Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck

Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck (born May 25, 1965 in Hamburg ) is a German church musician , organist and pianist . She is the church music director in Fürth .

Life

Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck began her pianistic training with Johanna Wiedenbach , her organ studies at the Hamburg University of Music with Heinz Wunderlich , the last representative of the Straube School. At the Musikhochschule Lübeck she continued her education with Eberhard Lauer (organ) and Conrad Hansen (piano). She attended master classes with Martin Behrmann , André Isoir , Günther Kaunzinger , Daniel Roth , Gerd Wachowski and Christiane Michel-Ostertun . She completed her studies with the concert exam and the A church music exam. Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck has been cantor for the Evangelical Old Town Churches in Fürth ( Church of the Resurrection in the city park, St. Paul and St. Michael ) since 1997, and church music director since 2011 . In 2014 she received the special prize for culture from the city of Fürth .

Her work focuses on the classical organ repertoire as well as the areas of gospel and chanson, romantic piano music and contemporary music. Numerous works, from the organ toccata to the oratorio, were created at her suggestion and were premiered by her.

In 2000, Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck founded the Fürth Female Composers ' Concerts , in which she presents music by women from all epochs of music history.

World premieres (selection)

• Holmer Becker : Ciacona (2012); You high-rise city (2012)
• Helmut Bieler : Moving Surfaces (2002); Hannas Dank and Ruths Klage (2010)
• Mercè Capdevila : Fons de mar (2003)
• Dorothee Eberhardt : Concerto for piano and string orchestra (2012/13); Goin 'up (2013, piano songs), Revolte (2016/17, orchestral song)
• Volker Felgenhauer : Hidden in the Light… (2003); Invocation (2007); Credo (2008); The First Commandment (2009, room music with dance); Diptych (2011, piano concerto); At the river (2012)
• Hans Gebhard : The Prodigal Son (2015)
• Barbara Heller : Choral for Elke Mascha Blankenburg (2013); Songs (2014)
• Dorothea Hofmann : Maria von Magdala (2010); Symphoniae sacrae I & II, 1 (2012/14); Come, God Creator, Holy Spirit (2012, Organ Toccata); Debora (2013, oratorio); Elias (2013); Olympia Fulvia Morata (2014, cantata); Der Ackermann von Böhmen (2015, incidental music for organ); Hulda (2015, prophetic scene); Donum divinum (2016/17, organ concert), Kreuzweg (2018)
• Eva-Maria Houben : sarah (2010, room music); maria magdalena (2010/11, sound images for ensemble)
• Horst Lohse : Cave cave Dominus videt (2011/12, recital); Stranger Bird (2011/12, from: Sabelita scenes )
• Karola Obermüller : … incalzando… (2001); Protuberances I&II (2001/02)
• Vivienne Olive : Sang an Sancta Barbara (1996/2007)
• Monika Roscher : Dies irae (2017)
• Grazia Salvatori : Tu scendi dalle stelle (2003); Meditatio super " Victimae Paschali laudes " (2004)
• Maria Scharwieß : Waiting for the sun (2005); Variations on " Christ was in death bands " (2011/12)
• Silvia Sommer : Variationes para xy organo (1996)
• Uwe Strübing : But the desert will bloom like the lilies ... (2000); Thomas questions on the ladder to heaven (1999); Il canto rovinato (2001); The Infinite (2003); EUMusik (2006); Three days (2007/15); "And power was given to them ..." - The Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2009); Aria con preludio (2010); In Between (2011, Sonatina); Les esprits follets (2011, concert for organ, vocal solos and orchestra); Maria Magdalena (2012, cantata); The Tower of Babel (2015); Knowledge (2016); Harfenwald (2011/16, recital)
• Tina Ternes : Magdalenen-Lieder (2015); Gesang der Argula (2016, cantata), Judith-Lieder (2017)
• Thilo Wolf : Prayer from Christ ascending towards His Father (2009)

Web link

• Portrait (Church Music Fürth)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vita on the pages of church music Fürth: [1]
2. ↑ Overview of the listed works by female composers: [2]