Mathias Breitschaft

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Mathias Breitschaft (born May 6, 1950 in Würzburg ) is a German church musician and university professor.

Career

Breitschaft began his musical career as a member of the Regensburger Domspatzen . After studying school music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Helmuth Rilling and Kurt Hessenberg, he was in charge of the Limburg Cathedral Boys' Choir from 1973 to 1985 . In 1985 he was appointed cathedral music director and successor to Heinrich Hain (1934-2014), who retired in 1984, at Mainz Cathedral . In addition to leading the Mainz Cathedral Choir , he founded the St. Martin Cathedral Choir (1987) and the Girls' Choir at Mainz Cathedral (1995). He taught as a lecturer and professor for choral conducting at the Frankfurt University of Music; In 1994 he was appointed professor of choral conducting at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . His interpretations were documented in radio and television recordings. He has given concerts with his choirs in Europe, Israel, North and South America.

On March 22, 2012, the dean of the cathedral and prelate Heinz Heckwolf announced that Breitschaft was going to retire at the end of July 2012 and that Karsten Storck would become the new cathedral music director on August 1, 2012 at the High Cathedral in Mainz. Mathias Breitschaft u. a. active as voice trainer for the Kiedricher choirboys .

Honors

In 2001 Breitschaft was awarded the Peter Cornelius plaque from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Breitschaft received on May 6, 2010 the highest award of the General Cecilia Association for Germany , the Orlando di Lasso Medal. Since December 22nd, 2010 Mathias Breitschaft has been the holder of the Gutenberg badge of the state capital Mainz. On Sunday, September 15, 2019 Breitschaft was awarded the "Prize of the State Music Council for Services to Music Culture" by the State Music Council of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Lehmann : Thanks for saying goodbye to Domkapellmeister Prof. Mathias Breitschaft on June 16, 2012 in the High Cathedral in Mainz .
  2. ↑ www.musik.uni-mainz.de ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 23, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musik.uni-mainz.de
  3. ↑ Tobias Blum: Karsten Storck is the new cathedral music director in Mainz. Since 2005 Mainz cathedral choirmaster and director of the girls' choir at the cathedral and St. Quintin. Diocese of Mainz, accessed on April 1, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Mainzer Diocese News No. 18 : Cardinal Lehmann paid tribute to Mathias Breitschaft
  5. ^ Gutenberg badge for the Mainz cathedral music director Mathias Breitschaft
  6. ↑ Mainzer-Diocese-News-Nr-00004.-33

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personal data
SURNAME Breitschaft, Mathias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1950