Peter Christian Feigel

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Peter Christian Feigel (born June 24, 1966 in Lippstadt ) is a German conductor , arranger and musical director specializing in musicals and cross-genre crossover productions .

biography

Family and education

As a schoolboy, Feigel won a prize in the state competition Jugend jazzt in 1983 . After graduating from high school, he studied conducting with Karl-Heinz Bloemeke, school and church music (organ with Gerhard Weinberger , choir direction with Alexander Wagner and Georg Christoph Biller ) and Protestant theology and philosophy at Bielefeld University at the Detmold University of Music . He completed an apprenticeship in church music (A-exam) and passed a Kapellmeister exam ( artistic maturity exam in conducting).

Feigel is married, has a daughter and lives in Berlin , Kleinmachnow and Dresden .

conductor

After his training Feigel had engagements at the Staatstheater Cottbus , at the Berlin Friedrichstadt-Palast - there as the deputy chief conductor and artistic director of the young ensemble - and since 2010 as a co-ord. 1. Kapellmeister and supervisor musical at the Dresden State Operetta . Here he led u. a. the German premieres of Stephen Sondheim's “Passion” and Marc Shaiman's  “ Catch Me If You Can ”, which, along with Leonard Bernstein's  “ Wonderful Town ” and Kurt Weill's  “ One Touch of Venus ”, were the first complete German-language recordings on CD. With the musical premieres »Zzaun!« ( Alexander Kuchinka ) and »The Man with the Laughing« ( Frank Nimsgern ), he was nominated for the German Musical Theater Prize in the category “Best Musical Arrangement” in 2018 and 2019 .

He is a permanent guest conductor at the Komische Oper Berlin . He also works regularly with the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg and the Brandenburg State Orchestra Frankfurt . He had other engagements a. with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin , the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate , the State Philharmonic of Transylvania in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and the National Orchestra of Romanian Radio in Bucharest . In 2015 and 2017 he was chairman of the jury at the national singing competition for musicals / chanson.

He took over the musical direction of Ben Becker's production The Bible - a spoken symphony . He was the musical interpreter and artistic advisor for the film Vier Minuten .

Feigel was a lecturer at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music in Dresden and at the Dresden International University . He regularly gives master classes at the Brandenburg Association of Music and Art Schools.

Memberships

  • Since 2014 member of the German Musical Academy
  • Since 2019 full member of the specialist committee of the National Singing Competition in Berlin for musicals / chansons

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The German stage. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  2. ^ Coherent overall picture: "Catch me if you can" in Dresden. In: Kulturfeder.de. May 5, 2017, accessed on November 1, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ Prelude to Leonard Bernstein's anniversary year - Wonderful Town. Accessed November 1, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ ONE TOUCH OF VENUS - Comedy with subtext. October 22, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Dresden State Operetta surprises with the musical "Zzaun!" In: Elbmargarita. March 6, 2018, accessed November 1, 2019 (German).
  6. ↑ mdr.de: "The man with the laugh" at the Dresden State Operetta: A musical for the eye | MDR.DE. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ German Musical Theater Prize 2018 | German Musical Academy. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ German Musical Theater Prize 2019 | German Musical Academy. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ BERLIN / Komische Oper: MY FAIR LADY. In: Online marker. January 6, 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Lena Gronewold: I think she has it now! - My Fair Lady in Berlin. In: Maybe Musical. Accessed November 1, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ Planet Hugill: Andreas Homoki directed a stylish production of Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady, a musical bridging Low Life and High Life, often referred to as 'The Perfect Musical'. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Program octombrie - decembrie 2019 - Orchestrele și Corurile Radio România. Retrieved November 1, 2019 (ro-RO).
  13. ^ National singing competition - musical and chanson stars of tomorrow found. Accessed November 1, 2019 (German).
  14. ↑ Ben Becker's Bible Show again in Berlin. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Julian Hofer: Ben Becker's colorful Bible study . October 19, 2008 ( welt.de [accessed November 1, 2019]).
  16. ^ Peter-Christian Feigel | Member of the German Musical Academy. Accessed November 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Feigel, Peter Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and specialist for musicals and cross-genre cross-over productions
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Lippstadt