Thomas Christian David
Thomas Christian David (December 22, 1925 in Wels; † January 19, 2006, Vienna) was an Austrian composer, conductor, choral conductor, and flutist.
Life
David was born in 1925 as the son of composer Johann Nepomuk David was born in Leipzig. He studied at the St. Thomas School in Leipzig and was a member of the Thomanerchores . He then studied at the Leipzig Conservatory and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 1948 he moved to Stuttgart and studied musicology studies in Tübingen.
From 1945 to 1948 he taught at the Mozarteum. From 1948 to 1957 he was head of the South German Madrigal choir and vocal coach at the Stuttgart Opera . From 1957 he taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 1960 he led the Chamber Choir ibid. From 1967 to 1973 he was a professor at the University of Tehran . From 1967 to 1973 he was chief conductor of the orchestra of the Iranian television NITV. From 1974 to 1988 he was professor of music theory and composition at the Vienna Academy of Music . From 1980 to 1995 he was principal conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , 1986-1988 President of the Austrian Composers' Association and 1992, the artistic director at the Cairo Opera House.
David was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery. His brother Lukas David (born 1934) is a violinist.
Awards
1961: State Prize for music [1] 1979 Culture Prize of Upper Austria for music 1981: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class
Literature
Sussan Khalladeh: Thomas Christian David. Conductor and composer . Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-902510-24-2 .
External links
Works by and about Thomas Christian David in the catalog of the German National Library Biography of Thomas Christian David on musicaustria.at
References
Jumping Up ↑ Outstanding Artist Award - Music (Memento January 8, 2014 Internet Archive ), accessed October 28, 2012
Thomas Christian David page on German Wikipedia
Records on sale
News of his passing in Persian, January 2006
"Atossa" opera by Thomas Christian David with Persian libretto, performed at Rudaki Hall, Tehran 1967
Some recorded works: