Matthias Giesen
Matthias Giesen (* 1973 in Boppard am Rhein ) is a German organist , music theorist and conductor. Giesen was the monastery organist at the Bruckner organ from 1999 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2017 the monastery bandmaster of the Augustinian Canons in St. Florian .
Live and act
Giesen studied from 1993 to 2001 in Cologne and Stuttgart the subjects cath. Church music, organ, music theory and listening education. His teachers included the organists Clemens Ganz , Johannes Geffert and Bernhard Haas , as well as in music theory Friedrich Jaecker and Johannes Schild , conducting with Henning Frederichs. In 2001 he completed the course in composition according to Heinrich Schenker with Martin Eybl at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . From 2003 to 2017 Giesen worked in St. Florian as collegiate bandmaster. Today he still directs the Schola Floriana men's ensemble, which he founded in 1999. As an organist, Giesen has played numerous concerts around the world over the past twenty years.
From 2003 to 2019 Giesen was a lecturer in music theory, analysis and ear training at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Since 2019 he has been Professor of Music Theory at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz. Since 2006 he has been artistic director of the St. Florianer Brucknertage festival together with Klaus Laczika.
His main research interests are the music theory of Heinrich Schenker and studies of the work of Anton Bruckner.
Awards
- 1998: 1st prize in the organ competition of the Bayreuth University of Applied Sciences
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Giesen on the site of the Anton Bruckner Private University , accessed on April 2, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giesen, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor and choir director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boppard on the Rhine |