Roland Dopfer

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Roland Dopfer
Roland Dopfer

Roland Dopfer (* 1977 in Obergünzburg ) is a German organist , harpsichordist , church musician , music therapist , musicologist and university professor .

Career

Dopfer studied Catholic church music at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf and received a special award for his organ playing in the A-exam . Diploma courses in the subjects organ and harpsichord led him to the Cologne University of Music and Dance . His teachers included the organists Margareta Hürholz , Martha Schuster , Nigel Allcoat and the harpsichordist Gerald Hambitzer . After studying in the soloist class of Christoph Bossert at the Musikhochschule Trossingen , Dopfer passed his concert exam in the subject organ. A doctoral degree for Dr. phil. led Roland Dopfer to Hans-Joachim Erwe and Thomas Erlach at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal .

From 2005 to 2013 he was a church musician for the Archdiocese of Cologne , based at the Catholic church St. Laurentius in Wuppertal , in 2012 and 2013 lecturer for organ at the Cologne University of Music and Dance, from 2013 to 2018 Roland Dopfer lecturer and professor for the subjects of early music organ, basso continuo, organ literature playing and organ improvisation at the Bremen University of the Arts and organist at the Bremen inner city church for Our Lady .

Since 2016, Roland Dopfer has been a lecturer in the artistic main subject of organ at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and since 2018 a music teacher, music therapist and organist at a psychotherapeutic institution in the canton of Zurich .

As an organist, harpsichord player and chamber musician, he has given concerts in Mexico, the USA, Oman, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Switzerland and Germany and gives courses in the areas of interpretation, continuo practice and improvisation. He makes music with the baroque violinist Claudia Hoffmann, the organist Margareta Hürholz and the early music ensemble Sir Moro. CD recordings were made for the ORGANUM CLASSICS label as well as television productions for ARD, ZDF and WDR (Germany) and IKON (Netherlands).

Compact disc and television productions

  • Kaiserdom zu Speyer, a sound portrait . ISBN 978-3-9809232-5-5 .
  • Eine Klangreise , hardcover book with CD, Organum Classics, Ogm 101035, ISBN 3-9809232-4-X .
  • Organ on the Königschor , Kaiser- und Mariendom zu Speyer, Organum Classics, Ogm 291040
  • Sanctissima Maria , Roman Mary motets of the 17th century. Susan Eitrich, soprano; Concerto Commovente; Roland Dopfer, harpsichord & organ, Organum Classics, Ogm 291033
  • "... mainly in front of the organists ..." Signs of baroque organ music, Ahrend organ of the Corpus Christi Church of the Ursulines in Cologne, Organum Classics, Ogm 281089
  • Programa del Concert Inaugural de l'Orgue de la Esglesia de Sant Marti, des Mercadal, Menorca, OEM 280001
  • ZDF TV production "Build organs with love and care" Participation as organ interpreter
  • Matheu Bosch organ from 1746 , Església de Sant Pere Sencelles, Mallorca. Organum Classics, Ogm 271011
  • Baroque keyboard music (organ, harpsichord and clavichord). Organum Classics, Ogm 261029
  • Organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach Organum Classics, Ogm 230100

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About the person | Roland Dopfer. Retrieved July 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Roland Dopfer: The Spanish organ culture in its heyday from the 16th to the 18th century, interactions between organ building and composition practice based on the representatives Mateu Bosch and Antonio de Cabezón . March 3, 2017 ( uni-wuppertal.de [accessed January 5, 2018] University of Wuppertal, Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies »Music Education» Dissertations).
  3. ^ Roland Dopfer | HFK BREMEN. Retrieved January 5, 2018 (UK English).
  4. ↑ akrug (at) gep (dot) de: kirche-bremen.de. August 23, 2006, accessed January 5, 2018 .
  5. ^ University of Music, Drama and Media Hannover: HMTM Hannover: Personen. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
  6. ^ Mosaik Sozialtherapie AG, residential group in Andelfingen. Accessed July 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Organum music production: organum | Classics. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Roland Dopfer - DVDs, books, CDs and more - jpc.de. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dopfer, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German church musician, musicologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Obergünzburg