Hans-Eberhard Ross

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Hans-Eberhard Roß (born April 26, 1962 in Wiesbaden ) is church music director and cantor of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Memmingen . As organist, he looks after the large Goll organ in the main church of St. Martin .

Life

Hans-Eberhard Roß at the great Goll organ in St. Martin

Hans-Eberhard Roß was born on April 26, 1962 in Wiesbaden. He grew up in Fulda, where he received his first organ lessons from church music director Manfred Kroh . During his studies at the University of Music in Würzburg , he received first prize in the competition of the Würzburg Music Academy in 1985. He took his A-exam in 1986 and his master class diploma in 1990 with Günther Kaunzinger .

From 1987 to 1990 he worked as a cantor and organist in Meerbusch before moving to Memmingen in 1991. There he has been Dean of St. Martin's since 1991. He held the teaching position for artistic and liturgical organ playing at the Folkwang University in Essen from 1999 to 2001. In 2002 he was appointed church music director. Since 2008 he has been the church district commissioner in the church district of Swabia.

Hans-Eberhard Roß works internationally as a concert organist and in duo formations with organ and trumpet, organ and percussion, organ and alphorn, organ and recitation. He has already made numerous CD recordings, including the world's first complete recording of all organ and harmonium works by César Franck on six CDs, for which he received the Super-sonic Prize from the music magazine pizzikato .

Discography

Sound sample: Charles-Marie Widor : Symphonie pour orgue N ° 5, F minor, op.42 No. 1 (1887), 5th movement: Toccata (conclusion)
  • The Goll organ of St. Martin in Memmingen. 1999, Organum OGM 990035, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays Gigout , Franck , Bach , Eben , Vierne , Widor ). Also published as Mon orgue c'est mon orchester.
  • The great Goll organ in St. Martin Memmingen. 1999, IFO records 00045, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Eben, Franck, Pierné, Vièrne and Bach).
  • The Great Goll Organ (St. Martin zu Memmingen). 2002, Ifo, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 1 - From Prodigy to Composer. 2004, Audite aud 91.518 , 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 2 - Unrecognized Greatness. 2004, Audite aud 91.519 , 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • César Franck : Complete Organ Works Vol. 3 - Fulfillment and Farewell. 2004, Audite aud 91.520 , 2 SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • Louis Vierne : Complete Organ Symphonies Vol. 1 - Organ Symphonies op.14 & op.20 ,Audite aud 92.674 , SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • Louis Vierne : Complete Organ Symphonies Vol. 2 - Organ Symphonies op.28 & op.32 ,Audite aud 92.675 , SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • Louis Vierne : Complete Organ Symphonies Vol. 3 - Organ Symphonies op.47 & op.59 ,Audite aud 92.676 , SACD (Hans-Eberhard Roß).
  • Hans-Eberhard Roß: Organ works. 2007, organ, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Languetuit, Boulnois, Mulet, Jongen, Whitlock, Demessieux, Bowen, Middelschulte).
  • Fascination Organ 1. 2009, CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Bach, Naujalis, Eben, Albéniz and Widor).
  • Memminger organ fireworks. 2009, Sunday paper , CD (Hans-Eberhard Roß plays works by Bach, Widor, Boëllmann, Vierne and Langlais; part of the organ literature canon of the Sunday paper ).

Awards

  • 2012 Culture Prize of the City of Memmingen

Web links

Commons : Hans-Eberhard Roß  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The press release on epv.de. Archived from the original on October 9, 2006 ; Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
predecessor Office successor
Rudolf Ellwein Organist at the organ of St. Martin (Memmingen)
since 1991 		-
personal data
SURNAME Ross, Hans-Eberhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church music director and cantor of the Evangelical Lutheran Dean's Office in Memmingen
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden