Roland Börger
Roland Börger (* 1955 in Santiago de Chile ) is an in Germany active organist , church musician , high school teacher and conductor .
Career
Roland Börger received his first musical training during his school days at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música de la Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile. He went to Freiburg im Breisgau to study church music (A), choir and orchestral conducting. From 1982 to 1993 he taught conducting at the Freiburg University of Music . In 1989 he founded Musica Viva Freiburg , which he directed until 1998.
Börger was cantor and organist of the Christ Church in Freiburg from 1989 to 1993 and previously cantor in Kirchzarten . He also worked as organist for the Protestant student community and head of the Freiburg student choir .
After the re-establishment of the Church Music Institute in Leipzig , Börger became one of the first professors to be appointed in 1993. Since then he has been professor of choral conducting and leader of the choirs at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . Since 1997 he has been head of the Cappella Vocale Würzburg . In 2001 Roland Börger became an honorary member and guest professor of choral conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London . Since 2010 he has been teaching organ at the Evangelical College for Church Music in Halle .
Börger gives concerts and master classes in Europe, South Korea and South America as an organist and choir director, records CDs and is a juror at music competitions. He is deputy chairman of the Förderverein Renaissance-Orgel Pomßen eV , the organ of the fortified church in Pomßen , and artistic director of the concerts on this organ. He is at home in Grimma .
Discography
- CD Festival - 32 variations on a theme by Beethoven. Figural choir and orchestra of the Christ Church (Freiburg im Breisgau), conductor: Roland Börger. Cologne 1995
- CD organs in Saxony / 4th Richter organ in Pomssen. Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad, Altenburg (Thuringia) 2007
Web links
- Works by and with Roland Börger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information at hmt-leipzig.de
- Information at ehk-halle.de
- Information at ram.ac.uk
- Information at www.cappellavocale.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Organistas in Chile: Roland Börger. El sitio Chileno de Organos de Iglesia, accessed April 24, 2019 (Spanish).
- ^ Association for the restoration and maintenance of the Renaissance organ in the fortified church in Pomßen. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Börger, Roland |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean-German organist, church musician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |