Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (born June 19, 1937 in Karlsbad , Czechoslovakia ) is a German conductor , choir director and voice teacher.
Life
Schmidt-Gaden studied conducting with Kurt Eichhorn in Munich, choir conducting with Kurt Thomas in Leipzig, and singing with Helge Rosvaenge , Otto Iro and Mario Tonelli.
In 1956 he founded the Tölzer Boys Choir , which he formed into an internationally sought-after boys' choir within a few years and which he directed until 2016. Carl Orff , Hans Werner Henze , Herbert von Karajan , August Everding and Claudio Abbado were among Schmidt-Gaden's important sponsors. The long-term collaboration with Nikolaus Harnoncourt was particularly influential in his musical development .
In 1978 Schmidt-Gaden founded the “Florilegium Musicum”, a chamber orchestra for early music with original instruments.
From 1980 to 1988 he held a professorship for choral conducting at the Mozarteum in Salzburg . From 1984 to 1989 he also worked as choir director at La Scala in Milan and supervised the children's choir there.
The writer Christopher Kloeble , who sang in the Tölzer Knabenchor from 1988 to 1994, reported retrospectively in 2017 on mental abuse by Schmidt-Gaden up to the singing of a polyphonic mockery of the then overweight Kloeble during a bus ride of the choir, Schmidt-Gaden even stopped the other choirboys to sing along. Another choirboy confirmed the atmosphere of fear, humiliation and emotional violence up to a slap in the face. Schmidt-Gaden did not comment on the allegations.
Schmidt-Gaden's work with the Tölzer Knabenchor, including Bach's Christmas Oratorio with the Collegium Aureum , small sacred concerts by Heinrich Schütz and sacred choral music by Orlando di Lasso , is documented in numerous recordings.
Awards
- 1983: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1984: Bavarian poet thaler
- 1991: Upper Bavarian Culture Prize
- 1994: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1999: Professor for life
- 2003: " Echo Klassik" for the recording of Orlando di Lasso's "Penance Psalms"
- 2008: "Culture letter of honor"
- 2009: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver
literature
- Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden: ways of voice training. Max Hieber , Munich 1992, ISBN 3-920456-11-4
Web links
- Sound carrier by Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kurzbiographie ( English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Trebbin: Memories of the Tölzer Knabenchor: "One tried not to cry" BR-Klassik from September 15, 2017
- ^ Tölzer Knabenchor: Ex-member speaks of "emotional terror" Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 29, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor, choir director and voice teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Carlsbad , Czechoslovakia |