Hans Christoph Becker-Foss
Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (born 1949 in Höxter) is a German conductor, organist and harpsichordist and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.
Biography[]
Becker-Foss studied church music in Bremen. From 1973 to 1979 he was director of the in Bremen.[1] Since 1993 he has been director of the . With the NDR Radiophilharmonie and the NDR Sinfonieorchester, Jenaer Philharmonie, the , the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Folkwang Kammerorchester Essen among others. Becker-Foss has contributed to many performances of Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler and has conducted the in works of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert. Since 1980 he has been a lecturer of organ and early music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, appointed professor in 1993. Essentially a specialist for Baroque organ music, he has performed the works of Dieterich Buxtehude, Couperin and Bach.[2] He is a recipient of the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2001.
References[]
- ^ "Hans-Christoph Becker-Foss (Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord)". Bach Cantatas.com. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ Mackenzie, Sir Compton; Stone, Christopher (1995). Gramophone. General Gramophone Publications Ltd. p. 40. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
External links[]
Literature by and about Hans Christoph Becker-Foss in the German National Library catalogue
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