Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (born April 25, 1929 in Leipzig ; † September 25, 2013 there ) was a German singer ( tenor ), choir director and university teacher . From 1972 to 1991 he was Thomas Cantor .
Life
Rotzsch attended the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt from 1940 to 1945, of which Kurt Thomas was the artistic director . After an apprenticeship, he began studying church music at the Leipzig University of Music in 1949 , one of his organ teachers here was Günther Ramin . Privately he took singing lessons from Fritz Polster .
Rotzsch first became known as an oratorio oratorio , became a member of the Leipzig Bach Soloists and stepped in briefly as a tenor soloist on a concert tour of the Leipzig Thomanerchor in Basel in 1954. From then on he appeared regularly with the St. Thomas Choir and soon took over its vocal training. In 1963 he became director of the Leipzig University Choir, which he led until 1973. In 1972 he succeeded Erhard Mauersberger on the post of Thomaskantor. A few weeks earlier he was awarded the title of professor . From 1974 to 1979 Rotzsch was Leipziger CDU - a city councilor .
Rotzsch resigned from the office of Thomaskantor in 1991 in order to anticipate his dismissal by the city of Leipzig because of his IM work for the Ministry for State Security since 1973. His resignation was accompanied by numerous protests from Leipzig citizens, active and former Thomaners as well as the parents of Thomaners, who vehemently stood up for him. His successor was Georg Christoph Biller .
Rotzsch founded the Leipzig Cultural Foundation in 1990 . In October 1992 Rotzsch was appointed full guest professor for Protestant church music at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where he worked until 2000.
Awards
- 1967: Art Prize of the GDR
- 1976: National Prize of the GDR for art and literature, second class
- 1980: Arthur Nikisch Prize of the City of Leipzig
- 1987: Art Prize of the City of Leipzig
- 1988: Honorary doctorate from the University of Leipzig
Sound carrier (selection)
As a singer
- Ludwig van Beethoven , Symphony No. 9 in D minor , op.125, Ingeborg Wenglor, Ursula Zollenkopf, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Theo Adam , Rundfunkchor Leipzig , Gewandhausorchester Leipzig , Franz Konwitschny , RTL Klassikothek, audio CD
- Franz Schubert , Messen D. 678 & D. 950, Helen Donath , Ingeborg Springer, Peter Schreier , Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Theo Adam, Staatskapelle Dresden , Wolfgang Sawallisch , 2 audio CDs
- Heinrich Schütz , Johannes Passion SWV 481, Psalmen Davids SWV 40, Peter Schreier, Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Gothart Stier , Dresdner Kreuzchor , Capella Fidicina , Martin Flämig , audio CD
- Heinrich Schütz, Small Spiritual Concerts , Adele Stolte , Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Otto Steinkopf , Jakob Stämpfli , Johannes Hoefflin , Wilhelm Pommerien , Walter Gerwig , Frauke Haasemann , Heinrich Haferland , Arno Schönstedt , Herrad Wehrung , Gundula Bernàt-Klein , Johannes Koch, Direction Wilhelm Ehmann , Label Cantate , audio CD
As a conductor
- Hugo Distler , The Christmas Story Op. 10, St. Thomas' Choir , audio CD
- 800 years of St. Thomas Choir Leipzig, works by former St. Thomas Cantors ( Johann Sebastian Bach , Johann Hermann Schein , Johann Adam Hiller , Christian Ehregott Weinlig , Johann Gottfriedschicht , Johann Schelle ), St. Thomas Choir, Gewandhaus Orchestra , New Bachisches Collegium Musicum , St. Thomas Cantor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, Crystall Classics 2012, 2 audio CDs
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Bach cantatas :
- I had a lot of distress , BWV 21, Arleen Augér , Peter Schreier , Siegfried Lorenz , Thomanerchor, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, recording: 1981–83, audio CD
- Heaven is laughing! The earth is jubilant , BWV 31 / Rejoice, your hearts BWV 66, Helga Termer, Heidi Rieß, Eberhard Büchner , Siegfried Lorenz, Hermann Christian Polster , St. Thomas ' Choir, Gewandhaus Orchestra
- Magnificat and 21 cantatas , Shirai, Soffel, Schreier, Auger, Wenkel, Adam, Lorenz, Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum, 11 audio CD
- Swing up joyfully, BWV 36 ; Now come, the Gentile Savior, BWV 61 ; Wake up, the voice calls us, BWV 140 , Arleen Augér , Peter Schreier, Siegfried Lorenz, Thomanerchor, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum
literature
- Kurt Meyer: The fifteenth after Bach. Thomas Cantor Hans Joachim Rotzsch . Schkeuditzer Buchverlag, Schkeuditz 2002, ISBN 3-9806705-4-6 .
- Werner Gosch: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch. Portrayed for you , Deutscher Verlag für Musik Leipzig 1989, ISBN 3-370-00296-5
Web links
- Works by and about Hans-Joachim Rotzsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hans-Joachim Rotzsch at leipzig-lexikon.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ex-Thomaskantor Hans-Joachim Rotzsch died at the age of 84 ( memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , accessed on September 25, 2013
- ↑ Günther Gießler: We Salzburgers are not giving back our Thomaskantor. Fired seven years ago in Leipzig for work in the Stasi - celebrated at the Mozarteum in Austria. Interview with Hans-Joachim Rotzsch. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. June 4, 1998, archived from the original on April 19, 2010 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cantor, choirmaster, tenor and Thomaskantor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2013 |
Place of death | Leipzig |