Franz Raml
Franz Raml (* 1964 in Straubing ) is a German organist , harpsichordist , conductor , choir director and lecturer in early music and historical performance practice.
Life and artistic career
After graduating from high school at Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium Straubing (musical train), Franz Raml attended the music academies in Detmold and Munich . He studied Catholic church music (graduation A-exam ). Among other things, he was a student of Klemens Schnorr in his main artistic subject, “organ” . This was followed by a three-year postgraduate course with Ton Koopman in Amsterdam in the subjects of baroque organ, keel instruments (harpsichord) and historical performance practice. In 1990 he completed his studies with the concert exam "Baroque Organ" at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Franz Raml works as titular organist on the historic Holzhey organ (1793) of the former St. Verena monastery church in Rot an der Rot in Upper Swabia . He gives concerts as an organist and harpsichordist. He also plays fortepiano in chamber music concerts . Raml is the artistic director of the Hassler Consort , the German Mozart Orchestra , the oratorio choir Liederkranz Ravensburg and the Kreutzer Choir Meßkirch .
Teaching activities
Franz Raml regularly gives courses on instrumental and vocal historical performance practice. He is also the artistic director of the Oberschwaben Organ Academy, which focuses on the great instruments of Joseph Gabler , Karl Joseph Riepp and Holzhey. In 2005 he was a guest lecturer in a seminar for historical organ playing at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .
Franz Raml is also a music teacher at the Ochsenhausen grammar school .
Prizes and awards
From 1986 to 1990 he received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation . In 1998 he was awarded the advancement award of the international Lake Constance conference.
Recordings
Raml's solo discography includes a. Recordings on the historical organs of
- Rot an der Rot (Holzhey 1793),
- Weingarten ( Gabler 1750),
- Lüdingworth (Wilde 1598 / Schnitger 1683),
- Schloss Zeil (Hayl 1609), early South German organ music
- Tangermünde (Scherer 1624): Complete recording of the Tabulatura nova I and II by Samuel Scheidt and
- Catholic Court Church Dresden (Silbermann organ): Johann Sebastian Bach .
Numerous radio and television recordings ( BR , SWR , WDR , ORF , Czech radio) were made with Franz Raml.
Works
- Missa alla francese
The Missa alla francese (composed in 2007/2008) is a seven-part choral mass for male schola, organ and solo trombone. New melodies based on chorale are combined with late romantic and modern French harmonies. The trumpet is used as the instrument of the high priest and of the last judgment (tuba mirum) in all registers from extreme height to the extreme depth.
Web links
- Franz Raml - own website
- Works by and about Franz Raml in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : Hassler Consort plays great St. Luke Passion from March 23, 2007; Homepage Oratorio Choir Liederkranz Ravensburg
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : Franz Raml: "I would like to significantly expand the repertoire" from May 28, 2012.
- ↑ Schwäbische Zeitung : Franz Raml presents his latest work from May 5, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raml, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, harpsichordist and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Straubing |