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Felix Prohaska

January 01, 1970

Felix Prohaska (16 May 1912 – 29 March 1987) was an Austrian conductor and professor of musicology in Hanover.[1]

Education edit

Felix Prohaska, born in Vienna, was the son of the composer and professor Carl Prohaska (1869–1927). He received his music education from his father; he studied piano with Eduard Steuermann and music theory with Egon Kornauth and Hans Gál.

Career edit

Felix Prohaska started his career as a répétiteur at the opera of Graz (1936–1939), and subsequently worked as a conductor at the opera houses in Duisburg (1939–1941), Strasbourg (1941–1943), Prague, Salzburg and at the Vienna Volksoper (1946–1955). From 1955 to 1961 Prohaska occupied the position of assistant music director and conductor at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt. From 1961 to 1969 he was the director of the Akademie/Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover and held a position as professor for musicology until 1975. Prohaska conducted at the Vienna Volksoper (1964–1967) and at the Staatsoper Hannover (1965–1974). For a short time he also taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Recordings with Felix Prohaska conducting music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and Gustav Mahler were issued by Vanguard Classics.

Felix Prohaska died in Vienna in 1987.

Family edit

Felix Prohaska was the son of Carl Prohaska and the grandfather of the singers Anna Prohaska and Daniel Prohaska.

Awards edit

  • Walter Gieseking medal of Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Biographical data of Felix Prohaska in: Who's Who in Germany – The German Who's Who. 5th edition. Who's Who Book & Publishing, Ottobrunn 1974, ISBN 3-921220-05-X, p. 1317.
  2. ^ Redaktionsbüro Harenberg. Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. Die persönlichen Daten der Prominenz aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur und Gesellschaft. Droemer Knaur: München/Zürich (1979) ISBN 3-426-07604-7 Chapter "Prohaska," p. 356

Sources edit

  • Felix Prohaska biography at bach-cantatas.com
  • Literature by and about Felix Prohaska in the German National Library catalogue
  • Felix Prohaska in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU) (death date 24 January 1991)
 

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January 01, 1970
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