Joachim Widlak

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Joachim Johannes Hermann Widlak[1] (30 March 1930 – 21 October 2011[2]) was a German conductor.

Born in Breslau, Widlak received his musical education at the Staatliche Hochschule für Theater und Musik Halle [de],[1] where he attended the conducting class of Werner Gößling.[3]

From 1953 to 1959, he worked as a conductor in Magdeburg. From 1959 onwards, he was engaged at the Landesbühnen Sachsen [de] in Radebeul, first as Kapellmeister, then from 1966 to 1994 as music director.[4]

Further reading[edit]

  • Widlak, Joachim. In Ingrid Bigler-Marschall (Ed.): Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Weisbrod - Wiel. Walter de Gruyter, 2006, ISBN 9783110936117, p. 3309.
  • Paul S. Ulrich: Biographisches Verzeichnis für Theater, Tanz und Musik. Vol. 2, Berlin 1997 p. 2025.
  • Horst Seeger: Opernlexikon, 3rd enlarged edition, Wilhelmshaven, 1987, p. 684

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Widlak, Joachim Johannes Hermann in der Datenbank der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle, retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ Traueranzeige für Joachim Widlak in der Sächsischen Zeitung.
  3. ^ Susanne Baselt: Chronik des Philharmonischen Staatsorchesters Halle. Part I: 1946 bis 1964. Ed. by the management of the Philharmonic State Orchestra Halle, 1999, p. 64.
  4. ^ Traueranzeige für Joachim Widlak in der Leipziger Volkszeitung.

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