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The Classical Choir of RPTU
The Classical Choir of RPTU has been in existence since the winter semester of 1974/75. The first concert took place in the summer semester of 1976. During weekly rehearsals throughout the semester, challenging sacred and secular works from choral literature are studied and performed. The initiator and long-time director was Paul Seiter, followed for several years by Ulrike Seiter-Bröhl. Between 1997 and 2021, the choir sang under the direction of Berthold Kliewer. Since 2022, Maximilian Rajczyk has been leading the choir.
The Classical Choir of RPTU is comprised of students, academic staff, PhD students, and friends of RPTU as well as the choir. No audition is required to join.
The repertoire of the classical choir includes works by classical masters as well as a diverse, stylistically varied program from the Renaissance through the Baroque, from Classical to Romantic periods, and even to Modern times.
In addition to rehearsals and concerts, social life also plays an important role, such as during the regular choir weekends.
Artistic director
Maximilian Rajczyk was born in 1992 in Homburg/Saar. Following his church music qualification at BKI (St. Ingbert), he studied church music and conducting under Prof. Georg Grün at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken.
Since 2024, he has been employed as the manager of the LandesJugendChor Rheinland-Pfalz, responsible for the state’s institution promoting young singers. From 2019 to 2023, he served as the deanery cantor at the Marienkirche in Kaiserslautern, where his main focus was on children's and youth choir conducting. Since 2022, he has held a teaching position in choral conducting at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and conducts the Classical Choir of RPTU. In 2021, Maximilian Rajczyk was awarded the Kinderchorland Prize Rheinland-Pfalz by the Deutsche Chorjugend for his music education work.
