Gregor Meyer
Gregor Meyer (* 1979 in Zwickau ) is a German musician. He is a pianist , organist and choir director .
Life
The son of an Evangelical Lutheran pastor grew up in Johanngeorgenstadt . In 1997 he passed the Abitur at the Clara-Wieck-Gymnasium in Zwickau . He studied church music and postgraduate choral conducting at the Leipzig University of Music and Theater until 2003 with Morten Schuldt-Jensen , where he founded the Vocalconsort Leipzig in 1999 .
He wrote his diploma thesis on the organist of the St. Marien Church in Zwickau , Paul EF Gerhardt (1867–1946) and his relationship to the organ movement .
In 2007 he founded the vocal ensemble Concerto Sacro , which specializes in early music . Since then he has also directed the GewandhausChor in Leipzig. In addition, since 1995 he has performed as a pianist in the Five Gentlemen group . He is also arranger for the Calmus Ensemble and the Ensemble Amarcord and continuo organist with the Thomanerchor and the Knabenchor Hannover .
Since 2010 he has lectured at the Evangelical University for Church Music in Halle and at the HMT Leipzig , whose university choir he leads.
Meyer is co-founder and artistic director of the Leipzig Ensemble 1684, which has dedicated itself to cultivating Vorbach baroque music.
Web links
- Works by and about Gregor Meyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gregor Meyer's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philippus Series Volume 4, publication by the Philippuskirche and BBW Leipzig 2014, p. 21 and Philippus Series Volume 5, publication by the Philippuskirche and BBW Leipzig 2014, p. 28 (Gerhardt, as an organ expert, was able to realize his ideal organ with the Jehmlich organ of the Philippuskirche Leipzig)
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| SURNAME | Meyer, Gregor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zwickau |