Thomas Haller (church musician)

Thomas Haller (* 1966 in Nagold ) is a German cantor , organist , choir director , organ expert and church music director .

Career

Haller grew up in Bartholomä and studied Protestant church music at the Hanover Music Academy , the North German Organ Academy Bunde and the Stuttgart Music Academy . The main teachers were Ludger Lohmann in the subject organ and Dieter Kurz in the field of choral conducting. In 1995 Haller completed his studies with the church music A-exam .

In the same year he became district cantor in Schwäbisch Gmünd , and since 1996 he has been district cantor for the Evangelical church district of Aalen at the city ​​church of Aalen . At the same time he holds the office of organ expert for the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . In 2004 he was appointed church music director by regional bishop Gerhard Maier .

As a concert organist, Haller is a duo partner to renowned instrumental and vocal soloists.

Recordings (selection)

• "Tromba aalensis" . Johann Konnerth (trumpet) plays works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Antonio Vivaldi and Gottfried August Homilius ; Thomas Haller plays the organs of the three large churches in Aalen (in the Salvatorkirche, Evangelical City Church and Marienkirche) - recording 2006.
• Tromba aalensis 2 - Wake up, the voice calls us. Festive music for two trumpets and organ , with works by Bach (BWV 76, 77, 78, 79 and 140), Petronio Franceschini and Antonio Vivaldi, with Thomas Haller (organ), Johann Konnerth and Jörg Günter (trumpets, piccolo trumpet and flugelhorn ) , Recording from July 2007 in the Salvatorkirche (Aalen) , Tonstudio Resonanz, LC 00378

Publications (selection)

• The Rieger organ (1994/95) of the Pauluskirche Heidenheim, Brenz ; Ed .: Evangelische Pauluskirchengemeinde Heidenheim / Brenz, Heidenheim / Brenz 1995
• The new Rieger organ in the town church of Aalen 2009 ; Ed .: Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Aalen, Aalen 2009
• The Allgeyer family of organ makers in Wasseralfingen and Hofen , in: Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik , year: 2015, volume: 82, issue: 1, pages: 9–16, ISSN  0177-6487
• Church district Aalen , in: Music in our church. Handbook of church music in the Evangelical Church in Württemberg , Strube-Verlag Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89912-102-5 , pp. 53–55

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Siegfried Bauer (ed.): Key games. The piano book for the Protestant hymn book, Strube-Verlag, Munich 2002, page 367 (list of authors)

Web links

• Church music in Aalen