Heinz Hennig

Heinz Hennig ( born May 25, 1927 in Burg (near Magdeburg ); † January 29, 2002 in Hannover) was the founder of the Hanover Boys' Choir and its director from 1950 until the end of 2001 as well as high school teachers.

Hennig went at the age of twelve years to boarding school of the Arts High School in Frankfurt. Among his most important teachers was the conductor Kurt Thomas, was involved in the boys' choir Heinz Hennig and in which he gained formative experience for his later activity.

The late 1940s, Heinz Hennig took his music studies in Hanover, where he founded a 23- year-old student by newspaper advertisement in 1950 the Hannover Boys Choir. Further still renowned ensembles owe their existence also Heinz Hennig musical pioneer spirit - especially the girls' choir Hanover and the Hanover Symphony Orchestra Young ( JSO ), which were also founded by him.

Of special importance was Heinz Hennig by footage of cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach, his choirs in close cooperation with Gustav Leonhardt, published in the complete recording of " The cantatas " ( Teldec ). Hennig is considered one of the pioneers of historical performance practice of early music in the present, especially with numerous and multi-award winning radio, records and CD - productions of the works of Heinrich Schütz and Andreas Hammerschmidt. The premiere of Opus Ultimum ( Swan Song ) by Heinrich Schütz and the first complete recording of the "spiritual choral music in 1648 " in historical performance practice continued to the present day standards in the contactor interpretation. In addition, he devoted himself to the interpretation of contemporary compositions by numerous world premieres of works such as Alfred Koerppens.

Besides his work as head of the boys' choir Hanover Heinz Hennig taught from 1962 to 1992 as a professor of choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover. For decades, he directed the Chamber Choir of the University and was from 1970 until his retirement in her vice-president.

After more than half a century of world-renowned concerts and his work as a teacher of generations of young singers, Heinz Hennig handed the Hannover Boys Choir end of 2001 to his successor Jörg Breiding.

A few weeks later died Heinz Hennig on January 29, 2002.

Awards

1978 Hennig received the first-ever this year Lower Price of Culture.