Wolfgang soaps

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Wolfgang Seifen (* 1956 in Bergheim / Erft) is a German organist , composer and university lecturer for music and especially for organ improvisation.

Life

Marienbasilika (Kevelaer)

Wolfgang Seifen grew up in the industrial community of Oberaussem in the Bergheim district in the Rhenish lignite district west of Cologne. In the local parish church of St. Vinzentius he learned the basics of organ playing from organist Hermann Kräling. After studying church music at the Gregoriushaus in Aachen from 1973 to 1976, he was first church musician at St. Sebastian in Nettetal - Lobberich until 1983 . From 1983 to 2000 he was organist at the Papal Marienbasilika in Kevelaer .

At the same time he led the organ class for improvisation and liturgical organ playing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart from 1989 to 1992 . From 1992 to 2000 he held the same teaching position at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf , where he was appointed honorary professor in 1995 . Since October 2000 he has been professor for improvisation and liturgical organ playing at the University of the Arts in Berlin . In 2002 Cardinal Sterzinsky appointed him to the Church Music Commission of the Archdiocese of Berlin . Since 2003 he has been second chairman of the Conference of Directors of Catholic Training Centers for Church Music in Germany .

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

In 2004 he was appointed titular organist at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin , where he is the artistic director of the International Organ Improvisation Festival Berlin and (together with Helmut Hoeft ) of the organ concert series Meisterkonzerte Berlin . He has published numerous publications on organ building and organ improvisation and written numerous compositions for choir, organ and chamber music. He is also distinguished by numerous radio and television productions and CD recordings with organ improvisation.

Works (selection)

  • Compositions
    • Solemn Mass Tu es Petrus (world premiere in Berlin on April 15, 2007), composition for the 80th birthday of Pope Benedict XVI.
    • Solo chants with piano and organ accompaniment
    • St. John Passion for gem. Choir and soloists
    • Solemn mass for concert organ and choir
    • Mass in G for gem. Choir a cappella, choir pieces for female and male choir
    • Tryptique Symphonique for choir, solos, large orchestra and organ
    • Concert for organ and orchestra (published by Musikverlag Klaus Schruff, Aachen, ISMN M-000-00018-6)
    • Three pieces for organ
    • Choral preludes for organ
    • Character pieces for organ (Strube-Verlag)
    • Concert piece for organ (for the inauguration of the Rieger organ in the concert hall of the Regensburger Domspatzen )
    • Fantaisie Populaire (commissioned composition for the Pope in 1987 on the occasion of his visit to the Marian pilgrimage site in Kevelaer)
    • Mass du Mariage for organ
  • Edits
    • Mass Solennelle by Louis Vierne for choir, orchestra and organ
    • Symphony in D minor by Alexandre Guilmant for choir, soloists, orchestra and organ
    • Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann for gem. Choir and piano
    • Songs without words by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (excerpts)
    • Rhapsody in G minor by Johannes Brahms for organ
    • Sonatina in A minor by Max Reger for organ
    • Upswing from the fantasy pieces by Robert Schumann for organ
    • Ballad in G minor (piano) by Edvard Grieg for organ
    • Piano Concerto in A minor (1st movement) by Robert Schumann for organ

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Seifen: Homepage In: wolfgangseifen.de , accessed on January 31, 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Soaps, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist, composer and music professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Bergheim (Erft)