Thomas Pfeiffer (singer)

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Thomas Pfeiffer (* 1946 in Pleidelsheim ) is a German singer ( baritone ) and professor for singing at the Stuttgart University of Music .

Life

Pfeiffer studied singing with Helmut Lips, Lied class with Hubert Giesen and Konrad Richter and opera school with Klaus Nagora at the Stuttgart Music Academy . After completing his studies, he received teaching assignments for singing at the church music school in Esslingen and at the Stuttgart University of Music, where he has been a professor since 1992. Pfeiffer's pupils included the mezzo-soprano Cornelia Lanz and the soprano Ines Lex .

Pfeiffer sang in concerts as a student. As a lieder, oratorio and opera singer, he is a regular guest at festivals such as the Donaufestwochen , the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and the Kunstverein Weimar . At the Besançon Festival he was the soloist of the orchestra “Les Amoureux” with Bach's Mass in B minor ( BWV 232). His repertoire also includes works by Mozart , Haydn , Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Smetana . His artistic work also includes radio and television recordings as well as regular singing courses for the German Tonkünstlerverband or the International Working Group for Music. His CD recordings include the three song cycles by Schubert , songs by Richard Strauss , the Rückert songs , Mozart's Singspiel fragment Zaide , Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle and Bach's St. Matthew Passion . He is a juror in music competitions. Pfeiffer regularly supports the association for children with cancer in Tübingen with concerts . In a benefit concert he campaigned for the earthquake victims in Japan .

Thomas Pfeiffer lives in Döttingen ( Schwäbisch Hall district ) in the Hohenlohe region . Three daughters of Pfeiffer - Karolin Leucht, Helene Pfeiffer and Anne-Bärbel Pfeiffer - make up the vocal trio Tre Sorelle , which once performed with folk songs like Zogen five wild swans and sacred chorales like Praise be to Jesus Christ .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Directory of persons: Prof. Thomas Pfeiffer .  ( 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.mh-stuttgart.de  
  2. ↑ Bach Cantatas. Short Biagraphies: Thomas Pfeiffer (Baritone) . (English)
  3. ↑ City of Calw: Concert in favor of krebskanker children , Stammheim 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: Dead Link / www.calw.de  
  4. ^ Benefit concert for victims of the earthquake in Japan. ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , June 18, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de
  5. ↑ Südwestpresse: “Tre Sorelle” sing in St. Michael . December 4th, 2009.  ( 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: Dead Link / www.swp.de  
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer (baritone) and professor of singing
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Pleidelsheim