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Balduin Sulzer (
Aufstellung aller durch den Bundespräsidenten verliehenen Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich ab 1952,
(PDF MB) * 2012: Ehrenbürger of the Marktgemeinde Wilhering
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Balduin Sulzer (Cistercians
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) (as ''Josef Sulzer'' (15 March 1932 – 10 April 2019) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest. He became known as a music educator
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and composer.
Life
Sulzer was born in Großraming. At the age of ten Sulzer came to Linz, where he attended grammar school. He sang as analtar boy
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in the New Cathedral, Linz
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in the "Domschola" under the direction of Josef Kronsteiner. After the Matura
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, he joined the religious order
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of the Cistercians in Wilhering Abbey in 1949 and received the religious name "Balduin". He began his philosophical-theological studies in Linz and Rome, as well as studying history at the University of Vienna
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. He completed his musical education at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz, at the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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With a student body of over three thousa ...
, among others with Hans Gillesberger.
In 1955, Balduin Sulzer received the priesthood ordination. From 1959 to 1977, he was a music teacher at the Wilhering Abbey, where he led the Wilhering Boys' Choir and the Wilhering Kantorei. From 1974 to 1997, Sulzer was a music professor at the Linzer Musikgymnasium. He was also répétiteur
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at Linz's Anton Bruckner Private University and cathedral conductor. Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Leopold Maria Möst (born 16 August 1960), known professionally as Franz Welser-Möst, is an Austrian conductor. He is currently music director of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Biography
Franz Leopold Maria Möst was born in Linz, Austria ...
studied composition with Sulzer, the tenor
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Kurt Azesberger and the soprano Anna Maria Pammer were also his pupils. Sulzer was the founder and musical director of the Linz Music High School, where he worked from 1974 until his retirement in 1997.
Sulzer lived and worked at Wilhering Abbey, where he also served as ''Stiftskapellmeister''.
Sulzer died in Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital ...
at the age of 87.
Works
Sulzer's oeuvre comprises over 400 works, including four operas, children's musicals, nine symphonies, a passion, twelve instrumental concertos, piano andchamber music
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as well as Lied
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er and choral music.
Awards
* 1970: Förderungspreis des Landes Oberösterreich für Komposition * 1977:Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich
The Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich (Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria) is awarded as a prize by the Province of Upper Austria. The prize is endowed with 7,500 euros and is awarded annually in several categories.
References
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für Musik
* 1979: Förderungspreis vom Amt der Oberösterreichischen Landesregierung
* 1984: Kulturmedaille der Stadt Linz
* 1992: Goldenes Ehrenzeichen vom Tiroler Sängerbund
* 1993: Heinrich Gleißner Prize
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Prize
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* 1996:
** Anton Bruckner Prize (Großer Kulturpreis des Landes Oberösterreich
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References
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** Kunstwürdigungspreis der Stadt Linz
** Ehrenring der Marktgemeinde Wilhering
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* 2007: Kulturmedaille der Stadt Linz
* 2011: Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich(PDF MB) * 2012: Ehrenbürger of the Marktgemeinde Wilhering
References
Further reading
*Norbert Trawöger
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: ''Balduin Sulzer.'' Medienkombination Buch und CD, Trauner Verlag, Linz 2010, .
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* *Werke von Balduin Sulzer
on ''musicaustria.at'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sulzer, Balduin Cistercians 20th-century Austrian Roman Catholic priests 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians Austrian music educators 20th-century hymnwriters Austrian opera composers 1932 births 2019 deaths People from Steyr-Land District