Thomas Synofzik
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Thomas Synofzik (born 30 December 1966) is a German musicologist. He is director of the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau.
Synofzik was born in Dortmund.[1] After achieving the Abitur, he studied church music at the Dortmund University of Music.[2] He studied musicology and philosophy at the University of Cologne as well as historical keyboard instruments at the conservatories in Cologne and Brussels.[2] The doctorate followed between 1998 and 2000.[1] In addition to regular concert activities, CD and radio productions, from 1998 to 2005 he worked as a lecturer at universities in Dortmund, Folkwang University of the Arts, Cologne, Detmold and Trossingen and was a freelancer for various radio stations.[2]
Synofzik has been director of the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau since 2015.[3] He is one of the main editors of what is one of the largest edition project dedicated to a composer. The complete correspondence between Robert and Clara Schumann should be available in 50 volumes by 2025.[4][5]
He has written numerous books, sheet music publications and scientific articles on the life and work of the composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara.,[6] the Schumann-Brahms circle, the music of the early 17th century and the history of interpretation of the 20th century.[7] In his first publications and research contributions, he also devoted himself in many ways to the environment of Johann Sebastian Bach.[7]
Awards
Books
- Briefe und Dokumente im Schumannhaus Bonn-Endenich, Bonn 1993
- Heinrich Grimm. Cantilena est loquela canens. Studien zur Überlieferung und Kompositionstechnik.[8] Eisenach 2000
- Heinrich Bach, Kyrie zu sechs Stimmen, Stuttgart 2001
- Rheinische Sängerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Eine Dokumentation in Wort und Ton.[9] (together with Susanne Rode-Breymann), Kassel 2003
- Heinrich Heine – Robert Schumann. Musik und Ironie.[10] 2nd edit., Cologne: Dohr, 2010, ISBN 978-3-936655-77-3
