Julian Tölle

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Julian Christoph Tölle

Julian Christoph Tölle (born September 19, 1966 in Bremen / Sauerland ) is a German conductor and musicologist.

Life

Tölle studied school music, conducting and musicology in Munich and Vienna . He completed his studies with an artistic diploma, state examination and a doctorate to become a Dr. phil. His dissertation on the late work of Olivier Messiaen was published by Peter Lang Verlag / Frankfurt. Further publications about Olivier Messiaen in the Laaber publishing houses and Weidler / Berlin.

In 1994 he was elected Artistic Director of the Amadeus Choir to succeed Karl-Friedrich Beringer . He conducted this ensemble until 2002.

In 2000 he took over the artistic direction of the Nuremberg Hans Sachs Choir. For 13 years he gave concerts with this ensemble in the Meistersingerhalle Nuremberg. The focus was on the oratorios by Georg Friedrich Handel and works of the 20th century.

Furthermore, all of Edward Elgar's great oratorios were performed within a few years . For this achievement he was honored by the International Elgar Society London with the "Certificate of Merit" award.

In 2002 Tölle founded a chamber choir at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . Since then he has performed regularly with this ensemble at home and abroad. The choir won a top place in the Bavarian Choir Competition in 2013 and has been the vocal ensemble in residence for the "Fränkischer Sommer" music festival since 2013 . The university chamber choir regularly organizes the opening concerts of the festival together with internationally renowned soloists and orchestras.

In 2008 Tölle was awarded the Culture Prize by the City of Nuremberg for his services as a conductor and university lecturer.

As a guest conductor he worked a. a. with the Augsburg Philharmonic , the Bavarian Chamber Orchestra , Ensemble Kontraste , the Franconian Philharmonic, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra , the Werneck Castle Chamber Orchestra, the Munich Symphony , the Nuremberg Symphony , the Vogtland Philharmonic and the L'Orfeo Barockorchester Linz .

From 2005 to 2010 he worked as an associate choir director at the State Theater in Nuremberg . During this time he was responsible for all choral symphonic concerts of the State Theater, a. a. “Gurrelieder” by A. Schönberg , “2. and 3rd Symphony ”by G. Mahler .

In 2012 Tölle was appointed artistic director of the Fränkischer Sommer music festival . He has been teaching conducting and historical musicology as Academic Director at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg since 1998 .

Prizes and awards

  • 2008: Awarded the Culture and Promotion Prize of the City of Nuremberg for services as a conductor and university lecturer
  • 2012: Awarded the "Certificate of Merit" from the Elgar Society London for performing all of Edward Elgar's great oratorios in the years 2005–2010
  • 2013: 3rd place in the Bavarian Choir Competition with the Chamber Choir of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Publications

  • "Olivier Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà ... - The Christian-eschatological dimension of the Opus ultimum", Frankfurt 1999, ISBN 978-3-631-34846-8 .
  • "Messiaen's Opus ultimum, or: The This Side Relevance of Postmortem Transgression as a Christian Existential", in: Wassermann / Schlee / Budde: "La Cité céleste", Berlin 2006 ISBN 978-3-89693-473-4 .
  • "Messiaen, Olivier", in: Gernot Gruber and Joachim Brügge "Das Mozart Lexikon", Laaber 2005, ISBN 978-3-89007-466-5 .
  • "Messiaen, Olivier", in: Wolfgang Hochstein and Christoph Krummacher "The Encyclopedia of Church Music in 6 Volumes", Laaber 2009, ISBN 978-3-89007-691-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà ... - the Christian-eschatological dimension in Messiaen's Opus ultimum". Retrieved March 16, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Article "Messiaen, Olivier", in: Gernot Gruber and Joachim Brügge "Das Mozart Lexikon", Laaber 2005. Retrieved on March 12, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Article "Messiaen, Olivier", in: Wolfgang Hochstein and Christoph Krummacher "The Encyclopedia of Church Music in 6 Volumes", Laaber 2009. Retrieved on March 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Joachim Weidler: "Messiaens Opus ultimum, or: The This Side Relevance of Postmortem Transgression as a Christian Existential", in: Wassermann / Schlee / Budde: "La Cité céleste", Berlin 2006. Accessed on March 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Amadeus Chor - About Us. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  6. ^ History of the Hans Sachs Choir Nuremberg. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Past concerts by the Hans Sachs Choir. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  8. ^ A b Association of German Concert Choirs: Award for the Hans Sachs Choir and Julian Tölle. Retrieved April 15, 2018 .
  9. ^ Website of the Franconian Summer: Chamber Choir of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
  10. ^ Promotion Prize of the City of Nuremberg - Nuremberg Culture. November 7, 2017, accessed July 1, 2018 .
  11. ^ History of the Franconian Summer. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Home page of music education. Retrieved March 12, 2018 .
  13. ^ Winner of the Nuremberg City Promotion Prize. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Fool, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tölle, Julian Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen / Sauerland