Martin Welzel
Martin Welzel (born November 11, 1972 in Vechta ) is a German organist , musicologist and music teacher .
biography
Martin Welzel grew up in Bremen , where Michael Landsky , church music director Wilfried Langosz and the Straube student and former Bremen cathedral organist Käte van Tricht were among his teachers. From 1993 he studied organ with Daniel Roth and Wolfgang Rübsam , choral conducting with Andreas Göpfert and Wolfgang Helbich , piano with Kristin Merscher and harpsichord with Gerald Hambitzer at the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken . In 1999 he received the A diploma in Catholic church music and the concert qualification in organ, two years later the soloist diploma in organ. This was followed by several years of study abroad with Carole Terry in Seattle ( USA ) in the subjects organ and harpsichord, where he received his doctorate in 2005 with a dissertation on Jeanne Demessieux at the University of Washington as a Doctor of Musical Arts. During his studies was Welzel Fellow of Rotary International .
Between 2006 and 2007 he was a substitute professor for artistic organ playing and liturgical organ playing at the Saar University of Music in Saarbrücken and currently teaches practical piano playing at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Martin Welzel has published several records with organ works by Max Reger and has performed extensive concert activities as an organist in Europe, Russia , South Africa and the USA.
Discography
Max Reger: Organ Works Vol. 6.
- Choral Fantasy on All Men Must Die, Op. 52, No. 1; Six Trios op. 47; Variations and fugue on an original theme in F sharp minor op.73.
- Recorded in July 2003 on the Klais organ in Trier Cathedral . Naxos 8.557338. 1 CD.
Max Reger: Organ Works Vol. 8.
- Choral fantasy about A strong castle is our God op. 27; Scherzo and Romance from the 12 Pieces op. 80; No. 11–30 from the 30 chorale auditions op. 135a; Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor (1912); Romance in A minor (1904); Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor (1899).
- Recorded in October 2007 on the Klais organ in Trier Cathedral. Naxos 8.570455. 1 CD.
Max Reger: Organ Works Vol. 10.
- Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op. 85, No. 4; No. 39–52 from the Choral Preludes, Op. 67; Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor (1906); Choral fantasy about Joy very much, o my soul op.30.
- Recorded in July 2009 on the Klais organ in Trier Cathedral. Naxos 8.570960. 1 CD.
bibliography
- Martin Welzel: Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968): a critical examination of her life. DMA dissertation, University of Washington, Seattle 2005, Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA), ProQuest .
- Martin Welzel: Petr Eben . The organ work. Music and Aesthetics 13, No. 50 (2009), pp. 109–112.
- Martin Welzel: organist at Notre-Dame de Paris . A memory of Pierre Cochereau (1924–84) - on his 90th birthday and 30th anniversary of his death. Organ - Journal für die Orgel 17, No. 4 (2014), pp. 42–45.
Web links
- Works by and with Martin Welzel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Martin Welzel
- Martin Welzel at the Naxos label (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on the website of music education at the LMU Munich. Accessed July 1, 2020.
- ↑ CV on the personal website . Accessed July 1, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Welzel, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, musicologist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vechta |