Thomas Synofzik
Thomas Synofzik is a German musicologist. He is director of the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau.
Life
Synofzik was born in Dortmund. After achieving the Abitur, he studied church music at the Dortmund University of Music. He studied musicology and philosophy at the University of Cologne as well as historical keyboard instruments at the conservatories in Cologne and Brussels. The doctorate followed between 1998 and 2000. 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.Synofzik has been director of the Robert Schumann House in Zwickau since 2015. 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.
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., the Schumann-Brahms circle, the music of the early 17th century and the history of interpretation of the 20th century. In his first publications and research contributions, he also devoted himself in many ways to the environment of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Awards
Books
Briefe und Dokumente im Schumannhaus Bonn-Endenich, Bonn 1993Heinrich Grimm. Cantilena est loquela canens. Studien zur Überlieferung und Kompositionstechnik. Eisenach 2000- Heinrich Bach, Kyrie zu sechs Stimmen, Stuttgart 2001Rheinische Sängerinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Eine Dokumentation in Wort und Ton., Kassel 2003Heinrich Heine – Robert Schumann. Musik und Ironie. 2nd edit., Cologne: Dohr, 2010,