Wolfram Schwinger

Walter Wolfram Schwinger (born July 14, 1928 in Dresden ; † February 17, 2011 in Stuttgart ) was a German artistic director , music writer and critic .

Life

Schwinger was born into a family of theologians and had two brothers. He studied musicology in Berlin and also worked as a journalist . He had a particularly close relationship with the conductors Erich and Carlos Kleiber .

In 1954 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Hippolyte Chélard at the Humboldt University . He also wrote a popular George Gershwin biography at the time. In 1960 he went to Hanover as a critic and to Stuttgart in 1964.

As the editor of the Stuttgarter Zeitung , he wrote countless articles. He later acted as the moderator of the morning music lesson on SWDR . In 1979 his monograph on Krzysztof Penderecki was published (second edition in 1994).

In 1975 Schwinger became opera director of the Württemberg State Opera in Stuttgart , and in 1985 also deputy general director. He promoted the renewal of the repertoire with the standard works , but on the other hand initiated performances of the modern with works by Mauricio Kagel , György Ligeti , Bruno Maderna , Aribert Reimann and Wolfgang Rihm .

Wolfgang Gönnenwein and Klaus Zehelein caused his departure in 1991. He then worked as an artistic advisor to the Bach Academy .

personal data
SURNAME	Schwinger, tungsten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schwinger, Walter Wolfram
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German director and music writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 14, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dresden
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 2011
Place of death	Stuttgart