Michael Gläser (born 2 November 1957) is a German singer, choral conductor and academic teacher. He was artistic director of broadcasters' choirs including the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk. He has been professor of choral conducting and Protestant church music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from 1994. Two recordings for which he conducted a choir were nominated for the Grammy Awards.
michael, gläser, poet, educator, michael, glaser, starsky, hutch, actor, paul, michael, glaser, born, november, 1957, german, singer, choral, conductor, academic, teacher, artistic, director, broadcasters, choirs, including, rundfunkchor, berlin, choir, bayeri. For the poet and educator see Michael Glaser For the Starsky amp Hutch actor see Paul Michael Glaser Michael Glaser born 2 November 1957 is a German singer choral conductor and academic teacher He was artistic director of broadcasters choirs including the Rundfunkchor Berlin and the choir of the Bayerischer Rundfunk He has been professor of choral conducting and Protestant church music at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen from 1994 Two recordings for which he conducted a choir were nominated for the Grammy Awards Michael GlaserBorn 1957 11 02 2 November 1957 age 66 Karl Marx Stadt East GermanyEducationThomanerchor Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy LeipzigOccupationsConductor Singer Choral conductor Academic teacherOrganizationsRundfunkchor Berlin Choir of Bayerischer Rundfunk Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen Contents 1 Life 2 Awards 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife editBorn in Chemnitz then Karl Marx Stadt Glaser attended the Thomasschule zu Leipzig from 1967 to 1978 where he was a member of the Thomanerchor 1 He studied voice with Heidi Riess and conducting with Andreas Pieske Wolf Dieter Hauschild and Dietrich Knothe at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Leipzig and the Hochschule fur Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin from 1978 to 1985 2 He conducted the GewandhausChor de the Berliner Singakademie and the MDR Rundfunkchor in Leipzig where he was also active as a singer 1 In 1986 he became assistant to Dietrich Knothe at the Rundfunkchor Berlin From 1990 to 2005 he was artistic director of the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks de 1 From 1998 the choir held subscription concerts at the Prinzregententheater He remained a guest conductor of the choir 1 In 2014 Glaser stepped in for the sick Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller and led the Thomanerchor as interim cantor for a quarter of a year 3 During this time he conducted the weekly Motette concerts as well as concerts with the Gewandhaus Orchestra 4 5 Since 1994 Glaser has been professor of choral conducting at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Munchen He is also head of the Department of Protestant Church Music 1 In 2003 he founded the Bayerischer Rundfunk Choral Conductors Forum 6 Awards editRecordings with Glaser were nominated twice for the Grammy awards in the category Best Choral Performance for the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards in 1999 for Schmidt s Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln and for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007 for Schonberg s Gurre Lieder with the Choir of the Bavarian Radio and the MDR Radio Choir Leipzig conducted by Howard Arman 7 8 References edit a b c d e Michael Glaser Prof fur Chordirigieren Evangelische Kirchenmusik in German Musikhochschule Munchen Retrieved 19 December 2020 Chor Workshop mit Michael Glaser Prof Michael Glaser 56 Vom Chorknaben zum Thomaskantor Bild Retrieved 13 December 2020 Michael Glaser on Radio Swiss Classic Michael Glaser in Dutch Glaser Michael on BMLO Grammy Award Results for Michael Glaser grammy com Grammy fur Mariss Jansons und das BR Symphonieorchester in German miz org 9 February 2006Further reading editGlaser Michael In Axel Schniederjurgen ed Kurschners Musiker Handbuch 5th edition K G Saur Verlag Munich 2006 ISBN 3 598 24212 3 p 141 External links editLiterature by and about Michael Glaser in the German National Library catalogue Michael Glaser discography at Discogs nbsp The Bavarian Radio Chorus BR Chor Portals nbsp classical music nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Glaser amp oldid 1199942887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
