Paul Theissen (born 1937) is a German pianist, conductor and choral conductor.

Life

Born in

Aachen Aachen is the List of cities in North Rhine-Westphalia by population, 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, 27th-largest city of Germany, with around 261,000 inhabitants. Aachen is locat ...

, Theissen studied piano, conducting and composition as well as

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and

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at the

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music () is a public university of music and dance located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Established in 1850 as the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln, it is one of the largest music academies in Europe, w ...

. He passed the A-examination in

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in Aachen. From 1961 to 1966, Theissen was a répétiteur at the

Deutsche Oper am Rhein The Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera on the Rhine) is an opera company based in Düsseldorf and Duisburg. The opera also has an associated classical ballet company. Axel Kober has been its music director since 2009. The resident orchestra, t ...

in Düsseldorf and from 1967 to 1973, conductor and from 1969 director of studies at the

Staatstheater Mainz The Staatstheater Mainz (Mainz State Theatre) is a theatre in Mainz, Germany, which is owned and operated by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Situated on the Gutenbergplatz, the complex comprises two theatres which are connected by an undergrou ...

. From 1974 to 1980, he was also conductor and solo répétiteur at the

Stadttheater Bern Bern Theatre, known in the city as Stadttheater Bern, is an opera house and theatre in Bern, Switzerland. The theatre works in four areas: Bern Symphony Orchestra, Musiktheater (opera), Schauspiel (theatre) and Tanz (dance). History The theat ...

. In 1980, he became first Kapellmeister at the

Landestheater Coburg Landestheater Coburg (Coburg State Theatre) is a medium-sized three-division (opera / operetta, drama, ballet) theatre in Coburg, Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It ...

. From 1982 to 1985, he was

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there. He then lived in the United States for three years, where he worked with the symphony orchestras in Tennessee and Riverside. In 1991, he became music director at the .Ingrid Bigler-Marschall: ''

Deutsches Theater-Lexikon The ''Deutsche Theater-Lexikon'' is, according to its subtitle, a "biography and bibliography manual". The encyclopedia lists stage actors from the German-speaking area. The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek leads the ''Deutsche Theater-Lexikon'' under ...

. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch''. Vol. 4: ''Singer – Tzschoppe''. Established by

Wilhelm Kosch Wilhelm Franz Josef Kosch (2 October 1879 – 20 December 1960) was an Austrian historian of literature and theatre and lexicographer. The lexicon that he conceived and later revised several times, the ''Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon'' is a refere ...

, K.G. Saur Verlag, Munich among others 1998, , .

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* * 1937 births Living people German conductors (music) German choral conductors Musicians from Aachen Date of birth missing (living people) Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln alumni {{Germany-conductor-stub