Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg

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Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg (2014)

Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg (born June 7, 1944 in the Palais Ostein in Geisenheim in the Rheingau) is a German art historian and cultural manager and was director of the Festival European Weeks in Passau from 1995 to the end of 2011 .

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He comes from the old Swabian-Bavarian noble family of Freyberg . After attending the humanistic grammar school in Würzburg, he studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . There he studied art history, archeology and Bavarian history and received his doctorate in art history in 1983. The subject of his dissertation was the life and work of the Munich painter, etcher and lithographer Maria Electrine Freifrau von Freyberg , b. Stuntz.

During his studies, Freyberg founded the blossom ring theater group in Munich , which made a name for itself through theater and costume festivals in the Altschwabingen tradition, including the performance of "Sappho" by Rudolf Levy (1977), "Lohengrin" by Johann Nepomuk Nestroy ( 1979 and 1985), "Doctor Sassafras or Doctor Death and the Devil" by Franz Graf Pocci (1980), "Genoveva or The White Doe" by Julie Schrader (1981), "Lysistrate" by Aristophanes (1982) and "Serenade" by Slawomir Mrozek (world premiere and Italian premiere, 1984).

In the circle of his friends, he suggested rebuilding the amphitheater in the English Garden , initiated an association for this purpose and a fundraising campaign with it. In 1985 the club, of which he was chairman until 2009, donated the venue to the Free State of Bavaria. The bloom ring ensemble performed various plays here under Freyberg's direction in the following years. In 1986 he hosted A midsummer night's dream, a seven-day guest performance by the New Shakespeare Company , London, in the Munich cultural center on Gasteig , the first foreign language event after its opening.

For the 200th birthday of the English Garden in Munich, Pankraz von Freyberg initiated a 17-day cultural festival in 1989, which he also oversaw as artistic director. Around three million visitors came to the over 150 theater, music, dance and sporting events as well as the historical pageant. The program also included the Kocherlball at the Chinese Tower, which he brought back to life after a decade-long break , which has taken place annually since then and attracts thousands of dance enthusiasts.

The festival of the European Cultural Foundation Europamusicale , which he initiated together with Helmut Pauli in Munich in 1993 and was the artistic director , also goes back to his idea . The aim was to promote a Europe of mutual trust, respect and friendship after the Iron Curtain was opened . For this purpose, 33 symphony orchestras from 31 European countries presented classical music with at least one work from their home countries in the program in the Munich Philharmonic in Gasteig , in the Herkulessaal of the Residenz and in the Prinzregententheater , with a prominent personality from the respective nation giving a speech in the National language on the subject of Europe. These included u. a. the philosophers Raimon Panikkar and Andrei Pleșu , the writers Friederike Mayröcker , Märta Tikkanen , Jiří Gruša , Cees Noteboom and Andrzej Szczypiorski and the composer Mikis Theodorakis . The radio broadcasts reached approximately one billion listeners worldwide.

In 1994 Freyberg took over the position of artistic director of the Festival European Weeks Passau , which he directed from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2011. He gave them a new profile - with a thematic focus of the program with an annually changing motto, a variety of disciplines unsurpassed in Germany, with the awarding and premiering of commissioned works of the performing arts and the expansion of the festival region to Austria and the Czech Republic. In addition, he created permanently new program formats, so u. a. in 1996 for the Passau Cathedral and the organ there (largest cathedral organ in the world), the world's first organ night lasting from sunrise to sunset with internationally renowned organists, then the Sunday piano matinees "piano nobile", the so-called "dream day in Bohemia" which crosses borders two to four cultural events, the picnic concert, which together with the political scientist Heinrich Oberreuter the "Passau Tetralog", a discussion forum in the University of Passau on the annual theme of the festival with important personalities from politics, culture and business.

In 1999 the European Weeks Festival in Passau was accepted into the Association Européenne des Festivals because of the high quality of its program . The artistic director also created a new economic basis through cooperation with over 200 entrepreneurs. The 2007 Festival was recognized for this by the “ Germany - Land of Ideas ” initiative; in the same year they received the European Culture Prize of the Swiss foundation Pro Europa. In his last year, 2011, he managed to raise more than 700,000 euros for the festival for 83 events from around 350 sponsors. After leaving, Freyberg stated that he wanted to continue working as a cultural manager.

Freyberg is a scientific adviser to the European Academy for Culture and Social Issues at Offenberg Castle , Deputy Chairman of the Foundation Council of the European House - Konzerthaus Passau Foundation , Deputy Chairman of the Citizens' Initiative Konzerthaus Passau e. V. as well as Chairman of the Board of the Friends of the City Music School Passau. He is also an author, editor and publisher of works of art and cultural history.

Awards

Publications

  • Maria Electrine Freifrau von Freyberg, b. Stuntz, 1797-1847, a Munich painter, lithographer and etcher , ed. from the Historisches Verein von Oberbayern, 110th vol., Verlag des Historischen Verein von Oberbayern (Munich City Archives), Munich 1985
  • The amphitheater in the English Garden in Munich , commemorative publication for the opening on July 13, 1985, ed. by “Blossom Ring”, Association for the Reconstruction of the Amphitheater in the English Garden in Munich, Munich 1985 (compilation, foreword and article: Das neue Amphitheater 1984/85)
  • 200 years of the English Garden in Munich, 1789-1989 , commemorative publication, compiled by Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, ed. from the Free State of Bavaria (Bavarian State Ministry of Finance), Alois-Knürr-Verlag, Munich 1989
  • EUROPAMUSICALE, The European Music Festival in Munich , October 1 to 31, 1993, commemorative publication, compiled by Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, ed. from EUROPAMUSICALE-Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Munich 1993
  • The Brentano, essays on the family history of Johannes Freiherr von Brentano , ed. and published by Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, Munich 1990
  • From Thespis to Pan, The Memoirs of Irmingard von Freyberg , ed. von Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, Munich 1990
  • Andrea Kluge , with the participation of Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg: Irmingard von Freyberg, life and work of a cutter and shadow player, ed. from the city of Ochsenfurt, Ochsenfurt 1991
  • Pierre soldiersko , with the collaboration of Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg: On the trail of the Mozart family in Passau, Verlag Karl Stutz, Passau 2011
  • Europes Geist , issue 7, speeches for the Festival European Weeks Passau 2009/2010/2011, ed. by Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, Passau 2011
  • And the world begins to sing, if you only hit the magic word (Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, remarks of a richly gifted relative on Irmingard von Freyberg, who poetized the world with her art , in: "Dreams made of paper". The artist Irmingard von Freyberg (1907–1985), edited by the Aschenbrenner Foundation, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 2012, accompanying publication on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Aschenbrenner Museum from December 14, 2012 to March 3, 2013)

Literature (selection)

  • Maximilian Lanzinner: Cultural Festival with Political Aspects , Passau 2002
  • Monika Dorner: Münchner Profile, Verlag Peter Jurgeleit , Munich 1994
  • Edith Rabenstein: Happy Birthday, Mr. Intendant! In: Passauer Neue Presse of May 30, 2009, p. 6
  • Edith Rabenstein: Cosmopolitan idealist and imaginative specialist , Dr. Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg is 65 years old and has directed the European Weeks Festival in Passau for 15 years. In: Passauer Almanach 6, ed. by Edith Rabenstein, Gerhard Braunsperger and Karl-August Friedrichs, Passau 2009, p. 84ff
  • Inka Stampfl (Ed.): 50 Years of the Festival European Weeks Passau 1952-2002, Documentation , Passau 2002
  • Inka Stampfl (Ed.): Festival European Weeks Passau 2003-2011, documentation , Passau 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ oral history interview with Dr. Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg House of Bavarian History, October 15, 2007
  2. ^ Martin Wagner: Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg, Festival Director - June 19, 2011. Podcast. In: Diapod.de .
predecessor Office successor
Walter Hornsteiner Director of the Festival European Weeks Passau
1994 to 2011 		Peter Baumgardt
personal data
SURNAME Freyberg, Pankraz Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, director of the European Weeks Festival in Passau
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Geisenheim in the Rheingau