Andreas Bomba (born 1956) is a German journalist, writer, historian, critic, and singer, the festival director of the

Bachwoche Ansbach The Bachwoche Ansbach (Ansbach Bach Week) is a biennial music festival in Ansbach, Germany, dedicated to the life and works of Johann Sebastian Bach, held since 1947. The main venues are the Orangerie and the great hall of the palace Residenz Ansb ...

since 2006.

Career

Bomba studied from 1975 to 1981 at the

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

in Frankfurt and later studied Romance languages and history in Italy and France. From 1979, he worked as a music journalist, writing music reviews for various newspapers and magazines, and as a writer, critic and presenter for numerous German radio stations such as

Südwestrundfunk Südwestrundfunk (SWR; ''Southwest Broadcasting'') is a regional public broadcasting corporation serving the southwest of Germany , specifically the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. The corporation has main offices ...

(SWR) and

Hessischer Rundfunk Hessischer Rundfunk (HR; "Hesse Broadcasting") is the German state of Hesse's public broadcasting corporation. Headquartered in Frankfurt, it is a member of the national consortium of German public broadcasting corporations, ARD. Studios Do ...

(hr). He has authored numerous books and papers on musical and poetic analysis. His book on the works of

Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the ''Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard wo ...

, ''Die kompletten Werke von Johann Sebastian Bach'', was published in 2000. From 1996 to 2000, he planned and produced for the

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart is a foundation in Stuttgart, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1981 to foster international concerts and workshops, namely Musikfest Stuttgart, dedicated especially to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach in relati ...

and the label

Hänssler Classic Hänssler-Verlag is a German music publishing house founded in 1919 as Musikverlag Hänssler by Friedrich Hänssler Senior (died 1972) to publish church music. The company is now based in Holzgerlingen. Since 1972 Hänssler Verlag has also publis ...

the "edition bachakademie", the first complete recording of Bach works on 172 CDs. He was appointed music director of

in 2006 and directed the festival's 60th anniversary in 2007.

Selected publications

as editor * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bomba, Andreas German music educators German music historians German music critics German writers about music Hessischer Rundfunk people Südwestrundfunk people Living people German music journalists German male non-fiction writers 1956 births