Thomas Dahl
Thomas Dahl (* 1964 in Tönning ) is a German cantor and organist . Since 1996 he has been first church musician at the main church St. Petri in Hamburg .
Dahl studied church music, composition, musicology, music education and the organ in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Paris and Chicago with Heinz Wunderlich , Jon Laukvik , Willibald Bezler and Daniel Roth . Further studies led him to Wolfgang Rübsam and Jean Guillou . Until 1996 he was cantor at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Aachen and conductor of the Aachen Chamber Choir.
He has won several international organ and organ improvisation competitions, has made radio recordings and recorded CDs of organ works. He gave organ concerts in Notre-Dame de Paris , in Cologne Cathedral and in Westminster Abbey in London . At the main church St. Petri he led the Hamburg organ study days several times .
In December 2007 he was awarded the title of Church Music Director.
Recordings (selection)
- 1997 Symphonic organ music by Louis Vierne . Winterhalter organ in the parish church of Our Lady, Achern
- 1998 German Romanticism. Works by Mendelssohn , Brahms , Merkel , Reger . Organ of the collegiate church St. Cyriakus, Wiesensteig
- 2002ff Requiem op. 19 by Hanne Darboven on Hamburg organs. Published so far: Vol. 1–10
Web links
- Works by and about Thomas Dahl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Dahl on the side of the St. Petri Church in Hamburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahl, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German choir director and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toenning |