Wilhelm Sinkovicz
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Wilhelm Sinkovicz (* 1960 in Vienna ) is an Austrian musicologist and journalist, music critic in the features section of the Vienna daily newspaper Die Presse .
biography
Sinkovicz studied musicology at the University of Vienna and composition at the Vienna Conservatory with Rüdiger Seitz . He received his doctorate with a dissertation on Paul Hindemith's Rainer Maria Rilke musicals Das Marienleben .
Sinkovicz has been a music critic for the daily newspaper Die Presse since 1984 . From 1989 to 1992 he was also head of the cultural editorial department there, then until 2005, parallel to his criticism, he was editor-in-chief of the weekly culture magazine “Schaufenster” . Since then he has devoted himself exclusively to music journalism and has also designed special series of events on cultural-political issues for the “press”, above all a “music salon” established in 1999, which premiered in the former tobacco museum and after stops at the Karajan Center and the music association has been based at the MuTh since 2015 .
From 1986 Sinkovicz regularly made radio programs for Ö1 (including his own series such as “Classical Seduction” and “Philharmonic Seduction”) and for many years gave lectures on music-historical and musical-analytical topics at the Institute for Theater Studies at the University of Vienna and at the University of Music . Since 1998 he has been teaching music analysis for the composer and conductor classes at the Vienna Conservatory .
Musicological contributions by Wilhelm Sinkovicz have appeared in several yearbooks of the Franz Schmidt Society, of which Sinkovicz was president, in the commemorative publication for Theophil Antonicek's 60th birthday, and in the Hindemith yearbook.
Others
In 2013 there was a role reversal on the occasion of a special issue of the press . Mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager interviewed the music critic about his career and journalism.
Publications (selection)
- More than twelve notes by Arnold Schönberg . Vienna: Zsolnay 1998 ISBN 3-552-04890-1
- The house on the Ring: the Vienna Opera ; a stroll through the house with a look behind the scenes. Vienna: Holzhausen 1997 ISBN 3-900518-67-X
- Johann Strauss (sic, with Herwig Knaus ) Vienna: Holzhausen 1999 ISBN 3-900518-88-2
- Mozart : his music Vienna: Die Presse Verlag / Styria, 2005, 139 pp.: Ill., Notation examples. ISBN 3-85431-401-9
- Cadences. Notes and conversations with Franz Welser-Möst . Vienna; Graz; Klagenfurt; Styria; 2007 ISBN 978-3-222-13217-9
- Wilhelm Sinkovicz u. Michaela Schlögl : Georges Prêtre - maestro con brio Graz: Styria 2009 ISBN 978-3-222-13276-6
Awards
- Cultural Journalist of the Year 2005
Web links
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Sinkovicz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wilhelm Sinkovicz: Paul Hindemith's song cycle "Marienleben" and its two versions as an example of the change in style in music in the first half of the 20th century . Diss. Vienna 1993.
- ^ List of the board of directors of the Franz Schmidt Society , accessed on December 2, 2015.
- ^ Austrian Music - Music in Austria. Contributions to the music history of Central Europe. ed. by Elisabeth Theresia Hilscher. Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1998
- ↑ Annales Hindemith 2015 / XLIV ISBN 978-3-795770-55-6
- ↑ After 20 years I can finally interview the critic. In: DiePresse.com. March 23, 2013, accessed January 21, 2018 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sinkovicz, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist, music critic and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |