Peter Zacher
Peter Zacher (born November 10, 1939 in Glauchau , † February 1, 2014 in Dresden ) was a German musicologist and journalist .
Life
Zacher graduated from high school in Glauchau. From 1957 to 1960 he studied Protestant theology and musicology at the University of Leipzig . In 1960 he moved to Dresden and began studying measurement technology at the Technical University of Dresden .
After graduating in 1965, he worked as an interpreter and English translator in the technical and scientific field. In 1980 he met the composer Mikis Theodorakis . In the next four years he campaigned for a total of seven world premieres of the composer in the GDR . From 1980 he wrote as a cultural journalist for newspapers such as Die Union and Dresdner Latest News . He wrote programs for several music festivals such as the Salzburg Festival . He worked on a concert music guide that was published by Harenberg Verlag .
From 1965 to 1990 he was a member of the CDU (GDR) . From 1989 to 1990 he was a consultant to Group 20 . For Alliance 90 / The Greens Zacher belonged from 1990 to 1994 the Dresden city council and 1998-2004 the Dresden City Council on. At times he was chairman of the culture committee there.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Zacher in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Ernst, Martin Morgenstern, Mathias Bäumel, Boris Gruhl: musik-in-dresden.de: A clever outsider, a stoic, unique , February 2, 2014
- ↑ Michael Richter , Erich Sobeslavsky and Karin Urich: The group of the 20th social awakening and political opposition in Dresden 1989/90. Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-412-06499-8 , p. 544.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zacher, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musicologist and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glauchau |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st of February 2014 |
| Place of death | Dresden |