Joseph Kelemen

Joseph Kelemen (* 1957 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian organist , Catholic church musician and interpreter of 17th century music.

biography

Joseph Kelemen studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. In 1980 they emigrated to Switzerland. Kelemen began studying at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel and was primarily concerned with the reproduction of early baroque music of the 17th century. Postgraduate studies in the organ class of Professor Harald Vogel at the University of the Arts in Bremen followed. In 1982 he emigrated to Canada. There he devoted himself to studying philosophy at the University of Toronto . At the same time, he obtained Canadian citizenship.

After completing his master's degree in philosophy, he came to Germany in 1986 and is currently the main organist at St. Johann Baptist in Neu-Ulm . Kelemen is a recognized specialist in the field of "old fingering ". He is interested in German organ music of the 17th century, in particular Johann Jakob Froberger, Kerll , Muffat, Matthias Weckmann and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach .

As an international lecturer in his field, he gives interpretation courses for organ literature from the 17th and 18th centuries. He has made several CD and radio recordings.

Recordings

The following CD's were created in cooperation with the Bavarian Radio:

• Johann Jacob Froberger : Organ works on the Baumeister organ (1737) in Maihingen / Ries
• Johann Caspar Kerll : Complete Free Organ Works (OC 362 - 2005) - Comment: The recording was made in the Premonstratensian Monastery of Schlägl in Austria. This CD won the German Record Critics' Prize and the French Diapason d'or Prize.

The following were also recorded with Bayerischer Rundfunk and in SACD mode (multi-channel):

• Georg Muffat : Apparatus musico-organisticus from 1690 (OC 604 - 2005) on the Freundt organ 1642 of the Klosterneuburg collegiate church and on the Silbermann organ 1732 of the Ebersmünster abbey church.
• Johann Pachelbel : Organ works (OC 613 - 2006) on the Stertzing organ (1702) in the Petri Church in Erfurt- Büßleben and on the Crapp organ (1772) in the Pappenheim monastery church .
• Vincent Lübeck : The organ work (OC 607 - 2007) on the Huss / Schnitger organ 1675 in St. Cosmae et Damiani zu Stade
• Matthias Weckmann : Organ works (OC 627 - 2008) on the organ by Arp Schnitger from 1693 in the main church St. Jacobi in Hamburg .
• Nicolaus Bruhns : The organ work (OC 641 - 2009) on the Arp Schnitger organ 1692 of the Ludgerikirche in the north.
• Buxheimer Orgelbuch (OC 645 - 2010) on the Anonymus organ from approx. 1425 in the St. Andreas Church in Soest.-Ostönnen and on the Ebert organ from 1558 in the Hofkirche in Innsbruck.
• Heinrich Scheidemann : Organ Works (OC 682 - 2011) on the North German Organ 2000 in Gothenburg .
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck : Organ works (OC 680 - 2012) on the van Hagerbeer organ 1643/1690 of the Pieterskerk Leiden (NL).
• Hieronymus Praetorius & Jacob Praetorius the Younger : Organ works (OC 691 - 2014) on the Scherer organ 1624 of the Stephanskirche Tangermünde.
• Hans Leo Hassler : Organ works (OC 658 - 2017) on the Freundt organ 1624 of the Klosterneuburg collegiate church and on the Günzer organ 1609 in St. Martin Gabelbach.

At the beginning of 2018 a recording of Bach works was released for the first time:

• Johann Sebastian Bach : Famous organ works (OC 465 - 2018) on the Treutmann organ 1737 of the Grauhof monastery church.

Web links

• Media from and about Joseph Kelemen in the catalog of the German National Library
• St. Johann Baptist in Neu-Ulm
• Joseph Kelemen . A musician portrait on the website www.ulmer-orgeln.de
• [1] . Homepage of the musician.