Stefan Schmidt (organist)

Stefan Schmidt (born April 16, 1966 in Düsseldorf ) is a German organist and university professor.

Schmidt studied church music from 1986 to 1991 at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf with Paul Heuser and Heinz Odenthal . After passing his A-exam , he became a cantor at St. Peter (Düsseldorf) and founded the Ars Cantandi chamber choir , which he directed until 2005. He supplemented his training with Daniel Roth in Saarbrücken with the concert exam . Since 1994 he has been teaching organ and improvisation at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf. In 2006 he was appointed honorary professor there . Since 2005 he has been the cathedral organist at the St. Kilian Cathedral Church in Würzburg .

Audio documents

• Organ works "greatest style" (1997)
• Louis Vierne: 24 Pieces en style libre (1999)
• JS Bach: Recital. The new Weimbs organ in St. Hubertus, Itter (2000)
• Maurice Duruflé: The Complete Organ Works (2001)
• "Puer natus est nobis." Improvisations on Gregorian themes of the Advent and Christmas season (2001)
• The historic Seifert organ of the Minster zu Neuss (2001)
• César Franck: The Complete Organ Works (2002)
• "Veni Creator Spiritus". Works by Jeanne Demessieux, Dietrich Buxtehude, Maurice Duruflé and an improvisation on the Klais organ of the St. Kilian Cathedral in Würzburg (2006)
• The organ in the Neumünster in Würzburg. Works by Bach, Reger and improvisations (2012)

Web links

• Homepage
• Works by and about Stefan Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library

predecessor	Office	successor
Paul Damjakob	Organist of the Würzburg Cathedral since 2005	-