Gert Frischmuth

Gert Frischmuth (born July 18, 1932 in Jena ; † May 4, 2012 in Erfurt ) was a German choir director and music teacher.

Life

Gert Frischmuth studied music education at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . After 12 years of teaching at the Humboldt Oberschule in Erfurt , he was appointed to the Liszt University of Music in Weimar after additional studies in choral conducting for the subject of choral singing / choral conducting . There he successfully led, among other things, the Chamber Choir of the Musikhochschule, which has received several awards. In 1979 he was appointed professor. After 12 years as a guest conductor and two-year interim leadership, he was appointed choir director of the Radio Choir Leipzig, later in 1988 MDR Radio Choir Leipzig appointed. He directed this until 1998. Under his direction he developed into one of the top choirs in Europe. He also directed the Erfurt men's choir for over 40 years and the Thuringia State Youth Choir in 1998 and 1999 .

student

• Volkher Häusler , conductor and choir director
• Hubert Hoche , conductor and composer
• Markus Teutschbein , conductor and choir director
• Christian Frank , conductor and composer

Awards

• Two first prizes as a choir director in the singing competition of the Erfurt district on the Wartburg
• Culture Prize of the City of Erfurt 2003

Web links

• Works by and about Gert Frischmuth in the catalog of the German National Library

• A choir director with a special passion. MDR Kultur honors Gert Frischmuth on his 70th birthday. ( Memento from July 28, 2003 in the Internet Archive )