Gerald Wirth

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Gerald Wirth (* 1965 in Linz ) is an Austrian conductor , composer and choir teacher. Since 2001 he has been artistic director of the Vienna Boys' Choir , and since 2013 also president of the association.

Life

Gerald Wirth received his first musical training with the Vienna Boys' Choir and at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz. He was Kapellmeister with the Vienna Boys' Choir and choir director at the Salzburg State Theater. In 1991 he took over the direction of the Calgary Boys' Choir; subsequently he became musical director of the Calgary Civic Symphony and the vocal ensemble Sangita. He was Associate Conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (guest conductors in Australia, China, Russia and the United States).

His main interest is working with voices: In 1998 Wirth became deputy artistic director of the Vienna Boys' Choir, and in 2001 its artistic director. On September 17, 2013 he was also elected President of the Association. He holds international workshops on performance practice, choir conducting and voice training.

Most of his compositions are vocal works; these include his Missa Apostolica (1988) and the children's operas The Journey of the Little Prince , Die Schicksalstafel and 1398 - Der Bettelknabe , premiered in 2010 at the Vienna Musikverein . Wirth's works are often inspired by myths or philosophical texts. In the musical implementation Gerald Wirth combines Gregorian chant, rhythmic elements and elements of ethnic music.

In 2003 he founded the wirth music academy to train and further educate choir directors using the Wirth method. The Wirth method is a music-pedagogical approach that combines classical music theory, sound awareness, ear training, rhythm training and sight seeing in a choir teaching concept.

Works (selection)

  • Missa Apostolica (1988)
  • The Journey of the Little Prince. Children's opera
  • The fate table. Children's Opera (WP February 2002, Musikverein Wien)
  • 1398 - The beggar boy. Children's Opera (Premiere February 2010, Musikverein Vienna)
  • The Spirit of Music (choir and brass)
  • Carmina Austriaca (WP June 2016, Grafenegg Festival)

Sound recordings

  • 2001: A Jewish Celebration in Song. A. Kaplan, Psalms of Abraham, S. Kalib, Day of Rest.Naxos (Milken Archive)
  • 2003: Beethoven, Mass in C major; J. Haydn, Insanae et vanae curae; WA Mozart, Misericordias Domini. Koch Universal
  • 2003: Singa is insre Freud. Folk songs from the Alps. Koch Universal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement from the Vienna Boys' Choir about the election of the new president ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 101 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wienersaengerknaben.at
personal data
SURNAME Wirth, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian conductor, composer and choir teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz