Gottfried Zawichowski

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Gottfried Zawichowski (born February 8, 1960 in Tulln on the Danube ) is the managing director of the Lower Austria Music Factory , coordinator of the Lower Austrian Choir scene and freelance production manager and choir director. He also works as a research assistant at the Department of Art and Cultural Studies at Danube University Krems (Center for Contemporary Music). The focus of his activities in the institutions mentioned is the service of contemporary music and choral music in close cooperation with institutions of the Province of Lower Austria.

education

Gottfried Zawichowski

Gottfried Zawichowski began his musical training in his youth at the municipal music school in Tulln with lessons in piano and violin. After graduating from Realgymnasium Tulln , he first completed the "Sound Engineering" course at the Institute for Electroacoustics at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna , before completing studies in business education at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Education and music education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

In the course of this, Zawichowski spent 1987 studying at the Stockholm University of Music , where he made contacts with the Scandinavian choral music scene, which would have a lasting impact on his artistic and professional activities. In addition to training and further education at home and abroad, in 2000 a study visit of several weeks in Chicago, Illinois / USA as part of the “Gateway 2000” program followed, and in 2007 he completed his studies in musicology at the University of Vienna.

Professional activities

Gottfried Zawichowski gained his first professional experience as a secondary school teacher and as an employee of Jeunesse - Musical Youth Austria and as a freelance employee of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation , for which he has so far worked as a unit manager for music productions, as a program designer for Radio Lower Austria and as an editor of the children's program “Musikwerkstatt “Was active. Since 1989 he has been involved in the organization and conception of various music courses and festivals such as the "Niederösterreichische Jazzakademie" he founded, the Lower Austrian folk music festival "Listen up" or the chamber music course "Musikfabrik Edelhof".

Gottfried Zawichowski has been managing director of the Niederösterreich music factory since 1996, within the framework of which, on behalf of the cultural department of Lower Austria a. a. the artist in residence program “ musik aktuell - new music in lower austria ” is realized with an average of 100 events and projects per year.

In addition to honorary functions as head of the “Jeunesse Musicale Austria” branch in his hometown of Tulln or as a member of the Lower Austrian Cultural Senate, Gottfried Zawichowski has also been a member of the music advisory board at the Austrian Federal Chancellery (Art and Culture Department) since 2013, and as a research assistant at the Art Department - and cultural studies at Danube University Krems.

Artistic activity

Gottfried Zawichowski has appeared artistically since 1983 as director of the a cappella choir Tulln and since 2004 also as coordinator of the “Lower Austria Choir Scene” in the Austrian music scene. He is also active as a juror in numerous competitions, as a freelance conductor, producer and unit manager in the music scene.

Awards

He has received numerous prizes and awards, including a. He was awarded the Culture Prize of the Province of Lower Austria in 1988 and 2011 for music education and music education, the Federal Decoration of Honor of the Republic of Austria in 2003 and the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Province of Lower Austria in 2016.

Publications

  • Eva-Maria Bauer in conversation with Gottfried Zawichowski: "Dissonance is part of everyday life", in: Suchy, Irene & Kogler, Susanne (ed.): Scores of the body. Gesture in composition and performance . Provincial Library, Weitra 2017, pp. 33–42.
  • Zawichowski, Gottfried: "The restoration of the Tulln Zika organ. On the successful preservation of a sound monument in Lower Austria, In: Preservation of monuments in Lower Austria. A look back at three decades". Province of Lower Austria, St. Pölten 2016, pp. 135–137
  • Zawichowski, Gottfried: musik aktuell - new music in nö. Presentation and analysis of the concept for the promotion of contemporary music in Lower Austria on a supraregional level . Diploma at the University of Vienna, Vienna 2007
  • Zawichowski, Gottfried: Access to general and vocational higher schools. A comparison of school statistics shown using the example of Tulln . Diploma in Business University of Vienna, Vienna 1985

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michaela Fleck: Culture Awards 2019: 24 awards and lots of art from Lower Austria. In: Niederösterreichische Nachrichten . November 5, 2019, accessed November 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zawichowski, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cultural manager and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Tulln on the Danube