Andreas Rothkopf

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Andreas Rothkopf (born October 10, 1955 in Dillingen / Saar ) is a German organist , pianist and music teacher .

Life

After taking piano lessons from his father, Andreas Rothkopf studied Catholic church music and music education with Robert Leonardy (piano) and Paul Schneider (organ) at the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken from 1972 to 1978 . As a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation , he studied at the Cologne University of Music (organ with Michael Schneider , piano with Günter Ludwig and conducting with Volker Wangenheim ). Additional organ studies followed with Marie-Claire Alain .

In 1986 he received a professorship for organ at the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken.

His concert activities as an organist and pianist have taken him to numerous countries in Europe and Asia. He also recorded organ works by Robert Schumann , Franz Liszt and Max Reger on CD.

Web link

  • CV on the homepage of the Hermann Schroeder Prize

Individual evidence

  1. Prof. Rothkopf in the HFM directory of persons