HfMT mourns the loss of Lutz Rademacher

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Lutz Rademacher died unexpectedly last week at the age of 56. Trained at the HfMT, he shaped the music theater landscape as a conductor in Basel, Freiburg and as GMD in Detmold. Since 2024 he was also a lecturer for Ensemble New Music at the HfMT.

An obituary by Prof. Dr. Gordon Kampe: "Whether Meistersinger, Dreigroschenoper, contemporary music at festivals or the pieces of our students - Lutz Rademacher approached every score in the same way he approached us: with curiosity, openness, joy, cheerfulness, charm and generosity. Working on a piece with him, poring over a score together - for me, these were always hours full of warmth, humor and great human vitality.

Lutz Rademacher was a person full of energy. He was attentive and warm-hearted and his love of music was unshakeable. In recent years, he also shared this joy and his vast wealth of experience with our composition students. Today I had to tell them - still stunned and with a heavy heart - that Lutz is no longer with us. The silence and sadness that immediately filled the room showed how much Lutz was appreciated by all of us as a person and musician. He has left his mark on us - in our thinking, our listening and in our music. I am deeply grateful that I was able to get to know Lutz, that we were able to make music together and that we occasionally celebrated life together. My thoughts, and ours, are with his wonderful family."