Wolfgang Schäfer (choir director)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wolfgang Schäfer (born April 7, 1945 in Staufen im Breisgau ) is a German choir director and professor of choir conducting.

biography

Wolfgang Schäfer studied school music, singing and choral conducting in Freiburg im Breisgau , as well as orchestral conducting at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . From 1971 to 1982 he taught at the University of Music Freiburg this, from 1982 to 2008 he was professor of choral conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main (HfMDK) from 1982 to 1997 successor to Kurt Thomas and Helmuth Rilling also Conductor of the Frankfurter Kantorei . In 1971 he founded the Freiburg Vocal Ensemble; since 2008 he has also directed the newly founded Frankfurter Kammerchor, which mainly consists of university graduates. In 2015 he was the interim successor of the late Hans Michael Beuerle in the direction of the Freiburg Bach Choir . Wolfgang Schäfer is also the artistic director of the annual festival and choir seminar “Staufen Music Week”; In addition, he is internationally active as a guest conductor, juror and lecturer. After all , Schäfer has been a member of the BosArt Trio music cabaret since his student days in Freiburg .

Awards

  • 1981: BBC competition " Let the Peoples Sing ", 1st prize with a Freiburg vocal ensemble
  • 1985: Competition of the European Broadcasting Union, 1st prize with the Frankfurter Kantorei
  • 1986: International Miedzyzdroje competition, 1st prize with the Frankfurter Kantorei
  • 1990: Competition of the European Broadcasting Union, 1st prize with the Frankfurter Kantorei
  • 1992: International competition Riva del Garda, special prize with the Frankfurter Kantorei

Discography

With the Freiburg vocal ensemble

  • Anton Bruckner : Motets . EOM, Freiburg 1980
  • The German choral song around 1600 . Christophorus, Freiburg 1982
  • Anton Bruckner : Motets . Christophorus, Freiburg 1984
  • Hector Berlioz : Lelio . Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, conductor: Eliahu Inbal. Denon, 1987
  • Georg Philipp Telemann : The times of the day . BMG Ariola, Hamburg 1990
  • Georg Philipp Telemann : The blissful consideration of the bitter suffering and death of Jesus Christ . Sonomaster, Stuttgart 1990
  • Cristóbal de Morales : Spiritual works . Christophorus, Freiburg 1990
  • Johannes Brahms : Gypsy songs . Sonomaster, Stuttgart 1991
  • Johannes Brahms : German folk songs . Bayer, Bietigheim-Bissingen 1996
  • Conradin Kreutzer : Chants from Goethe's "Faust" , ARTS: 1999
  • Music documents 1970 - 2003 from the Freiburg Pauluskirche. Notabene, Freiburg 2003
  • Joseph Rheinberger : From the Golden Horn . Carus, Stuttgart 2005

With the Frankfurter Kantorei

  • Arthur Honegger : Le roi David . Christophorus, Freiburg 1985
  • Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 3 . Frankfurter Kantorei, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Eliahu Inbal. Denon, Ratingen 1987
  • Hector Berlioz : Lelio . Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt, conductor: Eliahu Inbal. Denon, 1987
  • Igor Stravinsky : Les Noces ; Carl Orff : Catulli carmina . Koch, Munich 1990
  • Harald Genzmer : German fair . Cappella, Wiesbaden 1993
  • Antonín Dvořák : Mass in D major; Four spiritual chants . Freiburg Music Forum, Freiburg 1993
  • Carl Orff : Catulli Carmina , Wergo Mainz 1995
  • Joseph Rheinberger : Mass in F minor; Six religious chants; Requiem in D minor. Stuttgart, Carus 1998
  • Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : The first Walpurgis Night . Frankfurter Kantorei, Municipal Opera House and Museum Orchestra, conductor: Sylvain Cambreling. Frankfurt Museum Society 2001

With the BosArt Trio

  • Unheard-of masterpieces . 1984
  • A sip from the opera glasses . 1987
  • Scherzo like Watsche . 1991
  • Music from A to Zett . 1994
  • Insalata Mista . 1998
  • The bat and the phantom . 2000
  • Bach flowers . 2001
  • Art of mischief . 2009
  • Brahms' animal life . 2012

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Schäfer, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German choir director and professor of choir conducting
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Staufen im Breisgau