Josef Protschka
Josef Protschka (born February 5, 1944 in Prague ) is a German opera, lied and oratorio singer (tenor) and professor of singing. From 2002 to 2009 he was rector of the Cologne University of Music and Dance .
Life
Protschka grew up in the Rhineland. In 1956, at the age of 12, he sang the vocal parts of Karlheinz Stockhausen's electronic composition Gesang der Jünglinge as a boy soprano . A year earlier he had already sung the student in Weill's Der Jasager as part of a recording of the work for the US label MGM.
First he studied classical philology, philosophy and German and worked as a journalist and in adult education. But soon he devoted himself exclusively to his singing career. His first engagements as a lyric, later as a young tenor, took him to the stages of Giessen and Saarbrücken , from where he finally moved to Cologne . He gained international fame and made his debut at the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna State Opera , the Scala in Milan , the Dresden Semperoper , the Hamburg State Opera , the Zurich Opera House , the “ La Monnaie ” opera in Brussels, the Covent Garden in London and other European theaters . Over the years around 50 recordings as well as television and radio productions have been made, Protschka has won international prizes.
At the end of the 1990s Protschka was a university professor in Copenhagen as well as in Cologne and Aachen . Master classes have taken him to several European countries. In 2002 he was appointed rector of the Cologne University of Music without being released from his teaching duties. He was ceremoniously adopted on February 5, 2009. Protschka continues to give recitals and concerts, staged, is a member of the jury of international competitions and is building a studio for vocal interpretation (SVI).
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Protschka in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Protschka, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera, lied and oratorio singer (tenor) and professor of singing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |