Enoch zu Guttenberg

Georg Enoch Robert Prosper Philipp Franz Karl Theodor Maria Heinrich Johannes Luitpold Hartmann Gundeloh Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (29 July 1946 – 15 June 2018) was a German conductor. He also owned the large winery estate Weingut Reichsrat von Buhl. He founded musical ensembles for performances of sacred choral works, and the Herrenchiemsee Festival. In 1975, he co-founded the BUND, a German organization dedicated to protecting the natural environment.

Enoch zu Guttenberg
Enoch zu Guttenberg in 2012
Born
Georg Enoch Robert Prosper Philipp Franz Karl Theodor Maria Heinrich Johannes Luitpold Hartmann Gundeloh Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg

(1946-07-29)29 July 1946
Guttenberg, Bavaria, Germany
Died15 June 2018(2018-06-15) (aged 71)
Munich, Germany
Occupation
  • Conductor
  • Intendant
Organization
  • Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern
  • KlangVerwaltung
  • BUND
  • Herrenchiemsee Festival
Awards
Websitewww.enochzuguttenberg.de

Career

Born in Guttenberg, Bavaria, Germany, on 29 July 1946,[1] he was a member of the House of Guttenberg, and the son of CSU politician Karl Theodor von und zu Guttenberg and Rosa Sophie Prinzessin von Arenberg. He was the father of CSU politician Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg.[2]

Guttenberg studied composition and conducting in Munich and Salzburg, influenced by Bernhard Paumgartner, Antal Doráti and Karl von Feilitzsch.[3] He founded musical ensembles for performances of sacred choral works.[4][5] In 1967, he founded the choir Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, leading them to international recognition within short time. They appeared at festivals such as the Schwetzingen Festival, the Berliner Festwochen, the Mozartwoche in Salzburg, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Rheingau Musik Festival and the Europäische Wochen Passau. They toured in Europe and South America.[3] Guttenberg focused on sacred choral works such as Bach's St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, and is regarded as a Bekenntnismusiker, performing the works as a personal confession.[5] In a personal style, he combined the knowledge of historically informed performance with modern and vital expressiveness.[3]

From 1981 to 1987, Guttenberg also conducted the Cäcilienverein in Frankfurt.[3] He worked as a guest conductor with orchestras such as NDR Sinfonieorchester, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the orchestra of the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and the MDR Symphony Orchestra.[3] In 1997, Guttenberg co-founded the orchestra KlangVerwaltung.[4][5] In 2010, he conducted Verdi's Requiem in Rome in honour of Pope Benedict XVI.[5][6]

In 2001, he founded the Herrenchiemsee Festival, with performances at Schloss Herrenchiemsee, and served as its intendant.[4] For the opening of 2012 festival, he programmed four Bach cantatas in a dramatiturgical sequence: O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20, Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, and Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130. A reviewer noted music-making in chamber scale, but with spiritual depth and intensity.[7]

In 2017, when his choir celebrated its 50th anniversary, he and the choir received the Rheingau Musikpreis at a Bruckner concert at Eberbach Abbey, performing his Ave Maria, Te Deum and his unfinished Ninth Symphony.[8]

He was politically active in environmental protection, and was in 1975 a co-founder of the BUND, a German organisation dedicated to protecting the natural environment. He left the organisation in 2012.[9][5]

Guttenberg died in Munich on 15 June 2018 at the age of 71.[9][10]

Awards

References
  1. Fulker, Rick (15 June 2018). "German conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg dies, age 71". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Tholl, Egbert (15 June 2018). "Streitbarer Humanist". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. "Enoch zu Guttenberg". Konzerthaus Dortmund (in German). 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. "Dirigent Enoch zu Guttenberg in München verstorben" (in German). Munich. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  5. "Enoch zu Guttenberg ist tot" (in German). Die Zeit. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  6. Benedict XVI (16 October 2010). "Concert in honour of His Holiness Benedict XVI / offered by conductor Enoch zu Guttenberg / Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI". w2.vatican.va. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  7. Loeckle, Wolf (19 July 2012). ""Leute, hört Bach-Kantaten": Zur Eröffnung der Herrenchiemsee Festspiele 2012". Neue Musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  8. Sternburg, Judith von (25 August 2017). "Rheingau Musik Festival / Der Zorn Gottes und der Kirche / Enoch zu Guttenberg mit dem Orchester der Klangverwaltung und Bruckner in Kloster Eberbach". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  9. "Dirigent und Naturaktivist / Enoch zu Guttenberg ist tot". FAZ (in German). 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  10. Böhm, Georg (15 June 2018). "Begnadeter Künstler und guter Freund / Trauer um Enoch zu Guttenberg: Die Nachricht vom plötzlichen Tod des berühmten Dirigenten und Guttenberger Schlossherrn löst in der Region große Betroffenheit aus". Neue Presse (in German). Coburg. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  11. "Deutscher Kulturpreis 1988". Stiftung Kulturförderung (in German). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  12. "Rheingau Musik Preis 2017 an Enoch zu Guttenberg und die Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern" (in German). Tagesschau. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  13. "Rheingau Musik Preis 2017 an Enoch zu Guttenberg und die Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern" (in German). Rheingau Musik Festival. 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
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