Max Beckschäfer
Maximilian "Max" Beckschäfer (born February 23, 1952 in Münster ) is a German organist, composer and university professor.
Life
Beckschäfer took organ, piano, violin and choral conducting lessons at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich . He studied church music at the Munich University of Music and composition with Wilhelm Killmayer . From 1976 to 1987 he was cantor in Munich. At the suggestion of Gabriel Dessauer , who wanted to enable Reger's Requiem to be performed, Beckschäfer created an organ version of the relatively short work that the composer had written for a large romantic orchestra and a corresponding choir. The organ version was performed for the first time in 1985 in the Marktkirche Wiesbaden by the Reger Choir , which was formed for the occasion, Beckschäfer at the organ, led by Dessauer.
In 1987 Beckschäfer received a scholarship from the Villa Massimo in Rome. From 1988 to 2001 he taught music theory at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . He has been teaching at the Augsburg-Nuremberg University of Music since 2001, and in Nuremberg since 2007. In 2009 he received a scholarship from the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani in Venice.
Beckschäfer received, among other things, the Music Prize of the City of Munich . He has received composition commissions from the Munich Biennale for New Music Theater , the concert series Klangspuren of the Bavarian State Orchestra , Musica Viva Ingolstadt, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts , the Kreuzchor and the Palucca Ballet School Dresden. He preferred vocal music and choral music. He wrote new works and arrangements for the vocal sextet Die Singphoniker . He composed contributions to the textbook Augsburger Violinbuch . His composition for piano Light Thoughts was premiered in 2010 on the 85th birthday of Herbert Baumann by Andreas Skourasat in Gasteig .
His vocal and chamber music has been recorded on CD, including a portrait CD.
Recordings
- Max Reger : Hebbel-Requiem , organ works, Reger-Chor-International , organ: Ignace Michiels , conductor: Gabriel Dessauer (2001, live in St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden)
- Max Beckschäfer , Michelangelo fragments, Sappho chants, Arion cantata, Cavalli Records (2003) [1]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Vita of Max Beckschäfer ( Memento from March 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Richard Hoernicke: When friends make music . Wiesbadener Tagblatt. August 7, 2010. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved on November 24, 2010.
- ^ Singphonic Christmas . The Singphoniker. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ↑ Augsburg violin book . verlag-neue-musik.de. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
- ^ Herbert Baumann on his 85th birthday . Gasteig . October 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. 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. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
literature
About Beckschäfer performances by the Dresden Kreuzchor, in: Matthias Herrmann (Ed.): Dresdner Kreuzchor and contemporary choral music. World premieres between Richter and Kreile , Marburg 2017, pp. 175–178, 328 (Schriften des Dresdner Kreuzchor, vol. 2)
Web links
- Website Max Beckschäfer
- Literature by and about Max Beckschäfer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beckschäfer, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beckschäfer, Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cantor, organist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |