Markus Kühnis

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Markus Kühnis at the large Goll organ in the KKL Luzern

Markus Kühnis-Rivera (born March 17, 1955 in Rheineck SG ) is a Swiss organist , arranger and music teacher .

Life

Markus Kühnis first completed an apprenticeship as a businessman. He then completed his studies at the Music Academy in Zurich (now the Zurich University of the Arts ) with a concert diploma for organ. He also studied in Paris with Jean Langlais and Gaston Litaize . He worked as an organist in the parish church of Näfels GL from 1969, i.e. as a teenager, until 1996 . Since 1996 he has been organist in the parish of Emmen LU and director of the Emmen Music School. Since 2013 he has been organist at the World Band Festival in the Lucerne Culture and Congress Center . Together with the organist Wolfgang Sieber and the drummer and percussionist Christoph Kobelt , he played as the Timporg Trio from 1984 to 2000 .

Discography (selection)

  • 1983: Entry of the Queen of Sheba. Markus Kühnis & Wolfgang Sieber play two and four-handed organ music. (Album; Gold Records; recorded in St. Hilarius , Näfels)
  • 1991 Markus Kühni's organ. Markus Kühnis plays the Mathis organ in the parish church of St. Hilarius Näfels GL ( album; Duraphon-Studio HD490; recorded in the parish church of St. Hilarius, Näfels by the Pawel recording studio, Wil)
  • 1992 organ. Markus Kühnis plays popular music on the organ of the parish church of Näfels GL (album; Golden Master Series 500.091; recorded in the parish church of St. Hilarius, Näfels by the Pawel recording studio, Wil)
  • 1986: The fantastic organ. Timporg Trio. Markus Kühnis - Wolfgang Sieber - Christoph Kobelt. (Album; PAN Verlag Vleugels; pressed by Teldec ; distribution: Ricophon; recorded in the city ​​church Glarus )
  • 2007: Christmas sounds from Lucerne. Lucerne Kantorei - boys' choir and Lucerne trumpet ensemble with Markus Kühnis on the organ (album; EURO-CLASSICS 10116, recorded in the Catholic parish church of Emmen by con affetto Musikproduktion, Adligenswil)
  • 2013: Variations on the Swiss song 'Stets i Truure mues i länke' ( original compositions) on Trans Europe Experience. Keith John. Organ of Gloucester Cathedral (Willowhayne Records (Quality Enterprise Development))
  • 2015: Siblings Küng & Markus Kühnis: Appenzeller , Em Walsers Migg sin and Appenzeller II on alpine tones . A cross-section through the Festival '15 (Musiques Suisses; recorded at the Alpentöne Festival 2015)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Kühnis, organ | Concerts, biography, pictures, videos. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Markus Kühnis | Music school Emmen. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Kühnis-Rivera Mark. Trumpet Forum Switzerland - trumpet.ch; accessed on November 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Organ and pan flute in the Neu St. Johann monastery church. In: St. Galler Tagblatt , March 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ Folk Music - «Gala of Folk Music». Radio SRF Musikwelle, October 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ Timporg trio. Organ Festival Uster .
personal data
SURNAME Kühnis, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kühnis-Rivera, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss organist, arranger and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheineck SG