Thomas Hengelbrock

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Thomas Hengelbrock (born June 9, 1958 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German violinist , conductor and specialist in historical performance practice . From 2011 to summer 2018 he was chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra in Hamburg .

Live and act

Thomas Hengelbrock studied violin with Rainer Kussmaul , then began a career as a violinist in Würzburg and Freiburg . He received important artistic suggestions as an assistant from Witold Lutosławski , Mauricio Kagel and Antal Doráti . He initially played in various ensembles such as the Concentus Musicus Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt . In 1985 he was one of the co-founders of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra , in which he worked as a musician and conductor until 1997. From 1988 to 1991 he worked with the Amsterdam Bach Soloists. He then worked several times as a conductor at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music .

Thomas Hengelbrock founded the Balthasar Neumann Choir in 1991 and the orchestra of the same name ( Balthasar Neumann Ensemble ) in 1995 . With both ensembles he performs works from the baroque to modern times based on the knowledge of historical performance practice. Verdi's operas Rigoletto and Falstaff, for example, he had his orchestra play on historical instruments at the Whitsun Festival in 2004 and 2007 in Baden-Baden .

Thomas Hengelbrock conducts the Balthasar Neumann Choir at the gala for the 2012 Praetorius Music Prize

From 1995 to 1999 the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen elected him artistic director. In 2000 he became music director of the Vienna Volksoper and stayed there until 2003. Hengelbrock founded the “ Feldkirch Festival” in 2001 and worked there until 2006 as artistic director.

As a conductor, Hengelbrock accepts invitations from international orchestras. He worked with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe .

His concert dramaturgy is characterized by unusual program concepts that incorporate new findings from musicology. He recorded works by composers hardly known today from Johann Sebastian Bach's music library on CD and designed innovative programs; For example, he designed an “ecclesiastic campaign” for the EXPO 2000 in Hanover with works by Bernd Alois Zimmermann , György Ligeti and Johann Sebastian Bach. Hengelbrock works closely with contemporary composers, including Jan Müller-Wieland , Quigang Chen, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Simon Wills .

Together with the Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer , Hengelbrock realized semi-staged productions of works such as Manfred ( Byron / Schumann ), Peer Gynt ( Ibsen / Grieg ) and Egmont ( Goethe / Beethoven ).

Hengelbrock not only dealt with music theater as a musician and conductor, but also directed some productions himself with his Balthasar Neumann Choir and Ensemble. The CD of Joseph Haydn's creation recorded in 2001 received the ECHO Klassik in the category of choral works. At the “Feldkirch Festival” 2006 he staged Mozart's Don Giovanni and opened the “Mozart 22” series of the Salzburg Festival 2006 with Il re pastore .

For the Paris Opera he worked as a conductor with the ballet choreographer Pina Bausch ; In 2005 and in revivals in 2008, 2012 and 2014, the “opéra dansé” Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Willibald Gluck with the Balthasar Neumann Choir, Ensemble and the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris was performed in the Palais Garnier (2008 also in the ancient Greek Theater in Epidaurus ).

The then Lower Saxony Minister of Culture Johanna Wanka presented Thomas Hengelbrock with the Praetorius Music Prize 2012

The Konzerthaus Dortmund dedicated a "time island" to Thomas Hengelbrock in the 2008/09 season with three performances, including: a. the concert recording with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra of the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber (later staged in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and broadcast by ARTE ), as well as the B minor Mass with the Balthasar Neumann Ensemble and Choir by Johann Sebastian Bach.

2011 realized Hengelbrock along with Sebastian Baumgarten the Tannhäuser at the Bayreuth Festival .

Since the 2011/2012 season, Thomas Hengelbrock has succeeded Christoph von Dohnányis as chief conductor of the NDR symphony orchestra . On January 11, 2017 he conducted the orchestra , which has since been renamed the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester , at the opening ceremony and the opening concert of the Elbphilharmonie . In mid-2017, Hengelbrock announced that he would not extend his contract as chief conductor beyond 2019. At the end of 2017, he announced the early termination of the contract in the summer of 2018. His last concert as chief conductor of the NDR orchestra took place at the end of June 2018.

Hengelbrock is now pursuing various engagements. Thomas Hengelbrock conducted the final concert of the Ruhrtriennale 2018 under the title “Aufbruch” . The program included the world premiere of Jan Müller-Wieland's oratorio “Maria” and contemporary Cuban works.

Hengelbrock is married to the actress Johanna Wokalek . The couple has a son.

honors and awards

On 30 April 2011, the Prime Minister awarded him the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg for its various contributions to the musical life in Baden-Württemberg the country's Order of Merit .

On March 24, 2012, Thomas Hengelbrock received the Praetorius Music Prize 2012 for outstanding artistic performance , which was presented to him by the then Lower Saxony Minister of Culture Johanna Wanka at the Hanover Theater .

In 2015 Hengelbrock was awarded the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize 2015-2016, which he was awarded on January 30, 2016. The prize money of 50,000 euros is earmarked for the work of young musicians. In the justification of the Kuratorium of the Kulturstiftung Festspielhaus Baden-Baden it says: “Hardly any other conductor asks Thomas Hengelbrock the question: What is my job as a musician today? In doing so, he decisively expanded the concept of music education for future generations to include music education for young professional musicians. The enthusiasm and the joy of discovery with which Thomas Hengelbrock goes about it are contagious and stimulating. He shapes the image of a modern conductor in the best sense of the word, who has mastered a repertoire of music from over four centuries and who - like the way he plays this music - repeatedly questions himself. "

Movie

  • The conductor Thomas Hengelbrock. Music - a festival for life. Documentary, Germany, 2011, 51:20 min., Script and direction: Daniel Finkernagel and Alexander Lück, production: finkernagel & lück medienproduktion, NDR , arte , first broadcast: November 23, 2011 on arte, summary by ARD .

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proof

  1. ↑ Alexander Dick: Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock goes to Hamburg. In: Badische Zeitung , March 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ NDR : Opening concerts Elbphilharmonie Hamburg , January 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ Hengelbrock only chief conductor until 2019. In: www.ndr.de. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Dispute with NDR: Chief conductor of the Elbphilharmonie throws down. In: www.spiegel.de. December 9, 2017, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Joachim Mischke: Elbphilharmonie, I'll be gone then. In: www.abendblatt.de. June 27, 2018, accessed July 6, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Florian Zinnecker: Two truths, both unfinished in DIE ZEIT of July 4, 2018, accessed on August 31, 2018
  7. ^ Thomas Hengelbrock , website of the artist, accessed on July 18, 2018
  8. ↑ Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture on the presentation of the Praetorius Music Prize 2012 with the jury's reasons ( Memento from January 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Stefan Arndt: Thomas Hengelbrock receives Praetorius Music Prize. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of March 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ Festspielhaus Baden-Baden News: Thomas Hengelbrock receives the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize 2015-2016 ( memento from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 17, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Hengelbrock, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilhelmshaven