Horst Förster (conductor, 1933)

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Horst Förster (born September 13, 1933 in Leipzig ) is a German conductor and musicologist . He lives and works in Berlin .

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Förster began his studies as Kapellmeister at the University of Music in Leipzig . In 1954 he founded the Collegium musicum (today Academic Orchestra Leipzig ) at the University of Leipzig , which gives concerts regularly in the Gewandhaus . Förster completed his studies in 1957 as a qualified conductor. This was followed by studying musicology at the Leipzig University of Music, which he graduated with a diploma in 1963 . He received his doctorate with the dissertation “The form in the symphonic works of Alexander N. Scriabin ”.

With the Academic Orchestra Leipzig, which he directed for 60 years, Förster has given concerts in numerous European countries and in the USA, Canada, China and Japan.

From 1970 to 1978 he worked as music director of the State Loh Orchestra in Sondershausen . He was then chief conductor of the Schwerin Philharmonic from 1978 to 1988 . In Schwerin, he was responsible for the establishment of the Schwerin branch of the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin from 1981 . There he was a lecturer in music history. In 1987 he became an honorary professor . In 1988 he received a professor of conducting.

Förster has lived in Berlin as a freelance conductor and musicologist since 1991. He was repeatedly guest conductor at the Great Romantics Festival of the American Liszt Society in Hamilton / Canada and at the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival in Houston / USA.

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  1. ↑ a b c d Ceremonial event for the award of the Medal of Honor to Dr. Horst Foerster. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ Leipziger Volkszeitung: Concert for the 60th birthday of the Academic Orchestra in the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
  3. ↑ foerderverein-loh-orchester.de: Names of the Kapellmeister of the court orchestra and the conductors of the Loh Orchestra in Sondershausen. August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 400 years of the Loh orchestra! | Art and technology. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ leipzig.de: justification for awarding the Medal of Honor of the City of Leipzig Horst Förster. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Forester, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig