Christian Henking

Christian Henking (born 14 January 1961) is a Swiss composer, conductor and choir leader.

Life

Henking was born in Basel in 1961. He graduated from the Freies Gymnasium Bern [de] in 1981. From 1981 to 1989 he studied music theory with Theo Hirsbrunner at the University of the Arts Bern. In addition he was trained by Ewald Körner to become Kapellmeister. From 1987 he took composition lessons with Cristóbal Halffter, Dimitri Terzakis and Edisson Denissow. He also attended master classes with Wolfgang Rihm and Heinz Holliger. He received further impulses from György Kurtág.

Henking conducted the Bern Amadeus Chor and from 1998 to 2007 the Vokalkollegium Bern [de]. In 2010 he founded the Ensemble Proton Bern [de], of which he became artistic adviser. He is also a lecturer in musical composition and music theory at the University of the Arts Bern. Henking was one of the founding members of the Groupe Lacroix. The majority of his compositions are published by Müller & Schade in Bern.

Awards

Work

Orchestral music

Chamber music

Stage music

Choral music

Vocal music

Discography

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch, 2006.
  2. 1 2 Portrait: Christian Henking (PDF-Datei; 417 kB). Müller & Schade. Retrieved on 22 June 2020.
  3. ↑ Website of the Vokalkollegiums Bern.
  4. ↑ Ensemble. Website of the ensemble proton bern. Retrieved on 22 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Groupe Lacroix in Music Information Center Austria [de]
  6. ↑ Webarchiv, Biography Biography on the Website of musinfo. Retrieved on 22 June 2020.
  7. ↑ Martin Etter: Kulturpreis zum Weitergeben. In Der Bund, 7 March 2000, p. 5.
  8. ↑ Medienmitteilung des Kantons Bern Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 22 June 2020.