Peter Richter de Rangenier
Peter Richter de Rangenier , also Peter Richter (born March 25, 1930 in Prague ), is an Austrian composer , conductor and university professor .
Life
After attending grammar school in Lübeck , Richter de Rangenier initially worked as a freelance composer and founded the Lübeck Chamber Orchestra . He then studied composition, conducting, piano, horn and organ at the music academies in Detmold , Hamburg and at the Mozarteum .
He worked as Kapellmeister in Hagen in 1954 , in Wuppertal in 1957 and was musical director of the Theater des Westens in Berlin from 1960 to 1965 and 1974 to 1976 . From 1967 to 1973 Richter de Rangenier worked in the Bavarian court as general music director ( Hofer Symphoniker and Theater Hof ). In 1977 he went to South America. Until 1981 he trained conductors as a professor at the University of Santiago de Chile and worked there as a conductor from 1979 to 1981.
In 1981 he returned to Europe and taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . Concert tours took Richter de Rangenier to Switzerland ( Musikfestwochen Luzern ) and Germany. In 1989 he was a guest conductor with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra .
Peter Richter de Rangenier lives in Waidhofen an der Ybbs .
Work (selection)
- 1967: Sinfonietta
- 1974: The ravens of Holland . Opera after Maurice Maeterlinck
- 1982: And Pippa is dancing! Opera after Gerhart Hauptmann
Furthermore: symphonies, string quartets, various pieces for various solo instruments, choral works and songs
Honors and prizes
- 1960: Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 1961: Sponsorship award from the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- 1980: Honorary member of the Philharmonic Santiago de Chile (Orquesta Filarmónica de Santiago)
- 1982: Theodor Körner Foundation sponsorship award
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Richter de Rangenier, Peter. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
- Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook 2006 . Walter de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-095016-8 , pp. 381 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Peter Richter de Rangenier on the website of the Music Information Center Austria
- Peter Richter de Rangenier on the website of the Lower Austrian Composers Interest Group (INÖK)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Judge de Rangenier, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Judge, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer, conductor and university lecturer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |