Alois Ickstadt

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Alois Ickstadt
Born (1930-09-22) 22 September 1930 (age 90)
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Alois Ickstadt (born 22 September 1930) is a German pianist, choral conductor, university professor and composer. He was professor at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. He promoted choral singing from children's choir to adult groups for the state broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk, namely the Figuralchor Frankfurt which he founded in 1966 and conducted until 2011.

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Ickstadt studied music pedagogy at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. He also studied piano with Erich Flinsch, composition with Kurt Hessenberg and conducting with Walther Davisson and Karl Maria Zwißler. [1] Interested in cultural relevance, he also studied German, musicology, philosophy and history at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. He took classes with Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, whose philosophy shaped his life. [2]

During his studies, he worked as a pianist for radio stations, with a focus on contemporary music, collaborating with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Dean Dixon, Sixten Ehrling and Georg Solti. He also accompanied singers in recitals. [1]

Beginning in the early 1960s, Ickstadt created a new concept for working with choirs, in collaboration with Hessischer Rundfunk (HR), the Hesse state radio and television broadcaster. In 1961, he founded the children's choir of the HR, Kinderchor Frankfurt; an adult choir, the Figuralchor Frankfurt, was formed in 1966. [1] [3] The concept was to begin educating choral singers when they were children and continue with them into adulthood, not only providing systematic vocal training but also expanding their general musical knowledge. [3] Ickstadt conducted the Figuralchor in concerts, radio productions and recordings. [3] The first Figuralchor performances, beginning in 1966, were broadcasts; the ensemble sang its first concert for a live audience in 1970, performing motets at St. Leonhard church. Ickstadt conducted the choir until 2011. [4]

Ickstadt was a professor at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt from 1968 until his retirement in 1995. [1]

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  2. ↑ "Wichtig ist, was über die Musik hinaus wirkt". Eppsteiner Zeitung (in German). 31 December 2003. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Vita". figuralchor-frankfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Bomba, Andreas (12 July 2016). "50 Jahre Figuralchor Frankfurt / Musik muss live gesungen werden". Frankfurter Neue Presse (in German). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Prof. Alois Ickstadt". komponistenverband.de (in German). Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Wichtig ist, was über die Musik hinaus wirkt". acv-deutschland.de (in German). Allgemeiner Cäcilien-Verband für Deutschland. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. 1 2 Compositions by Alois Ickstadt German National Library
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Alois Ickstadt / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works". Bach Cantatas Website. 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Recordings by Alois Ickstadt German National Library
  10. ↑ Trionfi / Carl Orff German National Library
  11. ↑ "Musikalische Bildung als Zukunftsaufgabe des Landes Hessen – Perspektiven, Konzeption, Realisation". landesmusikrathessen.de (in German). Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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