Viktor Scholz

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Viktor Scholz (born February 10, 1935 in Taganrog , Soviet Union , as Vitja Wladimirowitsch Kammeschow ) is a Russian-German church music director and concert organist .

Life

Viktor Scholz was born as Vitja Wladimirowitsch Kammeschow in the port city of Taganrog on the Azov Sea and spent his childhood there. His father was a cellist and general music director of the city, his mother came from Moscow and was an aircraft designer by profession. During the Second World War Taganrog was occupied by German troops from 1941 to 1943 . In 1945 his mother fled with him to Germany . The two made it to Essen, where his mother worked as a housekeeper for the theologian Ernst Zenses. Scholz's father died as a soldier in the war. Scholz was supported by Zenses and received his basic musical training from 1947 to 1954 in Essen with music director Heinz Gilhaus.

He then studied at the Episcopal Church Music School St.Gregoriushaus in Aachen and graduated with the cantor examination. This was followed by studies at the Folkwang School for Music in Essen, which Scholz completed in 1959 with the state music teacher examination for the subjects of piano and organ , in the subject of organ with distinction.

The Moenchengladbach Munster S. Vitus than at the Viktor Scholz 1958-2000 Kantor worked
The organ prospectus of the St. Vitus Minster in Mönchengladbach

At the end of 1957, Scholz took over as an organist representing illness at the St. Vitus Minster in Mönchengladbach and was then employed there as a cantor from January 1, 1958. He held the post for more than four decades and retired in 2000. He also worked as a lecturer for artistic organ playing and improvisation at the St. Gregoriushaus in Aachen. From 1974 he was an organ expert for the diocese of Aachen . Extensive concert activities took him to Europe and Japan. In 1985/86 he was appointed church music director by Diocesan Bishop Klaus Hemmerle .

Viktor Scholz is married and lives with his wife in Mönchengladbach. The couple has three grown children.

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Viktor Scholz was distinguished by his unmistakable, almost preaching style of interpretation, which he passed on to his students and staff with great dedication. Scholz made a special name for himself with the interpretations of The Way of the Cross and the Symphony Passion by Marcel Dupré and the great organ works by Max Reger .

Awards

In 1982 Scholz was awarded the city badge of the city of Mönchengladbach. excellent.

Discography

  • Viktor Scholz plays works by JS Bach a. K. Thieme . Pape, 1974
  • Viktor Scholz plays the Beckerath organ , Hänssler Verlag , 1975
  • The Albiez organ in the mother house church of St. Vincent . Psallite, 1976
  • Viktor Scholz plays works by Brahms, Fuchs and Schumann . Fono Record Company, 1979
  • The Oberlinger organ in the Catholic parish church of S [ank] t Lambertus in Erkelenz . Organophon, 1979
  • Ars organi: Münster basilica in Mönchengladbach . Aulos record production, Fono record company, 1980
  • The organ in the Steinfeld basilica . Melos-Schallplattenverlag, Mönchengladbach, 1981
  • Pastorale for cor anglais and organ . Audite Musikproduktion , Fono-Schallplattengesellschaft, 1996
  • Habemus papam. The legacy of Karol Wojtyla . Musikado, 2003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Viktor Scholz: The organ preacher. RP Online , March 3, 2012, accessed November 12, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b (mb): Church music director Viktor Scholz demonstrates his skills. Aachener Zeitung , October 26, 2014, accessed on November 12, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Cf. Cantors of the St. Vitus Münster Choir, Mönchengladbach. (No longer available online.) Homepage of the Münsterchor St. Vitus Mönchengladbach (www.muensterchor-mg.de), archived from the original on November 22, 2014 ; accessed on November 13, 2014 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muensterchor-mg.de
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kammeschow, Vitja Wladimirowitsch (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-German church music director and concert organist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Taganrog , Soviet Union