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Michael Gläser
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Michael Gläser (born 2 November 1957) is a German singer and choir director. Life Born in Chemnitz, Gläser attended the Thomasschule zu Leipzig from 1967 to 1978 and was a member of the Thomanerchor. He studied singing with Heidi Rieß and conducting with Andreas Pieske, Wolf-Dieter Hauschild and Dietrich Knothe at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin from 1978 to 1985. He conducted the , the Berliner Singakademie and the MDR Rundfunkchor in Leipzig (also active as a singer). In 1986, he became assistant to Dietrich Knothe at the Rundfunkchor Berlin. From 1990 to 2005 he was artistic director of the . From 1998, the choir held subscription concerts at the Prinzregententheater. He has been guest conductor of the choir since 2005. In 2014, Gläser took the place of the sick Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller and led the Thomanerchor zu Leipzig as interim cantor for a quarter of a year.. During this time, he conducted motets, as well as concerts also with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Since 1994, he has been professor of choral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München. He is also head of the Department of Protestant Church Music. In 2003, he founded the Bayerischer Rundfunk Choral Conductors Forum. Awards * Nomination for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in the category Best Choral Performance for Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder (together with the Choir of the Bavarian Radio and the MDR Radio Choir Leipzig under the conduct of Howard Arman) Further readding * Gläser, Michael. In Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): Kürschners Musiker-Handbuch. 5th edition, K. G. Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, , . 
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