Bio

Thaddäus Dorsch is a classical contemporary composer, born 1966 in Munich, Germany. His style moves in between post-minimalism, archaic church music and the current new Nordic style. He is pursuing the grand vision of inspiring people to experience new classical music and thus making the world a better place to live.
The focus of his work is sacred music with a deep message, which is reflected in numerous works for choirs and vocal ensembles. Yet there are also works for chamber music, orchestra, theatre and film.

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Thaddäus Dorsch lives in the small historic town Landsberg am Lech near Munich. He started his music studies in various instruments, singing and composition at the Music School Landsberg. He gained broad musical experience as a violin and viola player, baritone and conductor. Through collaboration with composers and conductors Karl Zepnik (Germany), Martin Ellerby (GB), Ferrer Ferran (Spain) and Stephen Melillo (USA), he further developed his compositional work. 

Thaddäus Dorsch has twice been awarded the Cultural Promotion Prize of the City of Landsberg am Lech. He has been commissioned with several choral works for the German Youth Chamber Choir, for the German Choir Festival and for various choir competitions.

Curriculum Vitae

1966

Born in Munich, Germany, in Mozart Street 16.

1975 – 1990

Manifold musical education in different instruments, singing, choir, conducting and music theory at the Music School Landsberg,

1984/85

First compositions for chamber ensemble

1990 -1995

Co-founder of the 7-men a-cappella ensemble “Landsberger Heulbojen”, national performances and concerts

1987 – 1995

Autodidactic studies of composition

1991

Cultural Promotion Prize of the city of Landsberg am Lech, as a member of the Vocalensemble Landsberg

1996 – 2005

Compositions for choir, internationally successful performances by the Vocalensemble Landsberg

1996

With the ” Psalm 19″ (op. 8) as part of the competition programme, the Vocalensemble Landsberg wins the international Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Choir Competition in Dautphetal (Germany), the “19th Psalm” receives the highest score.

1997

Cultural Promotion Prize of the city of Landsberg am Lech for composition

2000 – 2004

Conducting various choirs

Artistic director of the biennial festival “Lichternacht” Landsberg

2001

Commissioned composition “Moon” (op. 15) for the German Youth Chamber Choir for the Tage neuer Chormusik Würzburg

2003

Commissioned composition “Heaven” (op. 18) for the German Youth Chamber Choir Premiere at the German Choir Festival Berlin 2003

2003

Music for the modern mystery theatre “The Folly of God”, op. 19, for the 100th anniversary of the monastery church of the Archabbey of St. Ottilien.

2004/2005

Music for the film “Hinter meinem Schatten” by Michael Lauterbach (op. 21), together with Michael Lauterbach

2006

Commissioning of “Ora et Labora”, a traditional march for the 50th anniversary of the St. Ottilien School Wind Orchestra. Recorded on CD

2007

Commission of “Lechklang” (op. 23) for the guitar ensemble Capotaster (6 guitars)

2015

World premiere of “Inkontinent” for 3 female voices. Performance by “Trinitá”.

2017

World premiere “Verleih uns Frieden” for 3 choirs; choir of the parish church Landsberg am Lech, director: Marianne Lösch

2020

Commissioned composition of the German folk song about “The moon has risen” by the Landsberg Children’s Choir.
Its world premiere will be at the German Choir Festival in Leipzig 2022 (shifted from 2020), as a part of the choir competition for the category “Best world premiere of a folk song”, presented by the Landsberg Children’s Choir, Director: Marianne Lösch.

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