Helmuth Froschauer

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Helmuth Froschauer
Born
Helmuth Emil Froschauer

(1933-09-22)22 September 1933
Vienna, Austria
Died18 August 2019(2019-08-18) (aged 85)
Vienna, Austria
EducationWiener Sängerknaben
Occupations
  • Conductor
  • Choral conductor
Organizations

Helmuth Emil Froschauer (22 September 1933 – 18 August 2019) was an Austrian conductor, especially a choral conductor who received his first training as a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben. He conducted the choir from 1953 to 1965, including 22 international tours. He went on to conduct the choirs of the Wiener Singverein, the Vienna State Opera and the WDR Rundfunkchor Köln. As a close collaborator of Herbert von Karajan from 1989, he prepared choirs for the Salzburg Festival among others.

Life and career

Born in Vienna, Froschauer received his musical education with the Wiener Sängerknaben boys' choir.[1][2][3] He studied piano, horn, composition and conducting at the Wiener Musikakademie.[2]

From 1953 to 1965 he conducted one of the choirs of the Wiener Sängerknaben. As

Vienna Symphony Orchestra. From 1968 to 1991 Froschauer was, at times simultaneously, solo répétiteur and choir director at the Vienna State Opera[3] as well as choir director of the Wiener Singverein[4] and the Bregenzer Festspiele.[2]

As a close collaborator of

Wiener Festwochen.[1][3]

Froschauer worked for the

WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln,[4] of which he later became honorary conductor.[5]

For many years, Froschauer and two other colleagues have also conducted the Sunday masses in the Vienna Hofburgkapelle [de], in which the Wiener Sängerknaben also took part.[6] Froschauer died in Vienna at age 85.[2][5]

His son is the violinist Daniel Froschauer, chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic.[2]

References

  1. ^
    Wiener Sängerknaben
    (in German). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. ^
    Österreichischer Rundfunk
    (in German). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Zum Tod des ehemaligen Solokorrepetitors und Chordirektors Helmuth Froschauer". Vienna State Opera (in German). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Helmuth Froschauer dirigiert WDR Rundfunkorchester bis 2003" (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Announcement Helmuth Froschauer". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 24 August 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  6. Wiener Sängerknaben (in German). Archived from the original
    on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

Further reading

External links
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