Wolfgang Sieber (musician)

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Wolfgang Sieber (born September 11, 1954 in Lichtensteig ) is a Swiss organist , arranger , composer , pianist and cantor .

Life

After training as a primary and secondary school teacher in Wattwil, Wolfgang Sieber studied piano with Klaus Wolters and organ with Hans Vollenweider at the Music Academy and the Conservatory in Zurich. He graduated in 1979 with a teaching and concert qualification diploma. This is followed by master classes for organ and improvisation with the organists Gaston Litaize (Paris), Franz Lehrndorfer (Munich) and Jean Langlais (Paris).

Sieber has been a concert pianist and organist, répétiteur a. a. Active under Ferdinand Leitner , Sergiu Celibidache , accompanist and soloist. Since 1986 he has been a temporary board member of the SMPV Zentralschweiz and an accredited organ trainer (Bachelor and Master). After working as an organist in the parishes of Lichtensteig, Degersheim, Rotmonten SG and Liebfrauen ZH, he became the monastery organist in the parish of St. Leodegar im Hof in Lucerne in 1992 , where he is also the main organist.

For world premieres and composition projects he worked with the composers Naji Hakim , Carl Rütti , Petr Eben and Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter . He has also been playing with Willi Valotti , Paul Giger , Ludwig Wicki , Pierre Favre , Frank Sikora and Lukas Christinat since 1997 . In 2009 Wolfgang Sieber received the Art and Culture Prize of the City of Lucerne , and in 2014 he was awarded the “Golden Treble Clef”, the highest award in Swiss folk music.

Together with the organist Markus Kühnis and Christoph Kobelt as drummer and percussionist, he plays as the Timporg Trio .

Works

  • Three organ dances
  • Gloube, Hopefully, Liebi. Yodelling cantata for male choir, yodelling lead singer, baritone solo, Talerbecken, Sennschellen and organ, composed together with Willi Valotti.
  • Vigil-Matutin. (2008) For alphorn duo and organ
  • Wäsmali-Ruef. (2008) Natural yodel for yodelling tart
  • Laudes. (2008) For alphorn duo and organ
  • De Cheschteneboimler. (2006) For alphorn and organ
  • Kä gambler. (2010) For organ
  • D 'Hofgeiss in Regäwetter.

Discography

Court organs Lucerne

  • Rhapsody in blue. (2009) Works by Gershwin, Debussy, Ravel and Saurer (with the Swiss Brass Consort)
  • sieberspace I. (2009) Works by Bach, Mozart, Widor and Sieber
  • Impressions. (2009) Works by Debussy, Hakim and Ravel (with Lukas Christinat, horn)
  • The symphonic organ III. (2008) Olivier Messiaen : La Nativité du Seigneur / Le banquet céleste
  • Seven musical prayers. (2008) With Uwe Steinmetz, saxophone and flute
  • Hesch meant. (2005) Central Swiss folk music (with the Äschlismatter yodelling band and Heinz della Torre, alphorn / Büchel / "Hälmi" / flugelhorn / trumpet)
  • The symphonic organ II. (2004) César Franck: Passion
  • In memoriam. (2002) Works by Saint-Saëns, Raselli, Reger, a. a. (with Lukas Christinat, horn)
  • Happy z'muet. (2000) Central Switzerland folk music (with Silvia Rindlisbacher, yodelling and Heinz della Torre, trumpet / Büchel / alphorn)
  • The symphonic organ I. (1999) Max Reger: Organ works from the Weiden era
  • Bruckner, Brahms and Wagner. (1996) with the Philharmonic Brass
  • Remigio Nussio : Organ Works. (1994)
  • Kuhn organs (Zurich "Liebfrauen", Stein AR Evangelical Reformed Church, St. Moritz / Bad GR "San Carlo")
  • Concert music on Kuhn organs. (1989) Works by Bach, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Franck, Vierne a. a.
  • Jehmlich organ in Tarasp Castle (Engadin, CH)
  • Ils sains da Tarasp. (1994)
  • Kuhn organ of the Essen Philharmonic

Awards

  • 2014: Golden treble clef
  • 2009: Art and Culture Prize of the City of Lucerne

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timporg trio. Organ Festival Uster .
  2. ↑ The “Golden Treble Clef” goes to Wolfgang Sieber in 2014 - Volksmusik - Radio SRF Musikwelle - Swiss radio and television . Retrieved March 19, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Sieber, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss arranger, composer, pianist, organist and cantor
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichtensteig