Jürgen Jürgens (conductor)

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Jürgen Jürgens (born October 5, 1925 in Frankfurt am Main ; † August 4, 1994 in Hamburg ) was a German choir director and conductor .

Life

Jürgens received his musical training in his hometown with Kurt Thomas at the Musisches Gymnasium and later studied with Konrad Lechner in Freiburg . In 1961, Jürgens was appointed head of “Academic Music Care” and on February 15, 1966, University Music Director at the University of Hamburg . In 1973 he was appointed university professor. In 1955 he founded the Monteverdi Choir Hamburg , which he directed until his death and which is particularly dedicated to the care of early music and the work of Claudio Monteverdi . Together with the choir, he made numerous recordings, many of which have won record awards. The recording of Il Vespro della Beata Vergine (Marienvesper) by Claudio Monteverdi with the Monteverdi Choir Hamburg and the Concentus Musicus Vienna made him famous in an edition he created for the recording. Jürgens was also the editor of numerous sheet music editions, gave conducting masterclasses and was a juror in various choir competitions.

In 1985 he was honored by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg with the Biermann-Ratjen Medal for his artistic services to the city of Hamburg, and in 1991 with the Johannes Brahms Medal . He was buried in the main cemetery Ohlsdorf in Hamburg.

literature

  • Robert Schomacker (Ed.): JüJü - Jürgen Jürgens, the Monteverdi Choir Hamburg and the Academic Music Maintenance of the University of Hamburg from the beginning until 1994. Books on Demand , Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7347-7093-7 .

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