- Subjects
- Clarinet
- Teaching locations
- Schonach, Triberg
Elias Zuckschwerdt comes from St. Georgen in the Black Forest. After leaving school he first studied school music and completed a bachelor’s degree in clarinet with Prof. Dr. habil. Zoltán Kovács at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen. He later rounded off his training with a master’s degree in conducting, specialising in wind orchestra direction, with Prof. Sebastian Tewinkel and Hon. Prof. Stefan Halder. He also attended masterclasses and seminars in clarinet with Prof. Laura Ruiz Ferreres, Prof. Johannes Gmeinder, Prof. Norbert Kaiser, Prof. Harald Harrer, Antony Pay and Michael Heitzler, and in conducting with Douglas Bostock, Prof. Sebastian Tewinkel, Henrie Adams and Prof. Johann Mösenbichler.
During his studies he conducted the Landespolizeiorchester Baden-Württemberg, the Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie and the symphony orchestra of the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen on several occasions, and worked as a guest with numerous wind orchestras from Baden-Württemberg. Since 2014 he has been conductor of the Musikverein „Harmonie“ Winzeln, with which he has already competed successfully several times at the highest levels. In 2017 he additionally took over the direction of the youth wind orchestra Fluorn-Winzeln. Since 2023 he has conducted the symphony orchestra of the Jugendmusikschule St. Georgen-Furtwangen. He has taught clarinet at the music school since 2013, was appointed deputy head in 2018 and head of the school in 2020.