Stefan Kagl
Stefan Kagl (* 1963 in Munich ) is a German church musician and concert organist .
Kagl, who was a pupil of Klemens Schnorr and Peter Schammberger in Munich , continued his organ studies in Paris from 1984 to 1991 with Jean Langlais and Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlais . In 1986 he passed the concert exam Prix de Virtuosité at the Schola Cantorum Paris - as the first German with the title très bien . In 1989 the A-exam for church music followed and in 1991 the artistic state examination with the main subject organ at the State University of Music in Munich . In the same year he won the Premier Prix d'Orgue and the Prix d'Excellence at the Conservatoire de Paris and first prize at the César Franck competition in Haarlem . He completed master classes with Harald Vogel , Ewald Kooiman , Ton Koopman , Hans-Ola Ericsson and Daniel Roth .
1991–1996 Kagl was city and district cantor in Bad Kissingen , from 1996 cantor in Rudolstadt and director of the oratorio choir there . He worked on the prelude to the Evangelical Hymnbook , gave courses in liturgical organ playing and began making CDs and recordings for the radio. Since 2002 he has been cantor and organist at Herford Münster and artistic director of the Herford Organ Summer , and since 2005 lecturer for artistic organ playing and improvisation at the University of Protestant Church Music in Herford . In addition to performing at home and abroad, he publishes musicological essays in various specialist journals.
Kagl was appointed church music director in December 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Kagl, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German church musician and concert organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |