Susanne Blumenthal

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Susanne Blumenthal at the Moers Festival 2017
Susanne Blumenthal also at Moers Festival 2017

Susanne Blumenthal (* 1975 in Bonn ) is a German pianist and conductor .

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Susanne Blumenthal was born in Bonn in 1975, studied German and school music at the University of Mainz and the University of Cologne and later conducting with a focus on choral conducting at the Folkwang University in Essen . She completed her exam concert in 2005 with the Bergische Symphoniker , the orchestra of the cities of Remscheid and Solingen .

From 1997 she led various vocal and instrumental ensembles, took over the direction of the Tonart choir in 2001 , which she headed as conductor until January 2014, from April 2003 also led the Volksbühne Bergisch-Neukirchen as a conductor, founded the vocal ensemble O: TON in 2005 and took over from August 2006 tasks as musical assistant of the Philharmonic Choir in Cologne . At the beginning of 2006 Susanne Blumenthal founded the Helios Ensemble , a quartet of voice , trumpet , cello and piano , to which she contributed herself as a pianist. In 2007 she won first prize at the Bergische Symphoniker's female conductor competition, where she received a scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the 07/08 season and directed various concert productions of the orchestra. At the end of 2008, she founded the EOS Chamber Orchestra Cologne for music of the 20th and 21st, together with the baritone Hartmut Schulz and the trumpeter Susanne Knoop . Century.

From October 2009 she was a one-year scholarship holder of the International Ensemble Modern Academy , where she directed a total of 14 concert productions and then took over the musical direction of the Orchestra Manufactory for Current Music, which was founded in 2010 . After a brief engagement with the Münster 2011/2012 student orchestra , she took over the musical direction of the Bochum Philharmonic Choir at the beginning of the 2013/2014 concert season and has been a lecturer in orchestral conducting at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater since the 2014/2015 winter semester .

Web links

Commons : Susanne Blumenthal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Homepage. Susanne Blumenthal, accessed March 30, 2014 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Susanne Blumenthal. Orchestra Academy of the Bergische Symphoniker, accessed on March 30, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Homepage. Choir key, accessed March 30, 2014 .
  3. ↑ a b c Susanne Blumenthal. Helios Ensemble, archived from the original on October 6, 2013 ; accessed on May 16, 2019 (original website no longer available).
  4. ↑ Profile. EOS Chamber Orchestra Cologne, accessed on February 14, 2016 .
  5. ↑ conductor. EOS Chamber Orchestra Cologne, accessed on February 14, 2016 .
  6. ^ Susanne Blumenthal conductor. MAM - Manufactory for contemporary music, accessed on March 30, 2014 .
  7. ↑ New conductor elected - Susanne Blumenthal leads student orchestra . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . Münster July 18, 2011 ( online [accessed March 30, 2014]).
  8. ↑ Sabine Müller: Susanne Blumenthal only stayed one semester - the student orchestra separates from the new conductor . In: Ruhrnachrichten - Kultur Münsterland . Dortmund February 27, 2012 ( online [accessed March 30, 2014]).
  9. ^ The choirmaster: Susanne Blumenthal. Philharmonic Choir Bochum, archived from the original on November 6, 2016 ; accessed on May 16, 2019 (original website no longer available).
personal data
SURNAME Blumenthal, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn