Klaus Zoephel

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Klaus Zoephel (born July 16, 1929 in Plauen , Vogtland ; † January 27, 2017 in Ingolstadt , Donau ) was a German composer and conductor .

Life

At a young age, during the Second World War , Klaus Zoephel worked as an organist in various places in his Vogtland homeland.

After graduating from high school, he studied music from 1948 to 1953 in the subjects of conducting (with Hermann Egon Bölsche ), composition ( Johannes Weyrauch and Wilhelm Weismann ) and piano (Franz Langer) at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . Before completing his studies in 1953, he was entrusted with the development and management of the newly founded state cultural orchestra of the Senftenberg miners' group .

He then worked for a few years as a theater conductor (at the German National Theater Weimar, among others ) and later as the chief musical director of the Mühlhausen State Cultural Orchestra in Thuringia. From 1963 onwards he worked for almost three decades as chief conductor of the Pirna State Orchestra near Dresden ( symphony orchestra ). In 1970 he was appointed music director.

From 1965 to 1996 he also taught music theory, conducting and score playing at the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music in Dresden . His students included Hans-Joachim Rotzsch , Udo Zimmermann , Wilfried Krätzschmar , Romely Pfund, Hans-Peter Kirchberg , Johannes Winkler, Christian Kluttig , Volker Hahn and Jörg Herchet. Concert tours and radio recordings have taken him to numerous orchestras at home and abroad. He also achieved international success as a composer of orchestral and chamber music works. He has received several prizes and awards for his compositional work.

Since 1995 he has lived as a freelance composer in Ingolstadt / Donau. He held various honorary positions and was President of the Joseph Haas Society since 1997. On a voluntary basis, he supervised the senior choir at the Cathedral of the Beautiful of Our Lady (Ingolstadt).

Personal

Klaus Zoephel was married to the opera singer and musicologist Anneliese Zänsler .

Compositions (selection)

  • Symphony in D (premiere 1969)
  • Sinfonietta (premiere 1953, Rdfkprod. 1958, Rdfk-Kammerorch. Leipzig, led by Dietrich Knothe )
  • Transformations of a theme by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (premiered 1964, Rdfkprod. 1969 Rundfunksinfonieorchester Berlin , conducted by the composer)
  • Music for orchestra (WP 1982)
  • Small comedy music (premiere 1960, Rdfkprod. 1958 Gr. Rdfk-Orch. Leipzig, headed by Heinz Rögner )
  • Musica ilare (premiere 1977, Rdfkprod. Gr. Rdfk-Orch. Leipzig, led by Klaus Wiese )
  • Dohnasche anecdotes , concert overture (WP 1990)
  • Capriccio for piano and orchestra (premiere 1959, Rdfkprod. 1965, Sol. Renate Schorler, conducted by Kurt Masur )
  • Finckenschschlag , illustrations on topics by HF (premiered in 1985, radio recording by Sender Dresden 1989)
  • Lâ trûren varn , Middle High German Minnelieder for a singer, viola (violin) and piano (premier 1949) or for tenor and chamber orchestra (premier 1963)
  • Play for three , trio for 2 violins and violoncello, (premiere 1997)
  • Sung by birds, three vain incidents based on words by Hermann Hesse for a voice and piano, premier 2008
  • several vocal compositions (songs, choral cantatas)

Some of Zoephel's works are published by well-known music publishers such as Edition Peters .

Edits

Prizes and awards

  • 1953 - 1st prize for the dance suite in the "competition to promote a new German popular music"
  • 1959 - Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Förderpreis (Dresden)
  • 1970 - Awarded the title of music director
  • 1973 - Bronze badge of honor from the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR
  • 1975 - GDR Medal of Merit
  • 1985 - Silver badge of honor from the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR

Sound carriers and sheet music

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , in: Sächsische Zeitung v. February 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ Applause for a life's work , in: Sächsische Zeitung, local edition Pirna of February 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ List of world premieres on www.kompistenverband.de ( Memento from June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 27, 2009
  4. ↑ Order list for Edition Peters online . Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: transscription of autographs in CD booklet. Retrieved July 27, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.theclassicalshop.net
  6. ^ Online presence of the Joseph Haas Society . Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  7. ↑ Online presence of the Potsdam City and State Library with a list of works . Retrieved July 27, 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Zoephel, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2017
Place of death Ingolstadt