Stefan Kießling (organist)
Stefan Kießling (* 1979 in Görlitz ) is a German organist and church musician . The freelance concert organist lives in Leipzig .
Education
His musical training on piano and harpsichord led him to study organ in Leipzig with Stefan Johannes Bleicher in 2000. After taking lessons from Christoph Krummacher and Stefan Nusser, he passed his organ exam in 2005 at the Nikolaikirche Leipzig . This was followed by postgraduate studies, which Kießling completed in 2008 with the concert exam.
Career
In 1999, Kießling started as an organist at the Klosterkirche Cottbus and for 15 years supervised the musical events there around the Sauer organ as organist and as the founder and artistic director of the international concert series Music in the Klosterkirche . In 2008 he took over a temporary organist position at the Braunschweig Cathedral . From 2009 to 2018 he worked as an assistant organist at the Thomaskirche Leipzig , where he was regularly involved in motets , church services and concerts.
His activities also included teaching at the Cottbus Conservatory as well as radio and television recordings, and he passed on his experience to young organists in courses.
Kießling has been a concert organist since the beginning of his studies and so far (as of 2018) has made guest appearances in 24 countries on five continents - the highlights include concerts in the Saint Thomas Church in Manhattan, New York, in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC, in the Westminster Abbey in central London, St Paul's Cathedral in London and at the Philharmonie in Yekaterinburg .
Discography
- 20 years of Leipzig Oratorio Choir , participant
Web links
- Works by and about Stefan Kießling in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Stefan Kießling - accessed on August 29, 2018
- https://www.schola-cantorum.de/grosse-musik-fuer-kleine-ohren-iii/ - accessed on August 29, 2018
- https://www.lr-online.de/lausitz/cottbus/stefan-kiessling-verlösungenet-sich-von-cottbus_aid-3169043 - accessed on August 29, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source: Information on organist Stefan Kießling in the concert program, Stadtkirche Brandis , August 26, 2018 - Document is available.
- ↑ http://d-nb.info/1036785041 - accessed on August 29, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiessling, Stefan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiessling, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German organist and church musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goerlitz |