Günther Wolf
Günther Wolf (born March 20, 1925 in the Werdau district ; † March 3, 2018 in Stralsund ) was a German choir director and conductor .
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He attended the primary school in Pöhlau and from 1935 to 1943 the secondary school in Chemnitz . In 1943 he was drafted into the German Navy and interned and released as an ensign at sea. From 1946 to 1948 he attended the state high school in Herne , after which he completed private music studies with exams to become a music teacher and choir conductor until 1951.
Günther Wolf began his career as a student of Paul Kurzbach . He took seminars and master classes with Helmut Koch and Igor Markewitsch and assisted in 1954 at the Bayreuth Richard Wagner Festival .
In 1951 he began his work as choir director at what was then the Landestheater Altenburg . Here he also founded a concert choir. From 1956 Wolf worked as choir director at the Rostock Volkstheater for 27 years . Under his leadership and initiative, the Rostock Singakademie was re-established in 1964 . Wolf was also active at the Störtebeker Festival in Ralswiek on Rügen from 1959 to 1961 and 1980 and 1981 as the director of professional and amateur choirs.
On August 1, 1983 Günther Wolf began an engagement at the Stralsund Theater . Here, too, he succeeded in qualifying the concert choir, founded in 1979, for recognition as a singing academy in March 1989. Under the direction of Wolf Theater Stralsund and succeeded in the fusion Greifswald for Theater Vorpommern a transition without loss of quality.
Under the direction of Günther Wolf, a wide range of choral symphonic works were performed in the Philharmonic Concerts in Rostock and Stralsund, including world premieres of commissioned works. The joint music-making by professional and amateur choir, opera choir and singing academy was remarkable. The Singakademie Stralsund appeared under his leadership in broadcasts on ARD and ZDF .
Wolf retired in 1997, but remained active for the Singakademie. Until the end of 2003 he was also the director of the children's choir of the Singakademie Stralsund .
Günther Wolf was an honorary member of the Vorpommern Theater, the Association of German Concert Choirs and its choir, the Singakademie Stralsund.
The city of Stralsund honored Günther Wolf for his special services in 2005 with the entry in the Stralsund Book of Honor.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolf, Günther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choir director and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werdau |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 2018 |
| Place of death | Stralsund |