Matthias Ank

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Matthias Ank

Matthias Ank (* 1959 in Mannheim ) is a German church musician . He is currently working as " Lorenz Cantor" at St. Lorenz in Nuremberg .

Life

Matthias Ank studied church music in Heidelberg and in 1985 passed the church music " A-exam ". From 1986 to 1990 he worked as a cathedral organist and as assistant to the cathedral cantor at Braunschweig Cathedral , from 1991 as cantor and organist at the Johanniskirche in Hagen .

In 1996 Matthias Ank was appointed to Nuremberg as cantor and organist of St. Lorenz and has since been responsible for the music at the largest Protestant church in Bavaria. He leads the Bach choir , the St. Lorenz vocal ensemble, the “Lorenz Brass” brass ensemble and other project-related ensembles such as the Bach Cantata Choir. In 2000 Matthias Ank was awarded the title of Church Music Director.

In addition to paying special attention to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach , he regularly performs modern works, such as those by Moritz Eggert , Werner Heider , Stefan Hippe , Burkhard Kinzler, Marcus Maria Reißenberger, Martin Torp and Franz Waxman . Several compositions by contemporary composers were dedicated to him and premiered in St. Lorenz, such as the composition "Toccata and Blues" by W. Heider, a commission for the consecration of the Laurentius organ and the associated completion of the entire system in summer 2005. As part of the International Organ Week Matthias Ank regularly works as a conductor and organist in Nuremberg .

Discography

  • The Lorenzer Motet (2001; Rondeau), participation as interpreter
  • Das Gänsebuch (2005; Naxos), participation as an interpreter
  • The 3 large organs of the St.Lorenzkirche Nürnberg (2006; Diamo), sole soloist
  • Luthers Lieder (2016; Carus) in coproduction with Deutschlandradio Kultur, edition chrismon, participating interpreter

bibliography

  • Manfred Schwartz, Philipp Klais, Matthias Ank, Hermann Harrassowitz: Soli Deo Gloria, the organs of St. Lorenz: Contributions to the organs of the St. Lorenz Church in Nuremberg. Mabase, Nuremberg 2005, ISBN 3-9809649-7-3 .
  • St. Lorenz in Nuremberg. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89870-692-6 , therein: Orgeln
  • The organ style of Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter. A description. In: Music and Church. Bärenreiter-Verlag, 1989 / II, pp. 74-82.
  • Heinrich Less, Matthias Ank Excellent before other nights: Easter Vigil in St. Lorenz In worship and church music , January / February 1999, pp. 9–13 Strube Verlag, ISSN 0017-2499
  • Open churches and their organs - organ point and midday concert: two examples from St. Lorenz, Nuremberg In play space, free space, space for faith. Experiences in open churches in Bavaria Mabase, Nuremberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-939171-13-3
  • An acoustic church tower in a secular world , KIRCHE + KUNST magazine , 1 + 2 2014, ISSN 0932-6502
  • Orgeln In St. Lorenz in Nuremberg , pp. 94–99, Kunstverlag Josef Fink (2011), ISBN 978-3-89870-679-7
  • Musik.Medien.Reformation In Von Menschen und Medien - Nuremberg, the media city of the Reformation, annual booklet of the Association for the Preservation of the Lorenz Church in Nuremberg eV , 2015

Awards

  • 1987: Scholarship holder of the Richard Wagner Scholarship Foundation
  • 2009: Nuremberg scholarship from the City of Nuremberg Prize

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personal data
SURNAME Ank, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim