Kai-Uwe Jirka
Kai-Uwe Jirka (* 1968 ) has been Professor of Choral Conducting and Head of the State and Cathedral Choir at the Berlin University of the Arts since 2002 , and has also been Artistic Director of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin since 2006 .
Life
Jirka studied church music, orchestral conducting and German at the Hanover University of Music and Drama . From 1999 to 2001 he was a choirmaster at the Lower Saxony State Opera, where he made his debut as an opera conductor in 2001.
Jirka has worked with ensembles such as the Rundfunkchor Berlin , the Vokalconsort Berlin and the Hilliard Ensemble, as well as with orchestras such as the Lower Saxony State Orchestra and the Potsdam Chamber Academy. He took on choral productions for conductors such as Ton Koopman , Kent Nagano , Claudio Abbado and Sir Simon Rattle .
Since 2006, together with the Lautten Compagney Berlin, he has premiered numerous unknown works from the 18th century from the Sing-Akademie archive. Another focus of his work is contemporary music. Works by composers such as Luke Bedford, Jörg Birkenkötter and Katia Tchemberdji were premiered under his direction .
Web links
- Works by and about Kai-Uwe Jirka in the catalog of the German National Library
- State and Cathedral Choir Berlin
- Sing-Akademie zu Berlin
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1791–1800) | Carl Friedrich Zelter (1800–1832) | Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1833–1851) | Eduard Grell (1853–1876) | Martin Blumner (1876–1900) | Georg Schumann (1900–1952) | Mathieu Lange (1952–1973) | Hans Hilsdorf (1973–1999) | Joshard Daus (2002–2006) | Kai-Uwe Jirka (since 2006; artistic director)
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| SURNAME | Jirka, Kai-Uwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choir director, director of the Berlin State and Cathedral Choir |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |