Johannes Mayr (organist)
Johannes Mayr (* 1963 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ) is a German organist , church musician and university professor .
Live and act
Johannes Mayr studied church music from 1981 to 1987 at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . From 1990 to 2001 he was a full-time church musician with a dean's mandate in Bad Wurzach , from 2001 to 2011 he worked in St. Fidelis . Since 1991 he has been an organ expert for the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart . In 2004 he became regional cantor in Stuttgart , and since 2011 he has been cathedral organist at the St. Eberhard Stuttgart Cathedral .
From 1992 to 2007 Mayr worked as a lecturer for liturgical organ playing and organ improvisation in Augsburg, initially at the Leopold Mozart Conservatory , then at the Nuremberg-Augsburg University of Music . Since 2004 he has also been teaching organ literature and liturgical organ playing at the Evangelical College for Church Music in Tübingen . He has also been teaching organ improvisation at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts since 2009. In 2018 he was appointed honorary professor there. He is currently also the Dean of Studies there.
In 2015 he was appointed church music director .
Awards
- 1988: Winner of the competition "Organ playing in church service" in Rottenburg am Neckar
- 1989: First prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition as part of the “European Church Music” festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd
- 1991: First prize at the International Organ Improvisation Competition in Montbrison / France
- 1998: Winner of the Südwestfunk organ improvisation competition
- 1998: Winner of the international organ improvisation competition for contemporary art "Transformation of Forms" in Regensburg
- 2009: First prize at the international organ competition "Organ without borders" in Dudelange / Luxembourg
Publications (selection)
Monographs
- Historic organs in Upper Swabia. The district of Ravensburg. (with Wolfgang Manecke and Mark Vogel). Lindenberg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89870-250-8 .
- Joseph Gabler , organ maker. Biberach 2000. ISBN 3-933614-06-6 .
- Historic organs in Ulm and Upper Swabia: pipe organs in the Alb-Donau district, in Ulm, Hayingen and Zwiefalten. (with Wolfgang Manecke). Ulm 1999, ISBN 3-88294-268-1 .
- Historic organs in Upper Swabia. The district of Biberach. (with Wolfgang Manecke and Mark Vogel). Lindenberg 1995, ISBN 3-7954-1069-X .
Sound carrier
- Johannes Mayr at the Jann organ, St. Andreas Endersbach. Bauer Studios, Ludwigsburg 2012.
- Organ concert on 6 Holzhey organs with 4 organists. (with Gerhard Gnann , Roland Götz and Franz Raml ). Oragan promotion, Horb a. N. 2009.
- Sing the lord a new song. Cantus Novus Ulm; Helmut Steger, Head; Johannes Mayr, organ; Oliver Wendt, saxophone. SMS trio. Thalfingen, Church “Christ Our Life”, July 27-29, 2007. Rolf Bäuerle, Ulm 2007.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johannes Mayr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Johannes Mayr on the Stuttgart University of Music website
Individual evidence
- ↑ HKM lecturers appointed professors on kirchenmusikhochschule.de; accessed on February 26, 2019.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mayr, Johannes |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellwangen (Jagst) |