Stefan Jänke

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Stefan Jänke (2012)

Stefan Jänke (born September 17, 1975 in Großenhain ) is a German composer , church musician and choir director . In many of his as a Musical - oratory or as sacro-pop music circumscribed works he mixed among other religious texts and classical choir with pop or jazz. The focus of his professional activity is the musical education of children and young people.

Life

Stefan Jänke was born in 1975 in Großenhain as the son of the cantor and church music director Joachim Jänke. From 1995 to 1997 he studied cultural management at the Saxon Administration and Business Academy in Dresden and began studying musicology , German literature and philosophy at the TU Dresden in 1996 , which he broke off in 1997. This was followed by a degree in composition / arranging with a focus on jazz / rock / pop at the "Carl Maria von Weber" University of Music in Dresden . His teachers were Rainer Lischka , Lars Juling and Henry Walther . In 2001, Jänke wrote his diploma thesis on the repertoire of Saxon evangelical church music , paying particular attention to popular musical styles . He passed his exam the following year with his Passion Oratorio ... that left a new beginning , the libretto of which was written by the Dresden theologian Frank Richter . This work was also performed by the Neue Elbland Philharmonie in 2005 during the meeting days of World Youth Day in the Leipzig Propsteikirche and the Dresden Kreuzkirche . The musical collaboration with Richter was continued in later compositions by Jänke.

Jänke has been working as a freelance choir director with children's and youth choirs, mixed choirs and male choirs in Saxony and Brandenburg since 1994 . Concert and encounter trips have taken him with his ensembles through Germany, but also to Poland , Lithuania , Switzerland , Hungary , Romania , Tanzania and Sri Lanka . Some of these trips abroad were also funded by the Goethe Institute . Among other things, he conducted choral appearances during the nationwide opening of the carol singers campaign 2001/2002 in the Dresden Hofkirche , and the opening event of the Year of the Bible in Dresden 2003, which was broadcast live on ARD . In 2008, the children's choir of the Dresden-Meißen diocese blessed the Berlin Federal Chancellery as a carol singer , and at the reception by Angela Merkel , the musical program of the ceremony was directed by Jänke. He also repeatedly took part in concerts by Rolf Zuckowski .

After completing his studies, he worked for ten years as a lecturer in audiation / sentence singing at the “Carl Maria von Weber” music academy in Dresden. Since 2010, the choir classes at a Großenhain primary school have been set up and directed by Jänke. As part of his work at the Großenhain grammar school , he also supported the then student Robin Hoffmann . Stefan Jänke is the cantor of Mühlberg in the Bad Liebenwerda church district .

The musician is married and has two children. He lives in Großenhain.

Musical creation

Jänke composes music in which styles of so-called “ serious ” and “ entertaining ” music overlap. The focus of his work is in the field of choral music and music for brass instruments . At the premiere of the musical oratorio ... and who can be transformed with the Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie and the Dresden Michael Fuchs Band in 2008, the Sächsische Zeitung wrote that Jänke "has combined elements of pop music and classical music for his work, and therefore a band belongs to the choir, soloists and orchestra ”, and for the 2008 performance of the oratorio … and then comes peace “ Jänke […] is breaking new ground with his musical oratorios ”.

The Großenhain composer has also made commissioned compositions, such as adaptations of themes from Richard Wagner's operas for big bands , which were premiered at the Dresden Music Festival in 2002. A later performance in 2003 was broadcast live by the radio station MDR Kultur . For the 3rd Saxon State Horticultural Show in 2002, Jänke wrote the hymn Dream of Nature. The organ piece ... he guard your exit and entrance was realized for the Lausitzer Musiksommer 2010, as was Bautzner Turmmusik 2000 and 2008. On behalf of the Saxon Music Council , the night piece for bassoon and piano was created in 2006 , which symbolizes various dream phases.

For the Saxon trombone mission and the Munich brass quintet Harmonic Brass , Jänke created several wind compositions that were also used on their CD releases.

Works (selection)

Oratorios

  • ... that a new beginning would remain , Passion Oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra with rhythm section, libretto: Frank Richter , premier: Großenhain , 2002
  • ... and then comes peace , oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra with rhythm section, libretto: Frank Richter, premier: Chemnitz , 2007
  • ... and who can be transformed , musical oratorio for solos, choir and orchestra with rhythm section, libretto: Frank Richter, premier: Radeberg , 2008

Musicals

  • The Beggar Opera , WP: Dresden , 2000
  • You child in the crib , Christmas musical for solos, choir and chamber orchestra, premier: Mühlberg , 2005
  • Creation,… drum, people, don't let the wait , children's musical for solos, choir, chamber orchestra, libretto: Frank Richter, premiere: Wunsiedel , 2006
  • Roller coaster life , youth musical, WP: Ostritz , 2007

Organ pieces

  • At the window , based on a poem by Frank Richter, premiere: Dresden, 2003
  • ... he guard your exit and entrance (I), fantasy, chorale and fugue for two large organs, premier: Bautzen , 2010
  • ... he guard your exit and entrance (II), fantasy, chorale and fugue for organ and orchestra, premier: 2011

Cantatas

Motets

  • The heavens tell the glory of God , WP: Colombo in Sri Lanka, 2006
  • 145th Psalm , motet for double choir and organ, premiere: Rheinfelden , 2008
  • Te Deum Laudamus , WP: Jurbarkas in Lithuania, 2009

Songs

  • Stefan Jänke: An angel came - Christmas carols to sing and play . Merseburger Verlag, Kassel 2007.

Awards

In 2004, Stefan Jänke received the Small Preus Medal from the city of Großenhain for his musical engagement.

Web links

Commons : Stefan Jänke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bautzen: Oratorio will be heard tomorrow in the Maria Martha Church . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden April 9, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Crista Vogel: Passion story is performed in Bautzen . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden April 14, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b On the history of the Catholic church choir “St. Katharina “Grossenhain. (No longer available online.) In: st-katharina-grossenhain.de. Catholic parish St. Katharina Grossenhain, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 31, 2011 .  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.st-katharina-grossenhain.de  
  4. ↑ POP oratorio listed . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden August 13, 2005, p. 16 .
  5. ↑ Kathrin Krüger-Mlaouhia: Großenhain: Youth Choir receives sponsorship award . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden October 17, 2011, p. 15 .
  6. ^ The Ecumenical Youth Choir Grossenhain. (No longer available online.) In: dailynews.lk. The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd. February 9, 2008, archived from the original March 16, 2008 ; accessed on November 7, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dailynews.lk
  7. ↑ kr: Catholic children's choir sang in the Chancellery . In: Saxon newspaper . DD + V, Dresden January 9, 2008.
  8. ↑ Review 2008. (No longer available online.) In: kath-kirche-borna.de. Catholic parish office "St. Joseph “Borna, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 31, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / kath-kirche-borna.de
  9. ↑ a b New composition heard for the first time in Löbau . In: Saxon newspaper . June 3, 2008, p. 18 .
  10. ↑ a b Großenhain: Decade of Peace in the Marienkirche begins with music . In: Saxon newspaper . October 30, 2008, p. 19 .
  11. ↑ Music by and with Stefan Jänke . In: Saxon newspaper . October 22, 2003, p. 9 .
  12. ↑ uh: Premiere for “Nachtstück”. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . January 16, 2006, accessed October 31, 2011 .
  13. ↑ Bettina Broneske: The Christmas story presented in a completely different way. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. Holtzbrinck, December 13, 2005, accessed October 31, 2011 .
  14. ↑ Jutta Rogge: Rheinfelden: Singers ensure the right tone. In: Badische Zeitung . Badischer Verlag, November 17, 2009, accessed October 31, 2011 .
  15. ↑ press release. In: buecherei.grossenhain.de. Karl-Preusker-Bücherei Grossenhain, January 23, 2010, accessed on October 31, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Jänke, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, church musician and choir director
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Grossenhain