Clemens Flämig (born in 1976) is a German conductor and Stadtsingechores zu Halle. In 2016, in the course of a selection procedure, he was shortlisted alongside for the 17th

Thomanerchor The Thomanerchor (English: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) is a boys' choir in Leipzig, Germany. The choir was founded in 1212. The choir comprises about 90 boys from 9 to 18 years of age. The members, called ''Thomaner'', reside in a boarding scho ...

after

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

Life

Flämig was born in Dresden in 1976 and was a member of the

Dresdner Kreuzchor The Dresdner Kreuzchor is the boys' choir of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, Germany. It has a seven-century history and a world-wide reputation. Today, the choir has about 150 members between the ages of 9 and 19, from Dresden and the surroundin ...

. For his further musical education he received a Rudolf Mauersberger scholarship in 1995. From 1996 to 2003 Flämig studied

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, choir conducting and singing at the music academies in

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg The Hochschule für Musik Freiburg ("University of Music Freiburg or Freiburg Conservatory of Music") is a public music academy subsidized by the State of Baden-Württemberg for academic research and artistic and pedagogical training in music. ...

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim is a Hochschule, a university for music and performing arts in Mannheim, Germany, of the state Baden-Württemberg History The Hochschule dates back to the 1762 ''Academie d ...

and . Numerous

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es round off his musical education. In 2014 he took part in a further education master choir conducting course with Jörg-Peter Weigle in Berlin. In addition to soloist tasks, Flämig sang in various professional vocal ensembles in Germany and Switzerland after his studies. Flämig has worked as cantor and organist at the Georgskirche Denzlingen, the Auferstehungskirche Freiburg-Littenweiler and the Protestant district cantorate of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. He was also assistant in the for several years. From May 2011 to October 2014 Flämig was vice-conductor of the Knabenkantorei Basel. In 2013 he also took over several rehearsals with the Camerata Vocale Freiburg. Since 2014 he has regularly supervised performances of the J.S. Bach Foundation St. Gallen as choral assistant. Since November 2014 Flämig has been the conductor of the . Flämig was nominated for the position of cantor of the

Leipzig in summer 2015. After rehearsing and performing sacred works for the motets and a Bach cantata with the boys' choir in rehearsal weeks, he was even a finalist in 2016 alongside Markus Teutschbein.

Gotthold Schwarz Gotthold Schwarz (born 2 May 1952) is a German Bass-baritone and conductor. Based in Leipzig, he started as a member of the Thomanerchor and has conducted the Gewandhausorchester. Between 2016 and 2021, he was the 17th Thomaskantor after Johann ...

, who had already conducted the St. Thomas Boys Choir on several occasions and had not applied for the Thomaskantorat, was, however, proposed to the Leipzig City Council on 23 May 2016 as the 17th Thomaskantor after Bach by the selection committee after the end of the selection process and was appointed to the post on 20 August 2016.Interview with Clemens Flämig
on

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References

External links

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Vier Kandidaten benannt für Kantorenamt des Thomanerchores
Article in the ''Neue Musikzeitung'' dated 21 August 2015
Zweiter Kandidat fürs Thomaskantorat
Artikel der Leipziger Volkszeitung dated 15 January 2016
Nur noch zwei Bewerber für Leitung des Thomanerchors
Artikel der Neuen Musikzeitung dated 19 April 2016

Artikel der Badischen Zeitung dated 17 June 2016 {{DEFAULTSORT:Flamig, Clemens 1976 births Living people Musicians from Dresden German conductors (music)