Sylke Zimpel (born 10 September 1959) is a German composer, choral conductor and lecturer.

Life

Born in Dresden, Zimpel studied at the Cottbus conservatory from 1971 to 1978. She then studied composition at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden ' (, plural: ') is the generic term in German for institutions of higher education, corresponding to ''universities'' and ''colleges'' in English. The term ''Universität'' (plural: ''Universitäten'') is reserved for institutions with the right to ...

with Karl-Rudi Griesbach and

Wilfried Krätzschmar Wilfried Krätzschmar (born 23 March 1944) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Krätzschmar received piano lessons from 1952. After his Abitur at the he studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman from 1962 to 1968, piano with Wolfga ...

until 1983. She studied further at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, with Jürgen Puschbeck from 1990 to 1993, followed by a year of studies in choral conducting at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

in Lyon with Nicole Corti-Lyant and Bernard Tétu. She founded in 1986 the chorbühne TRITONUS (Choral stage tritone), and has conducted its choir. The ensemble achieved awards for performances of staged musical programs. In 1995, she founded the women's choir called femmes vocales, which she has also conducted. As a composer, she focused on choral works for mixed choirs and women's choirs, including arrangements of folksongs from Eastern Europe including several Yiddish songs.

Awards

* Fellowship of Saxony at Schloss Wiepersdorf in both 1998 and 2002 * First prize at the composition competition of the Chorverband Niedersachsen/Bremen in the category women's choir (2001) * Fellowship at Villa Massimo (2007)

References

External links

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chorbühne TRITONUS

femmes vocales
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimpel, Sylke German choral conductors 20th-century classical composers 1959 births Living people Musicians from Dresden Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar alumni 20th-century German composers 21st-century German composers 21st-century classical composers German women conductors (music) 20th-century German conductors (music) 21st-century German conductors (music) 20th-century women composers 21st-century women composers