Dirk Elsemann
Dirk Elsemann (born August 18, 1977 in Rhede ) is a German church musician and university professor .
Life
Elsemann studied church music (A-exam) from 1997 to 2004 at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf and at the Berlin University of the Arts . He supplemented his training with master classes with Anders Bondeman, Helmut Deutsch , Jon Laukvik , Peter Planyavsky and Daniel Roth . In 2005 he passed the concert exam in organ improvisation with distinction. Elsemann has been a church musician in Berlin-Wilmersdorf since September 2001. Since 2003 he has been a lecturer in liturgical organ playing at the Institute for Church Music at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2014 he was appointed to the Archbishopric Church Music Commission in Berlin by the then Archbishop of Berlin Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki . Since April 2016 he has also been teaching organ improvisation at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH).
Honourings and prices
- 1994: First prize (organ improvisation) in the national competition Jugend musiziert
- 1999: Gottfried Schreuer Prize in Düsseldorf
- 2001: Scholarship from the Alfred Sittard Foundation
Web links
- Literature by and about Dirk Elsemann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage
- Youtube
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Biographical information from www.dirkelsemann.de , accessed on November 10, 2014.
- ^ Universität der Künste Berlin , accessed on January 11, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elsemann, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th August 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roadstead |