Christopher Zehrer

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Christopher Zehrer (* 1985 in Osterhofen - Göttersdorf ) is a German organist , conductor , countertenor and lecturer .

biography

During his school days, Christopher Zehrer received organ lessons from the Kapellmeister and church musician Günter Richthammer in Vilshofen. After finishing school, he studied church music B from 2001 to 2006 at the University for Catholic Church Music and Music Education in Regensburg . His teachers there were u. a. Franz Josef Stoiber and Karl Friedrich Wagner. A subsequent study of church music A (organ with Jon Laukvik and Willibald Bezler ) and conducting with Dieter Kurz followed from 2006 to 2008 at the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart . In 2005 he was appointed 1st scholarship holder of the " Eberhard Kraus Foundation " Regensburg.

During his studies, Christopher Zehrer was the representative of cathedral organists at the cathedrals of Passau and Regensburg from 2003 to 2008 , and from 2005 to 2009 as organist representative at the Premonstratensian Canons' Monastery in Schlägl , Upper Austria . In 2009 he was appointed organist at Schlägl Abbey. At the same time, he is a music school teacher at the regional music school there and chairman of the Schlägl youth choir. In the 2015/16 winter semester he was the professor for liturgical organ playing by Franz Josef Stoiber at the University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education in Regensburg. As a result, in 2017 he was given a teaching position for organ literature and organ improvisation, which he has been doing as a full-time lecturer since 2020 . His concert activities as a conductor , organist and countertenor have taken him to numerous concert halls and churches. Regular conducting activities connect him with the orchestra community in Nuremberg. Since 2017 he has been a member of the ensemble and soloist with “Bach Werk Vokal Salzburg”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VITA. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Christopher Zehrer | HfKM Regensburg. Accessed February 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Zehrer, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, conductor, countertenor and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Osterhofen - Göttersdorf