Fredo Jung
Fredo Jung (born February 9, 1949 in Gotha ) is a German pianist , conductor and composer .
Life
Jung received piano lessons from the age of five and later violin lessons. At the age of 12 he first appeared as a pianist. At the Liszt School of Music in Weimar , he completed an external early course, where he studied conducting and piano as well as composition (minor) and violin (minor) from 1967 to 1972 .
He got his first engagement in 1972 at the German National Theater Weimar as a solo coach . In 1973 he became a lecturer for accompaniment and opera school at the University of Music Weimar. In 1976 he moved to the Städtische Bühnen Erfurt as a solo coach with conducting duties, and in 1979 he became second conductor. From 1987 to 1992 Jung was chief conductor and musical director of the Landeskapelle and the Landestheater Altenburg .
From 1992 to 1994 he taught conducting at the Weimar Academy of Music. Since 1994 he has been a freelance lecturer for conducting, accompaniment and sight reading at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .
Fredo Jung works as a conductor and composer and appears as the creator of his own arrangements and compositions. a. for the Calmus Ensemble Leipzig , the Gaede Trio , the ensembles of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk and the Gewandhausorchester .
Web links
- Works by and about Fredo Jung in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fredo Jung's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig, Teaching piano / conducting: Fredo Jung ( Memento from October 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Young, Fredo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |