Johannes Prince

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Johannes Prinz (born March 17, 1958 in Wolfsberg (Carinthia) ) is an Austrian choir director and conductor .

Life

Johannes Prinz came into contact with music in his early childhood through his father, who worked as a composer and music teacher. At the age of nine he became a soprano soloist with the Vienna Boys' Choir and took part in the international tours of this choir. He was shaped by Ferdinand Grossmann , later also by Erwin Ortner , with whom he took private choral conducting lessons.

He completed his studies in music education and instrumental music education as well as his training as a singing teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with distinction. He also studied conducting with Karl Österreicher.

After working as an assistant at the Arnold Schoenberg Choir , Prinz founded the choir of the Vienna University of Economics in 1982, which he directed for ten years and was awarded first prizes in numerous competitions. In 1988 he was also entrusted with the management of the chamber choir of the Vienna University of Music, with which he won first prize at the International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf in 1995 . From 1995 to 2007 he was also director of the Vienna Chamber Choir.

In 1991 Johannes Prinz was appointed director of the Wiener Singverein by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , a position he still holds today. Concert projects with leading orchestras and well-known conductors, international concert tours and awards for recordings characterize his work there.

As a teacher, Prinz not only founded the Wolfsberg Vocal Week, which he led for ten years, but also received a teaching post at the Vienna Music University in 1985. In 2000 he was appointed professor for choral conducting at the Graz University of Art . In addition, he works as a lecturer in numerous national and international choral conducting courses.

As a guest, Johannes Prinz has performed choirs and concerts with the Bavarian Radio Choir, the Berlin Radio Choir, the RIAS Chamber Choir, the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Choir, the Spanish Radio Choir, the State Choir of Latvia and choirs in Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and Singapore and Lithuania and other countries. In 2003 he led the World Youth Choir (together with Maria Guinand / Venezuela).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography of Johannes Prinz on the website of the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde , accessed on October 31, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Prince, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian choir director and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfsberg (Carinthia)