Heiner Hopfner

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Heiner Hopfner (born June 28, 1941 in Mitterteich ; † August 31, 2014 ) was a German opera, lied and concert singer with a tenor voice as well as a singing teacher.

Life and artistic work

At the age of eight he came to the Regensburger Domspatzen . After graduating from high school, which he passed in 1962 at the German Gymnasium in Amberg , he studied singing at the Munich Music Academy and education at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . During his three-year legal traineeship, he won several international awards and devoted himself increasingly to his career as an opera, lied and concert singer. He subsequently sang on the major German-speaking music stages, a. a. at the Bavarian State Opera , and many song and concert evenings have taken him to the major national and international concert halls. In the late 1970s he was the leading tenor of theKassel State Theater .

During his singing career, the singer worked with conductors such as Eugen Jochum , Herbert von Karajan , Karl Böhm , Karl Richter , Helmuth Rilling , Georg Solti , Wolfgang Sawallisch , to name just a few of the many.

Heiner Hopfner taught singing at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. His students include a. Christiane Karg , Laura Schroeder , Joel Montero , Cordula Schuster etc. He was also a member of the jury for the International Mozart Competition.

Heiner Hopfner died on August 31, 2014 at the age of 73.

Discography (selection)

  • JS Bach, Christmas Oratorio, Label: Archive 2723057
  • Cantatas and songs for Christmas, label: Christophorus Entrée 1994
  • The Vampire, Label: Opera d'Oro 2005
  • Karl Ditter von Dittersdorf, Label: Ars Nusici 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.ovb-online.de/rosenheim/wasserburg/nachruf-3853175.html
  2. ↑ http://www.mrg-amberg.de/musik/EhemaligeLBA.htm
  3. ↑ http://lauraschroeder.blogspot.com/
  4. ↑ http://joelmontero.com/
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 10, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cordula-schuster.com
  6. ↑ Prof. Heiner Hopfner has passed away. Regensburger Domspatzen choir, September 3, 2014, accessed on October 6, 2014 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Hopfner, Heiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera, lied and concert singer (tenor) as well as singing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitterteich
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2014