Hans Rudolf Zöbeley

Hans Rudolf Zöbeley ( born May 27, 1931 in Mannheim, † December 5, 2007 in Garmisch -Partenkirchen ) was a German composer, choral conductor and church musician.

Life and work

The son of the pastor Baden Rudolf Zöbeley and Martha Bälz studied Classical Philology and Medieval Studies at the University of Heidelberg as well as musicology at the University of Heidelberg church music. In 1955 he passed the state examination in Heidelberg, 1957, the A- exam as a full-time church musician. 1963 doctorate in Zöbeley Thrasybulos Georgiades ( 1907-1977 ) in Munich with Scripture The music of the organ Buxheimer book. 1962 he was appointed lecturer at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, 1979, he was appointed music director of the University Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich.

Three Choirs Zöbeley has a decisive influence: In 1960, he founded the Munich Motet Choir and guided him for nearly forty years, until his retirement in 1998 he was also from 1962 to 1980 at the head of the choir of the Munich Philharmonic. . From 1969 to 2002 he was artistic and musical director of the University Choir Munich. He has also been to the summer of 1997 working as a church music director of the Munich Church of St. Matthew, the Sermon on site in the country bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

His son Martin Zöbeley is the leader of the group of Ancient Music Munich.