{"id":15161,"date":"2026-07-29T15:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gso-online.de\/?p=15161"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:18:58","slug":"nachruf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gso-online.de\/en\/nachruf\/","title":{"rendered":"Nachruf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15161\" class=\"elementor elementor-15161\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615e40d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"615e40d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63c46909 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63c46909\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mit dem Tod von <strong>Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach,\u00a0<\/strong>der am 25. Juli im Alter von 84 Jahren in Sommerhausen in Franken verstorben ist, verliert das G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchester eine pr\u00e4gende Pers\u00f6nlichkeit seiner Geschichte.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00dcber viele Jahre hinweg war er eng mit dem G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchester verbunden und geh\u00f6rte zu den Pers\u00f6nlichkeiten, die dessen Geschichte nachhaltig mitgestaltet haben. Nach seinem Eintritt als stellvertretender Chefdirigent im Jahr 1968 \u00fcbernahm er 1974 die k\u00fcnstlerische Leitung des Orchesters und stand bis 1989 an dessen Spitze. F\u00fcr seine herausragenden Verdienste wurde ihm 1987 vom F\u00f6rderverein des G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchesters der Titel <strong>Generalmusikdirektor<\/strong> verliehen.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Zeit seines Wirkens markiert einen entscheidenden Abschnitt in der Entwicklung des Orchesters. Mit musikalischer Leidenschaft, k\u00fcnstlerischer Weitsicht und gro\u00dfem pers\u00f6nlichem Engagement setzte Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach wichtige Impulse, die weit \u00fcber seine Amtszeit hinaus nachwirken. Unter seiner Leitung gewann das G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchester an Profil und Ausstrahlung und festigte seine Bedeutung in der regionalen und \u00fcberregionalen Musiklandschaft.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nicht nur das Orchester, sondern auch das kulturelle Leben in G\u00f6ttingen und S\u00fcdniedersachsen verdankt ihm wertvolle Beitr\u00e4ge. Sein Einsatz f\u00fcr die Musik und seine Arbeit als Dirigent haben zahlreiche Menschen inspiriert und Spuren hinterlassen, die bis heute sichtbar sind.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wir verneigen uns vor einer bedeutenden Musikerpers\u00f6nlichkeit und werden Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach in dankbarer Erinnerung behalten. Unser Mitgef\u00fchl gilt seiner Familie sowie allen Wegbegleiterinnen und Wegbegleitern.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mit dem Tod von Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach,&nbsp;der am 25. Juli im Alter von 84 Jahren in Sommerhausen in Franken verstorben ist, verliert das G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchester eine pr\u00e4gende Pers\u00f6nlichkeit seiner Geschichte. \u00dcber viele Jahre hinweg war er eng mit dem G\u00f6ttinger Symphonieorchester verbunden und geh\u00f6rte zu den Pers\u00f6nlichkeiten, die dessen Geschichte nachhaltig mitgestaltet haben. 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