Matthias Eisenberg
Matthias Eisenberg (born January 15, 1956 in Dresden ) is a German organist , harpsichord player and church musician .
Life
Since he was 9 years old, Eisenberg was organist in various parishes and then a member of the Dresden Kreuzchor for five years . He studied with Wolfgang Schetelich in Leipzig at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music , where he passed the A-exam in 1978 and was already a prizewinner of several international competitions, including the improvisation competition in Weimar .
In 1980, shortly before the completion of the new Gewandhaus building , Kurt Masur brought him to Leipzig as first organist, where he was also harpsichordist of the Leipzig Bach Orchestra. He also played a musical role on GDR television in a production about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach . Outside the GDR he had successes, such as in 1983 at the Bach Festival in Graz and 1985 at the international Bach Academy in Stuttgart. In 1985 he held a visiting professorship for the organ at the International Music Seminar in Weimar, and he also gave guest courses and master classes in Stockholm and South America, among others . In Oybin he was the artistic director and soloist of a series of concerts, in Rötha he was the initiator of a concert cycle on the two Silbermann organs .
In 1986 Matthias Eisenberg did not return to the GDR after a tour of the Bach Orchestra in the Federal Republic of Germany. After performing church music in Bad Homburg and Hanover , he gave concerts as a freelance organist and harpsichordist as well as a partner of chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras in cities in Europe, Asia, North and South America and Australia . In 1999 he went on a major tour of Japan with the Orchester National de Lyon . In January 2001 Eisenberg appeared again for the first time after 15 years in the sold-out Leipzig Gewandhaus. There are numerous radio and CD productions with Eisenberg, e.g. B. Recordings of all of Bach's organ works on various organs in Lower Saxony or recordings with Mathias Schmutzler, Joachim Schäfer, Giora Feidman , Harmonic Brass and many others. In addition, he was called in as an organ specialist for numerous new organ buildings and renovations. He regularly designs his concerts with improvisations , and some CD releases also contain improvisations.
From 1992 to 2004 Eisenberg was a church musician at St. Severin in Keitum on Sylt . In November 2004 he became cantor and organist in the sister church association of Moritz, Luther and Johanniskirche in Zwickau , based in the mountain town of Schneeberg in the Ore Mountains . After opposing views on the exercise of the office of cantor with regard to lay and youth work and Eisenberg's move to Straupitz in the Spreewald at the end of 2012 , the parish terminated Eisenberg's contract in June 2013.
Awards
Matthias Eisenberg was appointed church music director in 2003 . Also in 2003, the Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Heide Simonis awarded him the honorary title of Professor for his outstanding services to organ playing and maintenance .
Web links
- Homepage of Matthias Eisenberg
- Works by and about Matthias Eisenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Matthias Eisenberg 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torsten Kohlschein: Church quits Cantor Matthias Eisenberg. In: Freie Presse , Chemnitzer Zeitung , June 21, 2013, p. 2.
- ^ State portal Schleswig-Holstein: Awards - honorary title "Professor" or "Professor". Retrieved January 15, 2016.
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| SURNAME | Eisenberg, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist, concert harpsichordist and church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |