Karen De Pastel
Karen De Pastel (born June 27, 1949 in Bellingham , USA ) is an American- Austrian university professor , pianist , organist , violinist , conductor and composer .
Life
Karen De Pastel started taking singing and violin lessons from her mother, who was a violin virtuoso , from the age of six . From 1964 to 1967 she studied piano with Berthe Poncy Jacobson and violin with Emanuel Zetlin at the University of Washington in Seattle and won several first prizes in competitions in the USA for piano, violin and viola.
After graduating from high school, she moved to Austria and continued her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She took piano, song and instrumental accompaniment with Richard Hauser , Franz Holetschek and Robert Schollum , violin with Eva Braun-Prix , composition with Friedrich Neumann and organ with Rudolf Scholz . She received her diplomas for piano (1972), composition (1975) and organ (1982) with distinction; she also passed the state examination for violin in 1973 with distinction.
In 1972 she made her debut as a composer at the Vienna Konzerthaus and played the solo part of her work "Konzertante for Violin and Orchestra". In 1975 she was hired by Abbot Norbert Mussbacher as titular monastery organist at the Stiftsbasilika Lilienfeld ( Lower Austria ), where she has since organized international organ, choir and instrumental concert cycles. In 1979 she made her debut as an organist in the Wiener Konzerthaus with works by Johann Sebastian Bach and in 1982 she founded the Lilienfeld Summer Academy , which she has been directing ever since.
De Pastel has been a lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 1985 . In 1987 she graduated as a Magistra artium . In 1993 she held an international organ and harpsichord competition in Lilienfeld.
Since 2001 she has been leading organ masterclasses in Plovdiv and Sofia and in 2002 she founded the Wienerwald Orgelfest, which she has directed ever since.
Her concert activities and worldwide radio and television appearances with international orchestras have taken her to various countries in Europe, Asia and the USA, her compositions are regularly performed by important artists in the Musikvereinssaal Vienna and internationally and are with the music publishers Doblinger , Aurophon , Goldgruber , Wiener Waldhornverein , Triglav-Wien and NÖ Musikedition published. Record, CD and video recordings complement her musical work.
Prizes and awards
- 1966: First Prize in Composition for a String Quartet, awarded by the Washington State University of Pullman
- 1973/74: Scholarship from the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research
- 1975: Prize awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research
- 1987: Culture Prize of the City of Lilienfeld
- 1988: Honorary Doctorate in Philosophy of Music, awarded by the World University in Benson, Arizona, USA
- 1990 and 1991: Appointment "Woman of the Year" by the "American Biographical Institution" and the "Cambridge International Biographical Center"
- 1990: Recognition award for music from the state of Lower Austria
- 1999: Cross of honor of the abbot of Lilienfeld Abbey in gold
- 2005: Award of the Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Federal State of Lower Austria
- 2009: Awarded the title of “ Choir Director ” by the St. Pölten Diocesan Bishop Klaus Küng
- 2009: Presentation of the “International Mozart Award for Musical Achievement” by the “International Biographical Center” in Cambridge
- 2010: Awarded the professional title of professor by the Austrian Federal President
- 2014: Lower Austrian Culture Prize - Appreciation Prize
- 2017: Liese Prokop Women's Prize
Web links
- Karen De Pastel's website , accessed March 30, 2017
- Karen De Pastel in the music database "music austria" accessed on August 10, 2014
- Karen De Pastel on the website of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Institute for Keyboard Instruments) accessed on August 10, 2014
- Karen De Pastel from Orgelbau Walcker's website. Retrieved on 10 August 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ Program information on the website of the municipality of Eichgraben, accessed on August 10, 2014
- ↑ Karen De Pastel from the website of Edition Goldgruber, accessed on August 10, 2014
- ↑ Parliamentary question regarding the award of Austrian professional titles . Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ↑ 2014 - Culture Prize Winners of the State of Lower Austria ( Memento from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Liese Prokop Women's Prize awarded to Patricia Engel . Article dated December 7, 2017, accessed December 8, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Pastel, Karen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Austrian university professor, pianist, organist, violinist, conductor and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellingham |