Michael Scholl

Cantor Michael Scholl (2009)

Michael Scholl (* 1964 in Magdeburg ) is a German church musician , cantor and choir director.

Life

Scholl first completed a C course as a part-time church musician in Magdeburg before studying in Halle an der Saale . Since 1989 he has been employed as a church musician in Biederitz and Magdeburg. In 1989 he founded the Biederitzer Kantorei and in 1991 the chamber choir of the Biederitzer Kantorei . In 1990 Scholl was the initiator of the Biederitzer Musiksommers , a concert series with a national impact.

Musical activities

Choir direction

Michael Scholl leads the following choirs (as of 2017):

• Choir of the Biederitzer Kantorei
• Chamber choir of the Biederitzer Kantorei
• Children's choir of the Biederitzer Kantorei
• St. Augustine Choir Magdeburg-Cracau
• Children's choir and parish choir of the parish Magdeburg-Nord ( Sankt-Nicolai-Kirche )
• Children's choir of the St. Mechthild School Magdeburg

Since 2015 he has been the district cantor of the Magdeburg church district.

Baroque music

One focus of his work is the cultivation of baroque church music , in particular the works of Georg Philipp Telemann . A firm tradition is the opening of the Biederitz Music Summer with the performance of a Telemann Passion under his direction. This takes place at the International Telemann Competition and the Magdeburg Telemann Festival (in the monastery of Our Lady ).

In cooperation with the Telemann Center Magdeburg and the Telemann researcher Cantor Hans Peter Glimpf , works that have been forgotten were performed again for the first time in our time under Scholl's direction. Some of them were recorded for the first time on CD with the participation of the Biederitzer Kantorei, renowned vocal soloists and instrumentalists .

Scholl also established the music series “ Baroque Cantatas along the Romanesque Road ”, in which Telemann cantatas were mainly performed.

Contemporary music

Colin Mawby and Michael Scholl at the German premiere of his Fun Gloria and Christ vincit by the Biederitzer Kantorei (2007)

German premiere of works by M. Sebastianelli in Biederitz
M. Vieweg, M. Scholl, B. Reim, C. Lichtenberg, M. Sebastianelli, M. Zabanoff (from left to right), the telemann-consort-magdeburg and the Biederitzer Kantorei (2008)

Scholl is also interested in contemporary music. In 2007 and 2009 he conducted works by Sir Colin Mawby in German premieres. The composer was present in Biederitz and Magdeburg on this occasion. In 2008 Scholl premiered compositions by Maurizio Sebastianelli from Palestrina . In spring 2010 he led the performance of a St. John Passion by the choir director of the Magdeburg Theater, Martin Wagner . In October 2010 he conducted the world premiere of a Missa solemnis by Colin Mawby. Mawby dedicated this work to Michael Scholl and the Biederitzer Kantorei. Establishing the Catholic parish of St. Augustine in November 2010 was one under his management Augustine - motet , also a composition of the Magdeburg Choir Director Martin Wagner, in St. Peter's Church Magdeburg premiered.

Child and youth work

Michael Scholl also undertakes special activities to introduce young people to music. He developed an education-related project that regularly brings the Biederitzer Kantorei together with students from the Cathedral High School Magdeburg and the Magdeburg Norbertusgymnasius . Furthermore, in 2009 he initiated a project on the Handel oratorio Messiah under the title Messiah for Children . This kind of child and youth work was continued in 2010 with the world premiere of Colin Mawby's Missa solemnis , which was played especially as an orchestral mass for children . With the children's choir of the Mechthildschule Magdeburg and the Biederitzer Kinderkantorei , he performs a children's musical every year at the Biederitzer Ehlefest , such as the play Fikus Gummibaum and Susi Himmelreich (2008) by Johannes Matthias Michel .

Honors

In 2008 Michael Scholl was honored for his services to Telemann's music and his intensive work with the Telemann Cup of the Georg Philipp Telemann Magdeburg eV working group .

In 2009 he was awarded the title of most foreigner-friendly cantor in Germany . The Hope Community of Magdeburg honored Michael Scholl for the benefit concerts that he has directed for several years for a foreigner-friendly Magdeburg .

In 2010, Michael Scholl was honored for his voluntary work as artistic director of the concert association of the Church of Hope Magdeburg by the Lord Mayor of Magdeburg Lutz Trümper .

In 2016 he was appointed church music director.

Web links

• Website of the Biederitzer Kantorei
• Works by and about Michael Scholl in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer music program 2007  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 798 kB)  
2. ↑ Summer music program 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB)  
3. ↑ Summer Music Program 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.7 MB)  
4. ↑ Telemann Cup for Michael Scholl  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Michael Scholl: Most foreigner-friendly cantor in Germany ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ The City of Magdeburg thanks its voluntary helpers ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
7. ↑ Cantor Michael Scholl appointed church music director