Composer and Conductor THEO FISCHER

Born in 1926, Theo Fischer is one of Germany's most esteemed conductors and composers. The son of a music teacher and kapellmeister who taught him piano and violin, he was a church organist at age 13. After World War II he continued with the organ and studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz. He directed the Catholic church choir "Caecilia" until 1952. After studying abroad he became a free-lance choral and orchestral conductor in 1956. From 1961-86 he was employed as a high school music teacher, and was instrumental in greatly improving school choirs and orchestras. He has been the recipient of many honors (see below), and has travelled widely as a guest conductor and clinician. Now retired, Theo Fischer lives in Münster-Sarmsheim near Bingen/Rhein.

He has composed in a broad range of musical genres for choir and orchestra. He has also appeared as conductor, violin soloist and concert piano accompanist. In his choral writing he is noted for a perfect synthesis between text and music and for a strong melodic line.

THEO FISCHER *1926
Komponist u. Dirigent / Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen

1947 Künstl. Auszeichnung (Beaux Arts)

1967 Kompos. Ausz. Den Haag

1968 Silberne Ähre

1969 Honorarprofessor

1975 Goldenes Münzschild

1976 Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik

1978 Peter Cornelius-Plakette

1981 Hildegardis-Medaile Mainz-Bingen

1986 Madonna Verona Italien

1986 Ehrenplakette des Dt. Allgem. Sängerbundes

1989 Ehrenbürger Heimatgemeinde Münster-Sarmsheim

1991 Goldene Ehrenplakette der Nahe

1994 St. Rochusbecher der Stadt Bingen

1996 Ehrenplakette der Vgg. der Heimatfreunde am Mittelhein

1996 Verdienstsiegel I.Klasse der Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Nahe

1997 Verdienstorden des Landes Rheinland Pfalz

1996-1997 International Man of the Year, International Biographical Center (Cambridge, England)

1999 Europäischer Musikverdienstorden, "Ordre Européen du Mérite Musical", durch die "Union Grand-Duc Alphonse"; Medaille in der "Ehrenstufe des Ritters" mit Ernennung zum Ritter des Ordens.

Klick hier für ein Komponistenportrait von Prof. Dr. Hans Rectanus.

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