{{Infobox person | name = Roman Twardy | image = St. Martin, Idtstein, conductors.jpg<!--Roman Twardy with Col. David Carstens.jpg--> | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = Twardy (right) after a performance of the {{nowrap|Te Deum}} by Peter Reulein (centre) at {{nowrap|St. Martin, Idstein}}, with Franz Fink (left) who conducted on 7 May 2023<!--Roman Twardy with Col. David Carstens at Clay Kaserne--> | birth_date = | death_date = | education = {{plainlist| * Musikhochschule Mainz * Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler }} | occupation = {{plainlist| * Teacher * Choral conductor }} | organizations = {{plainlist| * Wiesbadener Knabenchor * Musikhochschule Mainz * Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg * Chor von St. Bonifatius }} | awards = Kulturpreis Wiesbaden }} '''Roman Twardy''' is a German teacher, academic lecturer and the conductor of the Wiesbadener Knabenchor boys' choir in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. The choir appears internationally and has made recordings. From 2019, Twardy is also interim conductor of the church choir Chor von St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden.
== Career == Twardy was introduced to music as a member of the Kiedricher Chorbuben boys' choir.<ref name="Knabenchor" /> He studied musicology, music pedagogy and composition at the Musikhochschule Mainz and choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.<ref name="Hansenberg" />
He taught music at the {{ill|Oranienschule, Wiesbaden|de|Oranienschule (Wiesbaden)|lt=Oranienschule}} in Wiesbaden, including the theatre group, orchestra and string classes.<ref name="Hansenberg" /> He was also a lecturer of composition (''{{ill|Tonsatz|de}}'') and listening (''Hörschulung'') at the Musikhochschule Mainz.<ref name="Hansenberg" /> He is a teacher of German studies and music at a boarding school for gifted children, the Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg.<ref name="Hansenberg" />
[[File:Chorkonzert 2019, Generalprobe 25.10.2019.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dress rehearsal for Dvořák's Stabat Mater, 25 October 2019]] Twardy has been the conductor of the Wiesbadener Knabenchor boys' choir since 2001, leading them in concerts, on tours and for recordings.<ref name="Knabenchor" /><ref name="Yurtöven" /> In 2005, they made the first recording of Johann Mattheson's Passion oratorio ''Das Lied des Lammes'', which had been lost.<ref name="Mattheson" /> Twardy chose works from the 16th to the 21st century, including compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann and Sylke Zimpel, for a CD in 2009, when the choir celebrated its 50th anniversary.<ref name="Anniversary" /><ref name="Discogs" /> In 2010, he conducted the choir in a concert of Handel's ''Messiah'' at the Marktkirche Wiesbaden, with soloists Elisabeth Scholl, Andreas Scholl, Andreas Karasiak and Florian Plock.<ref name="Scholl" /> The choir performs regularly in concerts during Advent in Wiesbaden churches such as St. Bonifatius and the Christuskirche.<ref name="Yurtöven" /> For their artistic work as "ambassadors" of the capital, Twardy and the choir were awarded the Culture Prize of the City of Wiesbaden in 2013.<ref name="FR" />
From 2019, Twardy has been the interim conductor of the Chor von St. Bonifatius in Wiesbaden, succeeding Gabriel Dessauer.<ref name="Wenda" /> In his first choral concert there on 26 October 2019, he conducted Dvořák's Stabat Mater with the choir, members of the orchestra of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and soloists including soprano Betsy Horne and bass Johannes Hill.<ref>[https://www.bonifatius-wiesbaden.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/2019/10/26/antonn-dvok-stabat-mater Antonín Dvořák: Stabat Mater] St. Bonifatius Wiesbaden, 2019</ref> A review noted the good preparation over months, leading to fine intonation and rhythmic precision, especially in a cappella passages.<ref name="Kösterke" />
==References== {{Reflist | refs =
<ref name="Kösterke">{{cite news | last = Kösterke | first = Doris | url = https://www.wiesbadener-kurier.de/lokales/wiesbaden/nachrichten-wiesbaden/chor-von-st-bonifatius-in-wiesbaden-fuhrt-stabat-mater-von-dvorak-auf_20588382# | title = Gänsehaut nach vielen Monaten harter Arbeit / Chor von St. Bonifatius führt Dvořák's "Stabat Mater" auf | newspaper = Wiesbadener Kurier | date = 28 October 2019 | language = de | accessdate = 28 October 2019 }}</ref>
<ref name="Wenda">{{cite web | last = Wenda | first = Manuel | url = https://www.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/freizeit/kunst-und-kultur/musik/chor-von-st-bonifatius-singt-brahms-ein-deutsches-requiem_19101058 | title = Chor von St. Bonifatius singt Brahms' 'Ein Deutsches Requiem' | website = Wiesbadener Tagblatt | date = 5 October 2018 | language = German | accessdate = 8 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Yurtöven">{{cite news | last = Yurtöven | first = Barbara | url = http://old.wiesbadener-tagblatt.de/lokales/wiesbaden/stadtteile-wiesbaden/biebrich/wiesbadener-knabenchor-besteht-seit-60-jahren_18358832.htm# | title = Wiesbadener Knabenchor besteht seit 60 Jahren | website = Wiesbadener Tagblatt | date = 1 December 2017 | language = German | accessdate = 8 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Anniversary">{{cite news | url = http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/50-jahre-knabenchor-vielseitige-saenger-a-1079333 | title = 50 Jahre Knabenchor / Vielseitige Sänger | newspaper = Frankfurter Rundschau | date = 24 September 2009 | language = German | accessdate = 8 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Discogs">{{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Wiesbadener-Knabenchor-So-Singen-Wir/release/10570455 | title = Wiesbadener Knabenchor – So Singen Wir! | website = discogs.com | accessdate = 8 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="FR">{{cite news | url = http://www.fr.de/rhein-main/alle-gemeinden/wiesbaden/botschafter-der-stadt-a-719591 | title = Botschafter der Stadt / Preis für Knabenchor | newspaper = Frankfurter Rundschau | date = 10 April 2013 | language = German | accessdate = 14 September 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Hansenberg">{{cite web | url = https://www.hansenberg.de/internatsschule/menschen/detailansicht/twardy-roman.html | title = Roman Twardy | publisher = Internatsschule Schloss Hansenberg | language = German | accessdate = 1 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Knabenchor">{{cite web | url = https://www.wi-knabenchor.de/der-chor/chorschule/engl-version/ | title = Roman Twardy | publisher = Wiesbadener Knabenchor | accessdate = 1 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Mattheson">{{cite web | url = https://www.wi-knabenchor.de/shop/cd-mattheson-passionsoratorium-das-lied-des-lammes/#cc-m-product-7196364795 | title = CD Mattheson – Passionsoratorium "Das Lied des Lammes" | publisher = Wiesbadener Knabenchor | language = German | accessdate = 1 October 2018 }}</ref>
<ref name="Scholl">{{cite web | url = http://www.andreasschollsociety.org/performance_history.html | title = When did Scholl sing at ...? | website = andreasschollsociety.org | date = | accessdate = 8 October 2018 }}</ref>
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{cite web | url = https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/wiesbadener-knabenchor-von-wiesbaden-hinaus-in-die-welt.2171.de.html?dram:article_id=461134 | title = Wiesbadener Knabenchor / Von Wiesbaden hinaus in die Welt | work = Chor der Woche | publisher = Deutschlandfunk | date = 22 October 2019 | language = de | accessdate = 19 November 2019 }}
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