Thomas Voigt (journalist)
Thomas Voigt (* 1960 in Hagen ) is a German journalist and filmmaker .
Life
Voigt grew up in Herdecke and studied German, Protestant theology and sociology at the Ruhr University in Bochum from 1980 to 1985 . In 1984 he wrote his first texts for the Berlin opera magazine Orpheus , from 1986 to 1992 he worked as a freelancer, for the music magazines Fono Forum and Opernwelt , for WDR and ZDF , among others .
From 1992 to 1996 Voigt was editor of Opernwelt, from 1996 to 1998 Promotion Manager at EMI Classics , from 1998 to 2004 editor-in-chief of Fono Forum. Since 2004 he has been working freelance again, as a journalist (including for Deutschlandradio , WDR and BR ), filmmaker, presenter, lecturer and singer coach. After film and book projects with Jonas Kaufmann , he has also been working as his media manager since 2011.
The focus of Voigt's work as a journalist and filmmaker are (interview) portraits of important artists in a contemporary historical context. Since 2006 he has made a number of documentaries with Wolfgang Wunderlich that are regularly broadcast on television and released on DVD and Blu-ray. For the 100th birthday of the soprano Birgit Nilsson , Voigt and Wunderlich shot the film A League of her own in 2018 .
Voigt has lived in Cologne since 1993 .
Awards
- 2007: Gottlob Frick Medal in gold
- 2010: Radio play of the month April for Prima La Donna
Works
Books
- Martha Mödl : That was my way. Conversations with Thomas Voigt. Parthas, Berlin 1998, ISBN 978-3-932529-08-5 .
- Not just Salome and Elektra. Inge Borkh in conversation with Thomas Voigt. Allitera, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-86520-198-0 .
- Jonas Kaufmann - do they really mean me? Henschel, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-1-4746-0427-7 .
- Edda Moser : Ersungenes Glück. Memories and conversations. Recorded by Thomas Voigt. Henschel, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-89487-671-5 .
- Jonas Kaufmann. Tenor . Henschel, Leipzig 2015, ISBN 978-3-89487-938-9 .
Filmography
- 2006: Fritz Wunderlich - Life and Legend. BR (DVD: Deutsche Grammophon)
- 2009: A completely normal hero - Jonas Kaufmann. SWR
- 2009: Lisa Della Casa - love of a diva. BR, SF, Unitel Classica
- 2009: Music of Reconciliation - Robert Stolz. ZDF, ORF
- 2011: High-performance sport opera singing. SWR, ORF, Unitel Classica
- 2011: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Driven by Art. ZDF, Arte, ORF
- 2014: Berlin 1930 - Jonas Kaufmann and the tenor hits of the Weimar Republic. Arte, ZDF (DVD and Blu-ray: You are the world for me, Sony)
- 2018: A League of her own - Birgit Nilsson. ORF, PBS (DVD and Blu-ray: CMajor)
Web links
- official homepage
- Literature by and about Thomas Voigt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Voigt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Voigt receives Gold Gottlob Frick Medal on magazin.klassik.com
- ↑ Radio Play of the Month 2010 by the German Academy of Performing Arts
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voigt, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagen |