Thorsten Wszolek
Thorsten Wszolek (* 28. May 1975 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German composer , musical arranger , conductor , actor , director and playwright .
Life
The son of a businessman already played during school at the Volkstheater Frankfurt in Alt-Frankfurt by Adolf Stoltze and arranged songs, a.o. a. from 42nd Street , Carousel and Show Boat .
At the age of 17 he produced with funds that came from the personal assets of his family, the Broadway show Music of the Night , for which he traveled to Broadway during school holidays and after A Chorus Line principle a casting in the 8th Avenue Studios. Apart from the financial ruin, the show was an enormous public and press success, which gave Wszolek the best possible start into professional life as a theater and music maker after graduating from high school in 1994 .
Immediately after leaving school, he founded the Neu-Isenburger Mundart -Ensemble, which in 2000 became MAT Mund Art Theater GmbH. Under his directorship, the folk, musical theater has established itself in the Rhine-Main area and mainly presents works from his own pen. Since 2010 the theater has been called Mund Art Theater - Thorsten Wszolek .
Since 1998 , the theater has maintained the symphonic Mainhatten Pops Orchestra, which plays in the orchestra pit at musicals and on stage at concerts. Most of the time Wszolek conducts himself.
- Culture award of the city of Neu-Isenburg in 2000 for The Dialect Christmas Story
- TV recording of the gala dialect deluxe for the 10th anniversary of the theater in September 2004, first broadcast on January 1, 2005, Hessischer Rundfunk / hr-fernsehen
In addition to his work for the Mund Art Theater, he works as a composer and music arranger worldwide. He has already arranged and conducted several concert series himself.
Compositions
- Crazy Hotel , comedy musical in 2 acts based on Posse Pension Schöller by Carl Laufs & Wilhelm Jacoby, lyrics and book: self , additional lyrics by Werner F. Krause, premiere: June 1, 1995, Mund Art Theater Neu-Isenburg
- Mei Fair Lissbeth , musical in 2 acts, lyrics by Werner F. Krause, book by Werner F. Krause and Thorsten Wszolek, premiere: December 1996, Mund Art Theater Neu-Isenburg
- The small Amrum suite (title melody and leitmotif) as well as the background music for the film "Amrum" (2000/2001)
- Die Feuerzangenbowle , musical in 2 acts based on the novel of the same name by Heinrich Spoerl and the famous Heinz Rühmann film, lyrics by Werner F. Krause, Mathias Münch and Thorsten Wszolek, book: Thorsten Wszolek, premiere: June 18, 2004, mouth art Theater Neu-Isenburg
In addition, a large part of the music comes from Die Mundart Weihnachtsgeschichte , musical in 2 acts based on " A Christmas Carol " by Charles Dickens , lyrics: yourself , additional lyrics by Werner F. Krause and Mathias Münch, premiere: December 21, 1997, Mund Art Theater Neu-Isenburg, from him.
Arrangements broadcasting
- Three Preludes ( George Gershwin / Jascha Heifetz ) for the WDR radio orchestra, Cologne, 2001
- My Fair Loewe including Brigadoon , My Fair Lady , Gigi and Camelot ( Frederick Loewe ) for the SWR Radio Orchestra , Kaiserslautern, 2004/2005
- Christmas concert in the Big Brother House for Big Brother , 2nd season (various composers), Premiere World, RTL and rtl II, 2000. The Mainhatten Pops Orchestra plays, conductor: himself
- Mund Art Deluxe (various composers), hr-fernsehen, 2005. The Mainhatten Pops Orchestra plays, conductor: himself
Concert arrangements
- The Barber of Seville ( Gioacchino Rossini )
- Berlin Air March ( Paul Lincke )
- Carmen ( Georges Bizet )
- Lohengrin ( Richard Wagner )
- The Nutcracker ( Peter Tschaikowsky )
- Peer Gynt ( Edvard Grieg )
- Polovetser Dances ( Alexander Borodin )
- Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 ( Edward Elgar )
- Radetzky March ( Johann Strauss senior )
- Vienna remains Vienna ( Johann Schrammel )
Plays
- Friedhofsgärtner Satire, premiere: December 20, 1994, Mund Art Theater Neu-Isenburg, director: himself
- 8 1/2 Neu-Isenburger Volksstück, premiere: November 20, 2002, Mund Art Theater Neu-Isenburg, director: himself
South Hessian arrangements
- Out of Control (Original title: Out of Order) by Ray Cooney , German by Nick Walsh
- The real Jakob by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- The floating virgin by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- Dinner for One - Killer for Five (subtitle: The 90th birthday and what really happened!) By Gerold Theobald based on the novel of the same name by Michael Koglin
- "The keen swimmer" by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- "Die Lokalbahn" by Ludwig Thoma
- "The adjourned wedding night" (original title: The adjourned night) by Franz Anrold and Ernst Bach
- "The chaste bon vivant" by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- "Stay for breakfast" (Original title: Why Not Stay for Breakfast) by Ray Cooney and Gene Stone
- "Stoppers" by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- "Don't always run away" (Original title: See How They Run) by Philip King
- "The girl from the elevator" by Franz Arnold and Ernst Bach
- "If already - then already" (Original title: Two Into One) by Ray Cooney
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/%C3%BCber-denthorsten/vita/
- ↑ http://www.op-online.de/nachrichten/neu-isenburg/mamahesselbach-nicht-sein-647273.html
- ↑ http://www.mund-art-theater.de/%C3%BCber-uns/chronik/vorgeschichte/ ( 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.
- ↑ http://www.mund-art-theater.de/%C3%BCber-uns/chronik/1-1994-1995/ ( 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.
- ↑ http://www.mund-art-theater.de/%C3%BCber-uns/chronik/6-1999-2000/ ( 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.
- ↑ http://www.mund-art-theater.de/%C3%BCber-uns/chronik/17-2010-2011/ ( 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.
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/vomthorsten/kompositionen/
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/vomthorsten/arrangements/h%C3%B6rfunk/
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/vomthorsten/arrangements/titel%C3%BCbersicht/
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/vomthorsten/theaterst%C3%BCcke/
- ↑ http://derthorsten.com/vomthorsten/hessische-verarbeitung/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wszolek, Thorsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, music arranger, conductor, actor, director and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |