Hans Berger (church musician)
Hans Berger (born October 29, 1944 in Oberaudorf ) is a Bavarian church musician and choir director .
Life
He directs the Hans Berger ensemble , which specializes in classical folk music, and works closely with both the Montini Choir and the Müllner Peter Choir. He is also considered a zither virtuoso and has arranged and composed a large number of works from the Baroque and Classical periods for this instrument and the ensemble .
One of his merits is the rediscovery and evaluation of the sheet music collection of the Upper Bavarian polymath Peter Huber, known as Müllner-Peter (1766–1843), whose works he edited and since then has made available to a larger audience in numerous sound recordings and concerts.
In 1986 he married the music teacher and choir director Rosalie (Rosi) Käsweber (1964–2002), with whom he founded the Musiktage Oberaudorf-Reisach in 1991, which she directed until 2000. His son Johannes Berger (* 1987) comes from the marriage .
The Hans Berger ensemble was awarded the Hanns Seidel Foundation's Culture Prize at the “Folk Music Day” in Wildbad Kreuth in 2008 .
Further honors
- 1986: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1986: Golden Heart - FDP Rosenheim
- 1991: Bavarian poet thaler from the Munich tower scribe
- 1991: Dachau Literature Medal
- 1995: Kiem-Pauli medal of the mountain riflemen
- 2009: Culture Prize of the District of Rosenheim
- 2012: Inntal EUREGIO Prize
- 2013: Golden Zither
- 2015: Obb. District medal in silver
- 2016: Protectorate badge in gold (Duke Franz von Bayern / Bayernbund )
Web links
- Hans Berger - Official website
- Works by and about Hans Berger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Complete overview of works including biographies at Chor.at
- Hans and Johannes Berger - two ways to music, BR Fs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 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. , accessed March 20, 2016.
- ↑ http://www.ovb-online.de/rosenheim/kultur/fest-leben-2610245.html , accessed on March 20, 2016.
- ↑ Musiktage Oberaudorf
- ↑ List of winners of the Folk Music Days in Kloster Banz and Wildbad Kreuth (since 1984) , Hanns Seidel Foundation, p. 2.
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SURNAME | Berger, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bavarian church musician and choir director |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberaudorf |