Uwe Gronostay
Uwe Gronostay (born October 25, 1939 in Hildesheim , † November 29, 2008 in Berlin ) was a German choir conductor and composer.
Gronostay, who grew up in Braunschweig , became organist at the St. Jakobi Church there at the age of 15 . After studying church music in Bremen , he worked as a cantor , lecturer for organ playing and freelance work for Radio Bremen . In 1972 Uwe Gronostay was appointed director and chief conductor of the Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir . At the same time he directed the Berlin Philharmonic Choir from 1982 to 2002 and, from 1987, the Nederlands Kamerkoor Amsterdam for ten years .
Uwe Gronostay initially worked as a professor of choral conducting in Frankfurt am Main and between 1989 and 2003 at the Berlin University of the Arts .
Uwe Gronostay was the first guest conductor of the Dutch Radio Choir Hilversum . In 1997, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands made him Knight of the Orde van Oranje-Nassau in recognition of his services .
In 1999 Uwe Gronostay received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany from Federal President Johannes Rau .
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His compositions include meditations for choir and piano, motets and organ works.
Uwe Gronostay died in Berlin in 2008 at the age of 69. His grave is in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: II-W13-104 / 105).
Web links
- Works by and about Uwe Gronostay in the catalog of the German National Library
- Uwe Gronostay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "Choral conductor and choir educator of rank - Uwe Gronostay is dead" , Neue Musikzeitung-online, accessed on December 2, 2008
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 . P. 487.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gronostay, Uwe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choir conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 2008 |
| Place of death | Berlin |