{{short description|German church musician and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|07|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Würzburg, Germany | occupation = {{Plainlist| * Church musician * Concert organist * Composer }} | education = Hochschule für Musik Würzburg | organization = Frankfurt Cathedral | website = {{URL|http://www.andreasboltz.de}} }} '''Andreas Boltz''' (born 13 July 1964) is a German church musician and composer. From autumn 1993 until 2011, he was the Regional Cantor of the diocese of Mainz in Darmstadt. He was awarded the Premio Speciale in 1992 at the International Composers Competition in Trieste. Since June 2011, he has been cathedral music director at the Frankfurt Cathedral.
==Life== Boltz was born in Würzburg. He studied Catholic church music at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. In 1989 he passed the A Diploma and the State music teachers examination.<ref name="ffm">{{cite web|url=http://www.ffm-domsingschule.de/andreas-boltz.html|title=Andreas Boltz|publisher=Frankfurter Domsingschule|accessdate=21 September 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210231033/http://www.ffm-domsingschule.de/andreas-boltz.html|archive-date=10 February 2013|url-status = dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In 1992 he earned his Master Class Diploma of artistic organ playing in the master class of Günther Kaunzinger. He studied further with Fritz ter Wey and Eric Ericson (choral conducting), Daniel Roth, Françoise Renet, Guy Bovet and Jon Laukvik (organ), Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Kurt Suttner (vocal physiology) and Zsolt Gárdonyi (composition).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orgel-information.de/Termine/Orgeltage/2012/dresden/dresdner_orgelzyklus_2012.pdf |title=Dresdner Orgel Zyklus 2012 |publisher=Orgel-information.de |accessdate=21 September 2012 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413143556/http://www.orgel-information.de/Termine/Orgeltage/2012/dresden/dresdner_orgelzyklus_2012.pdf |archivedate=13 April 2014 }}</ref>
From 1989 to 1993 he was assistant to the Kapellmeister at the Würzburg Cathedral.<ref name="ffm"/> From autumn 1993 until 2011, he was the Regional Cantor of the diocese of Mainz in Darmstadt and lecturer in choral conducting and organ at the {{Interlanguage link|Institut für Kirchenmusik Mainz|de}} (Institute of Sacred Music Mainz).
As organist and choir director, he recorded for the broadcasters ZDF, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Hessischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk, ORF, RAI, and Catalunya Ràdio.<ref name="ffm"/> Concerts as a soloist and accompanist led him to many European countries. From 1994 to 1995 he prepared the choir Musikverein Darmstadt for performances with the Staatstheater Darmstadt. In 1995, he founded the project choir {{Interlanguage link multi|Vocalensemble Darmstadt|de}} and conducted the group of about 35 people until 2011.<ref name="ffm" />
His compositional activity was awarded a Premio Speciale in 1992 at the International Composers Competition in Trieste. In 1998 he was commissioned to compose for the concluding mass of the Katholikentag in Mainz. In 2006, he composed ''Saphir'' for the Frankfurt Book Fair, a stage work based on a parable by the Indian author Dilip Chitre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kreisbadkreuznach.de/index.php?id=634&tx_ttnews<!--http://www.kreisbadkreuznach.de/index.php?id=634&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[cat]=73-->|title=Der Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz präsentiert im Rahmen der XVI. Internationalen Orgelfestwochen|publisher=Orgel Art Museum Rhein-Nahe|date=16 September 2007|accessdate=21 September 2012}}</ref> In fall 2010, his musical theatre production ''Das wahre Buenos Aires'' was premiered in Frankfurt in collaboration with the cultural association "con tempo".<ref name="ffm" />
[[File:Frankfurt Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus Innen Orgel 2.JPG|thumb|Klais Organ of the Frankfurt Cathedral]] Since June 2011, Andreas Boltz has been Dommusikdirektor (cathedral music director) at the Frankfurt Cathedral, the Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus (Imperial Cathedral St. Bartholomew).<ref name="thomaner">{{cite news|title=Der Thomanerchor als Vorbild|url=http://www.fnp.de/fnp/region/lokales/frankfurt/der-thomanerchor-als-vorbild_rmn01.c.9159860.de.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801012536/http://www.fnp.de/fnp/region/lokales/frankfurt/der-thomanerchor-als-vorbild_rmn01.c.9159860.de.html|url-status = dead|archive-date=1 August 2012|accessdate=20 September 2012|newspaper=Frankfurter Neue Presse|date=10 September 2012}}</ref> Since September rehearsals began for a Domsingschule to be built under his direction, following the example of the Thomasschule in Leipzig.<ref name="thomaner" />
As a composer, he participated in the project ''Mainzer Bistumsmesse'' (Mass of the Mainz Diocese), a collaboration of six regional cantors to create a mass in German for choir, a high voice (children's choir or soprano) and organ. Dan Zerfaß composed ''Herr, erbarme dich'', Nicolo Sokoli ''Ehre sei Gott'', Thomas Gabriel ''Ich glaube an Gott'', Boltz ''Gottheit tief verborgen'', Ralf Stiewe ''Heilig'', Ruben J. Sturm ''Lamm Gottes''.<ref name="Messe"> {{cite web | url = http://www.butz-verlag.de/katalog/gesamtkatalog.pdf | title = Mainzer Bistumsmesse | publisher = butz-verlag.de | page = 20 | year = 2011 | language = German | accessdate = 25 September 2012 }} </ref>
On 3 November 2012, he played in the cathedral the organ part of Colin Mawby's Missa solemnis ''Bonifatius-Messe'' in the work's second performance by the Chor von St. Bonifatius, conducted by Gabriel Dessauer.<ref name="frankfurt">{{cite web|title=Bonifatius-Messe von Colin Mawby am 3. November 2012 im Dom |url=http://www.dom-frankfurt.de/dom/aktuelles/bonifatius-messe-von-colin-mawby-am-3-november-2012-im-dom/ |date=3 November 2012 |language=German |accessdate=3 November 2012 |publisher=Pastoraler Raum Frankfurt-Mitte }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Recordings ==
* ''Weihnachtslied'' – Improvisationen of ''Darmstädter Glockenspiel'' * ''Orgelmusik des 19. Jahrhunderts'' an Dreymann-Orgeln in Rheinhessen * ''Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe'' – Weihnachtliche Orgelmusik at the Winterhalter-Orgel of St. Ludwig, Darmstadt * ''Duettissimo A 3'' – Christina Bockschweiger (soprano), Manfred Bockschweiger (trumpet), Andreas Boltz (organ) * ''Mainzer Bistumsmesse'' - Joint composition of the six regional cantors of the Diocese of Mainz: Dan Zerfass, Nicolo Sokoli, Ruben J. Sturm, Ralf Stiewe, Thomas Gabriel, Andreas Boltz (2010)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shop.organophon.de/produkt/mainzer-bistumsmesse/|title=Mainzer Bistumsmesse at Organo Phon|last=|first=|date=16 March 2015|website=|access-date=}}</ref> * ''Mainmixtures'' - Composers in Frankfurt, recorded at the Frankfurt Cathedral (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shop.organophon.de/produkt/mainmixtures-komponisten-in-frankfurt/|title=Mainmixtures at Organo Phon|last=|first=|date=14 January 2017|website=|access-date=}}</ref> * ''Ave Maria - Marianische Orgelmusik'', recorded at the Wallfahrtskirche St. Maria in Dieburg (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shop.organophon.de/produkt/ave-maria/|title="Ave Maria - Marianische Orgelmusik" at Organo Phon|last=|first=|date=14 January 2017|website=|access-date=}}</ref> * ''Mainstream - Klangströme und Stromklänge'', recorded at the Frankfurt Cathedral St. Bartholomew) (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shop.organophon.de/produkt/mainstream/|title="Mainstream - Klangströme und Stromklänge" at Organo Phon|last=|first=|date=23 April 2018|website=|access-date=}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{official|http://www.andreasboltz.de}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502094846/http://www.vocalensemble-darmstadt.de/index.php?page=leitung_alt Andreas Boltz] Vocalensemble Darmstadt {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.carus-verlag.com/index.php3?selSprache=1&BLink=KKPerson&PersonID=1436 Andreas Boltz] Carus-Verlag * [http://konzertdirektionberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/andreas_boltz_vita.pdf Curriculum Vitae]
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