Klaus Harnisch (born 13 December 1933) is a German director, dramaturg and

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Harness was born in

Halle/Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anh ...

. After graduating from high school, he studied music theatre directing with

Heinz Rückert Heinz Rückert (17 December 1904 – 14 February 1984''Personelles''. In ''Theater der Zeit'' 5/1984, .) was a German opera director. He was one of the co-founders of the Halle Georg Friedrich Handel Renaissance. Life Born in Darmstadt, Rücker ...

in Halle (then ) and in Berlin (Deutsche Hochschule für Musik, now Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler") from 1952 to 1957 and from 1972 to 1974 in distance learning cultural studies at the

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...

. From 1957, Harnisch worked as a director at various theatres in the

GDR East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

and from 1972 to 1981 as chief dramaturg of the music theatre at the Landestheater Halle (now Halle Opera House). In 1979 he wrote the

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for the opera ''Büchner'' by Friedrich Schenker, which premiered in 1987 in the Apollo Hall of the

Berlin State Opera The (), also known as the Berlin State Opera (german: Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Prussian king Frederick the Great from ...

. In the Directorate for Theatre and Orchestra at the Ministry of Culture of the GDR (DTO), he was head of the department of directors of music theatre from 1981 to 1990. After the 1990

Peaceful Revolution The Peaceful Revolution (german: Friedliche Revolution), as a part of the Revolutions of 1989, was the process of sociopolitical change that led to the opening of East Germany's borders with the West, the end of the ruling of the Socialist Unity ...

, he became co-founder of the support programme of the Deutscher Musikrat in 1990 and was its managing director from 1991 to 1999. As a retiree, Harnisch developed a workshop concept for interactive conducting and from 2002 to 2015 he worked as co-founder and project representative of the rector for ''Das Kritische Orchester - Werkstatt für interaktives Dirigieren'' on a voluntary basis at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin. In 2016 he was appointed honorary member of the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harnisch, Klaus German theatre directors 1933 births Living people People from Halle (Saale)

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