Reiner Schuhenn

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Reiner Schuhenn (born February 2, 1962 in Weingarten , Württemberg ) is a German church musician , choir director , university professor and former university rector of the Cologne University of Music and Dance .

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Schuhenn studied school music and church music at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart as well as German and philosophy and at the University of Stuttgart . At the Vienna University of Music , he specialized in conducting with Otmar Suitner and organ concert with Peter Planyavsky . His teachers included Dieter Kurz , Helmut Wolf, Bernhard Ader and Sergiu Celibidache , among others . He also completed masterclasses with Albert de Klerk, Eric Ericson, Gaston Litaize and Jean Langlais.

Afterwards Schuhenn was cantor in Ravensburg and director of the Upper Swabian Chamber Orchestra until 1994 . He also worked as a lecturer at various universities, including the PH Weingarten . In 1994 Schuhenn was appointed Episcopal Commissioner for Church Music and Head of the Department for Church Music in the Diocese of Essen . In addition, from 1997 to 2000 he took over the direction of the cathedral choir at the Bishop's Church in Essen, the direction of the Johannes Damascenus Choir in Essen and a teaching position at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen . From 1992 he also held the office of organ expert, first in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, then in the diocese of Essen and finally from 1999 to 2014 in the archbishopric of Cologne .

In 1999 he was appointed professor for choir and orchestral conducting at the Cologne University of Music and Dance. In addition, he campaigned for the re-establishment of the university's madrigal choir and took over its direction.

After a few years as vice dean, he was elected dean of Faculty 1 (conducting, church music, piano, composition, new music and composition) in 2007 and was appointed rector of the Cologne University of Music and Dance in 2009. In the following years he was ex officio from 2010 to 2012 the spokesman for the state rectors 'conference of the art and music universities of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2011 deputy chairman of the rectors' conference of the music universities in Germany (RKM) and member of the board of ON - Neue Musik Köln eV until 2013 In addition, he has been artistic director of the “International Music Competition Cologne” since 2011 and chairman of the advisory board of the KölnMusik (Philharmonie) board of trustees since 2012. From 2012 to 2018 he was also director of the Aachen student orchestra .

In addition to his university duties, Schuhenn took over several times (2001–2005, 2009–2010, 2013–2014) the artistic direction of the final concerts of the Meersburg Summer Academy sponsored by the state of Baden-Württemberg and from 2003 to 2018 that of the Figural Choir Bonn and from 2009 the direction and the office of president of the Cologne International Music Competition. In addition, he has been the editorial board of the Musica sacra magazine since 2004 and the first vice-president of the General Cäcilienverband for Germany since 2006 . He has also been a member of the advisory board of the German Choir Competition since 2007 and was a member of the Presidium of the German Music Council from 2013 to 2016 .

In May 2017, Schuhenn was elected rector of the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with effect from October 1, 2017 , but did not take up this position due to differences with the university council there. Also in spring 2017, Schuhenn was appointed to the University Council of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media by the Lower Saxony Minister of Science Gabriele Heinen-Kljajić , where he was elected Deputy Chairman of the University Council in the constituent meeting on October 4, 2017.

Schuhenn's other artistic works include jury activities at competitions, guest conducting as well as radio and television recordings for numerous broadcasters, including SWR , WDR , ZDF , ORF . Schuhenn has given concerts with well-known soloists such as Pierre-Laurent Aimard , Karl Michael Komma , Hans Sotin , Edda Moser and Julian Pregardien . The focus of his work is on the music of the 18th and 20th centuries.

Publications

Schuhenn is the editor and co-editor of several publications, including the "Kölner Chorbuch" (Carus), a book about Franz Schmidt at the Doblinger music publisher in Vienna, and Volume II "Ensembleleitung" in the compendium "Basic knowledge of church music", published by Carus Verlag , the complete work was awarded the German Music Edition Award 2011. Most recently he was the coordinating co-editor at Carus Verlag, the “Chorbuch a tre” - choral music for three voices (SAM). In October 2015 his new book was presented at Chor.Com Dortmund: “The Alternative Choral Conducting Book” (Schott Mainz).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church musician and conductor: Reiner Schuhenn becomes rector of the Cologne University of Music , press release of the Neue Musik-Zeitung of March 5, 2009
  2. ^ Artistic director of the International Music Competition Cologne
  3. ↑ Our conductor  ( 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. on the website of the Aachen student orchestra@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.aso.rwth-aachen.de  
  4. ↑ Choir direction Figuralchor Bonn
  5. ↑ University Council of HMTM Hannover
  6. ^ Member of the jury in the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition
personal data
SURNAME Schuhenn, Reiner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician, conductor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Weingarten (Württemberg)