franz Müller-Heuser was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and in 1993 the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

He died at the age of 78. There were two funeral services on January 8, 2011, after which he was buried in Cologne's Melaten cemetery (hallway 20 (E)). His temporary wife was Inge Müller-Heuser (1921-2010), who was a councilwoman in Wesel for many years, chairwoman of the culture committee and art patron.

Functions

A selection of his national and international functions:

  • Conducted master classes for singing in numerous countries
  • Jury member and chairman of national and international competitions
  • President of the European Conference of Universities of Music for several years
  • Member of the board of trustees of KölnMusik
  • Member of the Broadcasting Council of WDR Cologne
  • Member of the board of trustees of the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the ARD competition in Munich, the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben Hamburg
  • Vice-President of the International Music Council in Paris
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of Forum Tiberius
  • Honorary President of the German Music Council

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.net-tribune.de/nt/node/33570/news/Ehrenpraesident-des-Deutschen-Musikrats-gestorben ( Memento from August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
  3. ↑ landesmusikrat.nrw.de: Farewell to Franz Müller-Heuser ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lmr-nrw.de
  4. ↑ Inge Müller-Heuser (89) is dead. Neue Rhein Zeitung , accessed on April 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller-Heuser, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concert singer and music university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Wesel
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2010
Place of death Cologne