羅爾夫．貝克 Rolf Beck

羅爾夫．貝克（Rolf Beck，1945年1月15日）是德國指揮，尤其是合唱指揮。他是1999年至2013年石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因音樂節的負責人。他創立了多個合唱團，並創立了盧貝克國際合唱學院。

他於1989年被授予德國聯邦議院（Bundesverdienstkreuz），並於2008年被任命為石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因州（Schleswig-Holstein）的名譽教授。

1966年，潘德列奇（Penderecki）的《聖盧克激情（St. Luke Passion）》在明斯特大教堂（Münster Cathedral）全球首映，這對當時還很年輕的羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）產生了決定性的影響。在這種出色表演的印象下，這位嶄露頭角的律師決心進一步追求他對古典音樂的熱情。成功完成法律學習後，他決定參加Helmuth Rilling的指揮課程。1972年，羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）創立了馬爾堡合唱團(Marburg Vocal Ensemble)，該合唱團很快成為德國最著名的合唱團之一，以他的合唱團指揮身份贏得了許多國內和國際獎項。他還成立了班貝格交響樂團合唱團，並很快就贏得了國際讚譽。羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）在德國和國外的多次巡演以及幾張由著名指揮家指揮的CD唱片證明了他的成功。

羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）在擔任石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因音樂節（SHMF）的藝術總監一職時，遵循倫納德·伯恩斯坦（Leonard Bernstein）創立的管弦樂團的傳統，於2002年為SHMF的合唱學院奠基。從那時起，與年輕才華橫溢的音樂家合作對Rolf Beck的藝術活動至關重要。在過去十二個成功的賽季中，他擔任了SHMF合唱學院的藝術總監，影響了其發展，並在石勒蘇益格-荷爾斯泰因州彙集了來自世界各地的眾多年輕才華橫溢的歌手。呂貝克音樂節合唱團在指揮羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）的帶領下，前往德國和國外最重要的音樂場所進行巡迴演出。

2013/14賽季伊始，羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）提出了以合唱學院的形式培養有才華的年輕歌手的想法，獨立運作，並以一個新的名字命名。對他來說，重要的是不要放棄熟悉的德國北部熟悉的環境，尤其是呂貝克和特拉維蒙德(Lübeck and Travemünde)，以及在那裏與常駐合作夥伴和贊助商建立的聯繫。他的目標是使該樂團在全世界廣為人知，並加強其國際聲譽。呂貝克國際合唱學院現已通過其獨特的藝術作品建立起來，是由年輕有才華的歌手組成的聲樂合唱團。他們的創新和不同尋常的音樂會節目，包括古典曲目的主要合唱作品，樂團已經確定和豐富了呂貝克的最高藝術水準和世界各地的音樂會和文化景觀。

從羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）的大量錄音中，必須特別提到韓德爾的猶大·馬加比（由蒙迪唱片公司發行)、韓德爾的亞歷山大的盛宴、羅西尼的莊嚴小彌撒、巴赫的聖誕清唱劇，以及奧爾夫的布蘭詩歌 (由索尼唱片公司發行）。

在過去的幾年中，羅爾夫·貝克（Rolf Beck）指揮了班貝格交響樂團，捷克愛樂樂團，布拉格交響樂團，華盛頓國家交響樂團，巴黎古爾本基樂團，里斯本合奏樂團，巴塞爾室內樂團，上海交響樂團，索菲尼亞·瓦爾索維亞交響樂團，馬賽交響樂團 樂團，盧瓦爾河國家交響樂團，伊斯特拉波利塔納大都會歌劇院，自然樂團，埃爾比波利斯巴洛克樂團，香港小交響樂團，布達佩斯奧菲歐樂團，金澤樂團，新加坡交響樂團。

Rolf Beck (January 15, 1945) is a German conductor, especially a chorus conductor. He was the director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival from 1999 to 2013. He founded several choirs and founded the International Choral Academy Lübeck.

He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Bundesverdienstkreuz) in 1989 and was appointed professor emeritus of Schleswig-Holstein in 2008.

The world premiere of Penderecki’s St. Luke Passion in Münster Cathedral in 1966 had a deciding influence on Rolf Beck who was still a young student at the time.  Under the impression of this magnificent performance the budding lawyer resolved to further pursue his enthusiasm for classical music.  After successfully completing his law studies he decided to take a conducting course in the class of Helmuth Rilling.  In 1972 Rolf Beck founded the Marburg Vocal Ensemble and this soon became one of the leading German ensembles, winning many national and international prizes with him as chorus director.  He also founded the Chorus of the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and this too soon achieved great international acclaim.  Many tours in Germany and abroad as well as several CD recordings under the baton of renowned conductors testify to Rolf Beck’s successful work.

In his position as artistic director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF) Rolf Beck laid the foundation stone in 2002 for the Choral Academy of the SHMF, following in the tradition of the orchestra academy founded by Leonard Bernstein.  Working with young talented musicians has been of prime importance for Rolf Beck’s artistic activities since then.  For twelve successful seasons he was the artistic director of the Choral Academy of the SHMF, influencing its development and bringing together in Schleswig-Holstein a considerable number of young talented singers from all the over the world.  The Lübeck Festival Chorus under its director Rolf Beck went on tours to the most important music venues in Germany and abroad.

At the beginning of the 2013/14 season Rolf Beck evolved his idea of furthering young talented singers in the form of a choral academy, operating independently and with a new name.  It was important for him not to give up the familiar surroundings of northern Germany, especially of Lübeck and Travemünde, and the contacts built up there with the resident partners and sponsors. He aimed to make the ensemble well known throughout the world and to intensify its international reputation. The International Choral Academy Lübeck has now become established through its unique artistic work as a vocal ensemble of young talented singers. With their innovative and unusual concert programmes which also include the major choral works of the classical repertoire the ensemble has determined and enriched the concert and cultural landscape on the highest artistic level in Lübeck and from here all over the world.

From the huge number of recordings with Rolf Beck special mention must be made of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus (issued on the harmonia mundi label), Handel’s Alexander’s Feast, Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, as well as Orff’s Carmina Burana (issued on the Sony label).

In the last years Rolf Beck conducted orchestra as the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Symphony Orchestra,  National Symphony Orchestra Washington, Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisboa,  Ensemble orchestral de Paris,  Basel Chamber Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra,, Sinfonia Varsovia, Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra, The Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, Capella Istropolitana, Solamente naturali, Elbipolis baroque orchestra, Hong Kong sinfonietta, Orfeo Orchestra Budapest, Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Singapore Symphony Orchestra