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Hanns-Martin Schneidt was born on 6 December, 1930 in Kitzingen, Germany, is a German conductor, organist and university professor. Discover Hanns-Martin Schneidt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Occupation Orchestral and choral conductor Organist and harpsichordist Academic
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 6 December, 1930
Birthday 6 December
Birthplace Kitzingen, Germany
Date of death 28 May, 2018
Died Place near Munich, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1930

Hanns-Martin Schneidt (6 December 1930 – 28 May 2018 ) was a German conductor, harpsichordist, organist and academic.

He held teaching positions in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Tokyo, was Generalmusikdirektor in Wuppertal, artistic director of the Münchener Bach-Chor and the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, and founded Bach ensembles in Berlin and Tokyo.

Born in Kitzingen, Schneidt grew up in Leipzig in the family of a pastor.

1940

He became a member of the Thomanerchor in 1940 under Thomaskantor Günther Ramin at age 10.

1949

He studied at the Musikhochschule München from 1949 to 1952.

While he studied, he began to work as the church musician at the Erlöserkirche in Munich.

1954

In 1954, he received the Richard-Strauss-Preis of Munich.

1955

In 1955, he was appointed director of the Kirchenmusikschule in Berlin, at age 25.

1961

He founded in 1961 the Bach-Chor an der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche and Bach-Collegium at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche for regular performances of Bach cantatas, and conducted the groups to 1963.

1963

He was also, from 1963 to 1985 Generalmusikdirektor of the Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, including the opera.

1971

He was professor at the Musikhochschule Hamburg from 1971 to 1978.

1984

In 1984, he became the successor of Karl Richter as artistic director of the Münchener Bach-Chor.

1985

In 1985 he was appointed professor of orchestral conducting and church music at the Musikhochschule München.

2001

He left the Münchener Bach-Chor in 2001 at age 70, but kept conducting Bach groups that he had founded in Tokyo.

From 2001, he was professor at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, and artistic director of the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, based in Yokohama, from 2007 to 2009.

Schneidt worked with several German symphony orchestras, such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Münchner Philharmoniker and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin (RSB), and with Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

He received the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2001.

2018

He died near Munich on 28 May 2018.

Schneidt was awarded the Eduard von der Heydt Prize of Wuppertal, in recognition of his shaping of the town's musical life over many years, without routine but transparency for the musical work of art at hand, in a broad repertory.