# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-rotzsch
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:39:52.799Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hans-joachim-rotzsch"
name: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
slug: "hans-joachim-rotzsch"
description: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch was a German choral conductor, conducting the Thomanerchor from 1972 until 1991 as the fifteenth Thomaskantor since Johann Sebastian Bach. He was also a tenor and an academic teacher."
tagline: "German conductor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-N0608-0106%2C_Erfurt%2C_15._Arbeiterfestspiele%2C_Konzert_(retuschiert).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-04-25"
deathDate: "2013-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.09
  momentum:             0.375
  historical:           8.745465333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%92%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5"
    title: "ハンス＝ヨアヒム・ロッチュ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim_Rotzsch"
    title: "Hans-Joachim Rotzsch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%89%E6%96%AF-%E7%BA%A6%E9%98%BF%E5%B8%8C%E5%A7%86%C2%B7%E7%BD%97%E5%A5%87"
    title: "汉斯-约阿希姆·罗奇"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/debbcc99-b385-4094-a6db-05f86bb4a1ab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317199"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump