Franz Danksagmüller

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Franz Danksagmüller (* 1969 in St. Martin im Innkreis ) is an Austrian composer and organist .

Life

Franz Danksagmüller received his first musical instruction in piano, organ and theory from his father. 1980–1988 he was a student of Walther R. Schuster in Passau. This was followed by studying church music and organ with Michael Radulescu and composition with Dietmar Schermann and Erich Urbanner at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . Between 1993 and 1995 he studied organ with Daniel Roth in Saarbrücken and then electronic music and music technology at the Studio for Advanced Music & Media Technology with Karlheinz Essl at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz .

Danksagmüller was church musician at the Karlskirche in Vienna from 1990 to 1994 , organist in St. Elisabeth in Vienna IV from 1994 to 1999 and teacher at the Conservatory for Church Music in Linz from 1993 to 1999. From 1995 to 2003 he also taught as a lecturer for organ and improvisation at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. From 1999 to 2005 he was the cathedral organist and composer at St. Pölten Cathedral . Since October 2005 he has been professor for organ and improvisation at the Lübeck University of Music .

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His compositions include chamber music, music for organ, choir and electronics, as well as film and theater music. His projects include music for silent films in a wide variety of line-ups. a. in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Barcelona, ​​Porto and Tokyo, crossover projects with the singer Lauren Newton , bux21 on themes by Dieterich Buxtehude with the saxophonist Bernd Ruf and Mozart deconstructed with the composer Karlheinz Essl, an improvisation concert with the cellist Dave Eggar (New York ) on the Internet, performances in the Philharmonie Luxembourg and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam , at the 5th Film Music Days Saxony-Anhalt in Halle (Saale) , compositions for the International Buxtehude Organ Competition, the Elgar Concert Hall in Birmingham, the International Holland Organ Festival in Alkmaar and a performance for orchestra, live electronics and voice with the conductor Martin Haselböck and the Hollywood actor John Malkovich . His chamber opera Nova - Imperfecting Perfection was premiered as part of the German Evangelical Church Congress 2019 in Dortmund.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50th Nordic Film Days , accessed November 9, 2014.
  2. ↑ Michael S. Zerban: Too perfect for this world. Review of the premiere in Dortmund. In: Original sound, accessed June 24, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Thanksgiving Müller, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian organist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Martin im Innkreis , Upper Austria