Jürgen Jürgens
Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music.
Jürgen Jürgens
- Name
- Jürgen Jürgens
- Born
- 5 August 1925
- Birthplace
- Frankfurt am Main
- Died
- 4 August 1994
- Place of death
- Hamburg, Germany
- Education
- * Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt
- Occupation
- * Chorale conductor
- Awards
- * Biermann Ratjen Medal
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music.
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Jürgen Jürgens (1925–1994) was a choir director, composer and conductor, among other activities, of German nationality. The choir director was born in Frankfurt and died in Hamburg. Jürgen Jürgens worked for University of Hamburg. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Jürgen Jürgens • Born — 5 August 1925 • Birthplace — Frankfurt am Main • Died — 4 August 1994 • Place of death — Hamburg, Germany • Education — * Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt • Musikhochschule Freiburg • Occupation — * Chorale conductor • Academic teacher • Organizations — * Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg • University of Hamburg • Awards — * Biermann Ratjen Medal • Johannes Brahms Medal
Biography
Biography
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Jürgens received his musical training at the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt with Kurt Thomas. Jürgens studied singing and choir direction with Konrad Lechner at the Musikhochschule Freiburg. In 1955, he founded the award-winning Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg. They recorded for Archiv Produktion, focussing on works of Claudio Monteverdi. Later the choir became involved in the Telefunken/Teldec Bach cantatas project with the Leonhardt-Consort. From 1961 to 1993, Jürgens was University Music Director of the Choir and Orchestra at the University of Hamburg. and was appointed professor at the University of Hamburg in 1973. He died in Hamburg and was buried at the Ohlsdorf Cemetery.
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• Heinrich Schütz: St. Luke Passion, Max van Egmond, Peter-Christoph Runge – Jürgen Jürgens, 1966. • Monteverdi: Lamento d'Arianna, Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, 1973. • Alessandro Scarlatti: Madrigale, Hamburg, 1975. • Schütz: Die italienischen Madrigale, 1976. • Anton Bruckner Music of the St. Florian Period, 1984 – CD: BSVD-0109, 2011 (Bruckner Archive Production). *
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• 1985 Biermann Ratjen Medal • 1991 Johannes Brahms Medal
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- 1.Müller, Christian. Jürgens, Jürgen. MGG Online. 9 December 2021.
- 2.Books on Demand. JüJü Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994. 2015. 978-3-7386-9852-7.
- 3.Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg. 23 December 2021.
- 4.Der Dirigent und Chorleiter Jürgen Jürgens. Deutschlandfunk. 12 November 2015.
- 5.60 Jahre Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg. Newsletter Universität Hamburg.
- 6.Brinker, Bettina. Botschafter der Musik. Hamburger Abendblatt. 29 January 2005.
- 7.Jürgen Jürgens tot. Die Tageszeitung: Taz. 37. 6 August 1994.
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