Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Hans Karl -Friedrich Beringer ( born January 7, 1948 in Neuendettelsau ) is a German choral and orchestral conductor.
Life
Beringer studied at the Meistersinger Conservatory in Nuremberg. In 1970 he founded while still a student the Amadeus Choir and the Amadeus Orchestra. From 1976 to 1978 he took over as artistic director of the International Youth Festival Choir of Bayreuth. In 1978 he was appointed as the successor of Hans Thamm Head of the Windsbacher boys' choir. In a short time he led the ensemble to world fame.
Beringer collaborates with renowned orchestras, especially with the Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Since 1981 he has been a regular at national and international music festivals.
Because of his outstanding services to the youth, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit in 1986 by the then Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker.
On 12 February 2008 Beringer was awarded an honorary doctorate from Augustana College.
In September 2010, he announced to resign in late 2011 from his position as artistic director of the Windsbacher boys choir. On February 1, 2012 Martin Lehmann became his successor.
Since his retirement he has lived in Remember village.
Tours
As a choral and orchestral conductor Beringer was a regular guest at international music festivals. Several times he led performances of his Windsbacher at the Bach Festival of Schaffhausen, the International Bach Festival in Leipzig, at the Brandenburg Summer Concerts, the Schleswig -Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival.
Concerts with the Windsbacher boys choir led him not only to other European countries (such as Norway, Finland, Malta, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Greece), but also in the Middle East (Israel ), the Far East (China, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore ), Australia, the USA and South America (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay).
Criticism of Beringer's operation
Repeats Beringer was accused in 2004 and 2005 unpädagogisches of former members of the choir, parents, and staff behavioral, psychological and physical violence over the years. His parenting style was autocratic. The choirmaster confuse discipline with hardness. In particular, the use of verbal abuse, the psychological " readying " of individual students and even physical assaults him were accused. An initiated by the Board of Trustees of the choir investigation ended with a relief Beringer.
After the completion of the prosecutor's investigation of Beringer for assaults involving violence on singer in May 2005, no evidence had shown that the now chosen path of cooperation had been abandoned. The National Council of Churches inform regularly about the work of the boys' choir.
Awards
Media
- Karl -Friedrich Beringer (Conductor): Motets of romance with the Amadeus Choir. CD German, Bayer Records, 1991.
- Enrique Crespo (global ); Karl -Friedrich Beringer (Conductor ): Christmas around the world
- German Brass with Windsbacher boys' choir. German CD. Stuttgart, Cross, 1999.
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Elias op 70 Sibylla Rubens, Rebecca Martin, Markus Schäfer, Alexander Marco - Buhrmester, Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, Windsbacher boys' choir, conducted by Karl -Friedrich Beringer, Production: Sony Classical, 2008.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem in D minor, kv 626 Ruth Ziesak, Monica Groop, Thomas Cooley, Thomas Laske, Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, Windsbacher boys' choir, conducted by Karl -Friedrich Beringer, Production: Sony Classical, 2009.
- Franz Schubert Mass No.6 As-Dur Ruth Ziesak, Monica Groop, Thomas Cooley, Thomas Laske, Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, Windsbacher boys' choir, conducted by Karl -Friedrich Beringer, Production: Sony Classical, 2010.