Liselotte Orff, the composer’s widow, was appointed by her husband in his will as the director of the foundation for life. She has undertaken this task with great commitment for almost 24 years and has shaped the content of the foundation’s activities. She has particularly championed the worldwide dissemination of Carl Orff’s musical-dramatic compositions and the Orff Schulwerk. Liselotte Orff was appointed as honorary chair of the foundation in 2008.
Management Board
On 1 January 2008, she transferred the directorship of the foundation to the composer and Orff pupil Wilfried Hiller who is a member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Art and also active in a number of honorary posts. He was for example between 2006 and 2008 the president of the Bavarian Music Council. For numerous musicians, he is a highly valued teacher and discussion partner.
The well-known music educationalist Prof. Dr. Regina Pauls is also a member of the Management Board and represents the area of music education as the successor of Prof. Dr. Hermann Regner at the Orff Institute in Salzburg. She lives in Leipzig and is one of the principal co-founders of the independent all-day school “Clara Schumann” in the city. The conceptual approach of this school is constructed on Carl Orff’s musical-artistic basic concept and therefore encourages creative design and specific forms of further development.
The solicitor Ute Hermann is the executive member of the Management Board and undertakes the responsibility for legal matters. Ms Herman possesses extensive experience in the administration and organisation of foundations and music associations.
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees at the Carl Orff Foundation is currently composed of six members who have rendered outstanding services to the cultivation of the oeuvre of Carl Orff. These members are as follows:
- Dr. Peter Hanser-Strecker, publisher of the works of Carl Orff, Schott Music in Mainz,
- Herbert Kirsch, mayor of Dießen
- Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kreile, solicitor and former director of the GEMA, as the director of the Board of Trustees,
- Prof. Dr. Michael Kugler, Associate Professor for Musical Education at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a distinguished expert for the Orff Schulwerk,
- Axel Linstädt, Chief Department Manager for Music and Vice-Director of Radio Programmes at Bavarian Radio,
- Dr. Thomas Rösch, Director of the Orff Centre in Munich and Honorary Trustee
- Dr. Gerhard Theissing, representative of the Orff family and associated with the oeuvre of Carl Orff since early adolescence.
- Dr. Polo Vallejo, music ethnologist in Madrid
The Board of Trustees is assigned the task of accompanying and supervising the activities of the Management Board and participating in the fulfilment of the statutes relating to the purpose of the foundation.
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