Franz Surges

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Franz Surges (born October 11, 1958 in Remagen ; † September 21, 2015 in Eschweiler ) was a German composer and church musician .

Life

Surges studied at the Catholic University for Church Music St. Gregorius Aachen and passed the cantor examination ( A-exam ) there in 1980 . He then moved to the Cologne University of Music , where he obtained a diploma in music pedagogy for organ and a diploma in music pedagogy for composition, as well as a diploma in the final artistic examination with a major in organ. He also completed composition studies with Tilo Medek and attended various international master classes and music academies, including with Jean Guillou , Piet Kee , Guy Bovet , Harald Vogel and Monserrat Torrent .

Until a serious electrical accident, which resulted in his death at the age of 56, Surges worked as a church musician, composer, choir director and music teacher in church music training (including C exams) in Eschweiler.

Awards

  • 1991: 1st prize in the composition competition at the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd with an appeal to all peoples - Now praise God in the high throne
  • 1998/1999: 3rd prize at the NRW composition competition of the German Singers' Association with three pleasurable sentences
  • 2002: 1st prize at the international "Court Trompeter Mayrhofer Composition Competition" in Passau
  • 2003: Appointment as music director FDB.
  • 2003, 2005, 2006; 2008: Winner of the Siegburg Composition Competition
  • 2009: 3rd prize in the composition competition of the "Friends of Eichstätter Dommusik eV" with Omnes gentes

Work (selection)

Surge's spectrum of compositions is wide and ranges from children's songs to symphonies :

  • Quasi una Pastorale , for string orchestra, Verlag Dohr 1992.
  • Christmas Gloria , for four-part mixed choir, congregation, strings, brass and organ, Verlag Dohr 1999.
  • Wurzel-Konturen , for organ and string orchestra, Verlag Dohr 2001.
  • Sinfonia ad honorem Joseph Haydn , for large orchestra, Verlag Dohr 2005.
  • Sinfonietta , for chamber orchestra, Verlag Dohr 2009.
  • Cantata! , for mixed and / or male choir and brass or piano, Verlag Dohr 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Great grief: composer Franz Surges dies at the age of 57. In: Aachener Zeitung , September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Surges, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Remagen
DATE OF DEATH September 21, 2015
Place of death Eschweiler