Friedrich Lessky
Friedrich Lessky (born August 27, 1934 in Ried im Innkreis ) is an Austrian music teacher , choir director and church musician .
Life
Lessky studied music education and the organ at the Vienna Music Academy as well as history and musicology at the University of Vienna . Afterwards he worked as a music teacher at general secondary schools as a church musician at various Viennese churches, including from 1958 as choirmaster and organist of the Don Bosco Church in Neuerdberg and from 1983 at the Lichtentaler parish church .
In 1964 he was entrusted with setting up a secondary school for music students in Vienna's ninth district. From 1976 to 2000 he was the first director of the Viennese high school in the seventh district.
From 1972 to 1982 Lessky was artistic director of the Wiener Singakademie and from 1978 to 1999 lecturer at the Wiener Musikhochschule . From 1987 to 1999 he headed the Austrian Music Educators Working Group in Vienna. As artistic director of the Schubert Society in Vienna-Lichtental, he initiated the international Franz Schubert choir competition.
family
Lessky's brother Rudolf (* 1935) is also a music pedagogue, choir director and church musician, as well as a composer. One of Friedrich Lessky's son, Michael (* 1960), is a conductor and was artistic director of the St. Margarethen Opera Festival in 1999 and 2000 . Rudolf Lessky's son Gerhard (* 1969) is the conductor and founder of the Summer Opera Festival in Schärding. Like his brother, Friedrich Lessky is a member of the Innviertel artists' guild .
Awards
- Mozart Interpretation Prize for Young Artists (1974)
- Medal of honor of St. Stephen in bronze of the Archdiocese of Vienna (1979)
- Professional title Hofrat (1988)
- Pontifical Cross of Honor Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (1989)
- Commander's Cross of the Papal New Year's Order (1992)
- Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1995)
- Memorial medal in silver from the Vienna University of Music (1999)
- Great Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2001)
Fonts
- Our youngest and Beethoven . In: Beethoven-Almanach . 1970.
Web links
- Christian Fastl: Lessky, family. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
- Literature by and about Friedrich Lessky in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lessky, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian music teacher, choir director and church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ried im Innkreis |