Stephan Beck

This article deals with the organist Stephan Beck. For other people see Stefan Beck .

Stephan Beck (* 1974 in Schwäbisch Gmünd ) is a German organist and university professor .

Life

Beck studied school music and church music ( A-exam ) at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart . He supplemented this training with master classes with Jean Boyer in Lyon and Daniel Roth in Paris, among others .

From 1997 to 2001 Beck held a teaching position at the Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Education , where he has been teaching the subjects of ensemble management, practical school piano, piano and organ since 2001 in the music department. He is also the director of the university choir and the university orchestra. From 2002 to 2011 he was also a lecturer for practical piano playing at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart.

In 1999 Beck took over the position of the Münster organist on the Klais organ of the Gmünder Münster from his father Hubert Beck and has also been the Münster choir director there since 2011 . He is a member of the board of directors of the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd and has been a permanent member of the jury of the international competition for organ improvisation within the framework of the festival since 2009 . He is also the artistic director of the Philharmonic Choir Schwäbisch Gmünd. Various concert tours have taken him to other European countries and overseas.

At Christmas 2017, as part of the festivities in Gmünder Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, it was announced that Beck would be appointed church music director. On February 23, 2018, he was awarded the title by the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in Gmünder Franziskaner .

Awards

• 1998 Special prize and recognition in the field of improvisation in the competition for practical piano playing in schools - Grotrian Steinweg
• 2000 First prize for improvisation in the competition for practical school piano - Grotrian Steinweg of the music academies and universities of the Federal Republic of Germany in Weimar
• 2018 Award of the title of Church Music Director by the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Publications (selection)

Fonts

• u. a. with Ewald Liska : Festschrift 25 Years Festival of European Church Music Schwäbisch Gmünd . Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2013.
• Station learning in music lessons. 3. Music and Language Learning Circle - Classical Music Book . Academy for teacher training and personnel management. Dillingen an der Donau, 2003.

Sound carrier

• Organ music at Christmas time, Stephan Beck at the organ of the Heilig-Kreuz-Munster Schwäbisch Gmünd . Schwäbisch Gmünd 2008.

Web links

• Vita Beck on ph-gmuend.de
• Vita Beck on drs.de
• Literature by and about Stephan Beck in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Vita Beck ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on ph-gmuend.de (as of January 29, 2014) 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Vita Beck ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on drs.de (as of January 29, 2014) 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Article: Concert for the benefit of the PH from June 8, 2012 on remszeitung.de
4. ↑ "Christmas cannot be killed" , article on gmuender-tagespost.de from December 25, 2017
5. ↑ Stephan Beck is church music director , article on remszeitung.de from February 23, 2018.
6. ↑ Results on schupra-wettbewerb.de (as of January 29, 2014)