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Gotthold Schwarz (born 12 August 1952 in Zwickau) is a German bass-baritone singer and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. ==Biography== Schwartz was the son of the cantor of St. Paul Church in Zwickau, which gave him an early contact with music. He began his musical career in 1964 as a member of the Thomanerchor,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gotthold Schwarz (Bass) )〕 the boys' choir in Leipzig founded in 1212〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Thomaner: Choir and School, a tradition of unity for 800 years )〕 and directed by Johann Sebastian Bach, among others, as the Thomaskantor. Schwarz has collaborated with the choir since in several functions. After completion of a church music education at the College of Church Music in Dresden, he studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig, voice with Gerda Schriever, organ with Wolfgang Schetelich and Hannes Kästner and conducting with Max Pommer and Hans-Joachim Rotzsch. Later he studied privately with Peter Schreier,〔 Hermann Christian Polster and Helmuth Rilling. After graduation, he worked as a cantatas and oratorio singer. In 1979 he was appointed by Hans-Joachim Rotzsch as vocal coach of the Thomanerchor, serving also as a deputy and interim cantor in 1992, 1999 and 2002/03. In 2011, he served as an interim conductor for Georg Christoph Biller. Schwartz sang with conductors such as John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Peter Schreier, Martin Haselböck, and with ensembles including the Gewandhausorchester and the Dresdner Kreuzchor. He has performed at the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna Musikverein, and in the USA, Finland and Japan. He recorded several Bach cantatas with John Eliot Gardiner as part of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. With the Thomanerchor, conducted by Biller, he recorded Bach's cantatas ''Es erhub sich ein Streit, BWV 19'', ''Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79'', and ''Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thomanerchor Leipzig – Das Kirchenjahr mit Bach, Vol. 10: Reformation/Michaelistag · Reformation/Michaelmas Day – Cantatas BWV 19, 50, 79, 80 (#12) )〕 the ''Mass in B minor''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J.S. Bach: Messe h-moll BWV 232 (#179) )〕 and the Vox Christi in the ''St John Passion''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=J.S. Bach: Johannes-Passion BWV 245 (#166) )〕 He recorded Bach's solo cantatas for bass BWV 56, 82, and 158 with the Thomanerchor, conducted by Michael Schneider and his orchestra La Stagione.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bach: Kantaten · Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 158, BWV 56 )〕 Increasingly, Schwartz has appeared as a conductor. He founded his own ensembles Concerto Vocale Leipzig in 1984 and the Sächsisches Barockorchester (Saxon Baroque Orchestra) in 1990. As a guest conductor he worked with the choir and orchestra of the Gewandhaus. In 1993, he founded with gambist Siegfried Pank and organist Hans Christoph Becker-Foss a baroque trio in order to perform mostly music of the Bach family, but also other Baroque music.〔 Schwarz has been a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" since 1986.〔 He was a juror of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in 2004. He resides in Leipzig. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gotthold Schwarz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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