Franz Lörch
Franz Lörch (* 1936 in Hohenzollern ) is a German organist from Munich .
biography
Career
Franz Lörch studied at the State Academy of Music, University of Music in Munich. One of his professors for organ was Karl Richter . After graduating, he worked with Professors Joseph Ahrens (Berlin), Pierre Segond (Geneva) and Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter (St. Florian). He made his debut in the Herkulessaal in Munich,
From 1985 to 2001 Lörch was a lecturer for organ at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich . Since 1992 Lörch has been artistic director of the International Organ Concerts in Munich.
Lörch brought works of some composers of the 20th century to the premiere , including by Harald Genzmer , Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Peter Jona Korn , Roland Leistner-Mayer , Wilfried Hiller and Robert Maximilian Helmschrott .
Appearances (selection)
Lörch performed in a number of the most important music centers in the world:
- Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception , Washington, DC
- Grossmünster , Zurich
- Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church , Berlin
- Kreuzkirche , Dresden
- Mozarteum , Salzburg
- Main church Sankt Michaelis , Hamburg
- Santa Maria in Vallicella , Rome
- St. Patrick's Cathedral , New York City
- St Paul's Cathedral , London
He also played in the cathedral churches of Moscow, Munich, Passau, Vienna, Cologne, Mainz, Magdeburg, Erfurt, St. Gallen, Linz, Bourges, Oslo, Salzburg, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Bolzano, Budapest, Warsaw, Riga and Edinburgh.
As an organ soloist, he has also performed at music festivals in Germany, France, Austria, Slovakia, Italy, Finland, Norway, Denmark, England, Sweden, Holland, Poland and Switzerland.
In 1987 he gave the opening concert on the new Klais organ, after its inauguration, in the Munich Philharmonic.
Collaboration with orchestras (selection)
Works (selection)
Many of his performances have appeared on records and CD recordings at home and abroad:
- Works by the German composer and organist Georg Philipp Telemann on the Holzhay organ in Münster St. Peter and Paul in Obermarchtal
- Works by the French composer and organist Louis Vierne on the Marien organ in Ottobeuren
- Contemporary composers in Bavaria (coproduction by Bayerischer Rundfunk with the label ambitus)
literature
- Press release of the 16th International Organ Concerts, Erfurt Cathedral , bistum-erfurt.de, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ photos of Franz Lörch, Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz, September 4, 2014
- ↑ a b Organ concert with Franz Lörch , In: Passauer Neue Presse , June 15, 2017
- ↑ a b Music in St. Vincenz and the Holy Spirit (PDF document), Ralf Papenkort, 2010, p. 10
- ^ Georg Philipp Telemann - Die Orgelwerke , discogs.com
Web links
- Franz Lörch on the worldcat.org website
- International organ concerts - Franz Lörch
- Polska Filharmonia Bałtycka im. F. Chopina w Gdańsku - Franz Lörch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lörch, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenzollern |