Marie Esslová
was born in the Czech Republic in 1987. She graduated from the conservatory in České Budějovice in organ and piano and completed a bachelor's degree in organ at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
In 2013 she received the honorary award for organ interpretation at the Prague Spring Competition. At her first improvisation competition, the Lions Music Competition in Stuttgart, she won first prize in 2014. In 2016, she won first prize in Prague at the Bohuslav Martinu Competition in the harpsichord category.
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About her: https://zahradkovamarie.webnode.cz/deutsch
Videos: https://nextcloud.bs-wit.de/index.php/s/noaDeYyqEgZLeBR
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Anna VavilkinaAs in the old movie palaces, the only permanently employed house organist in Germany at the Babylon cinema. Anna Vavilkina studied at the Moscow Conservatory and at the music academies in Lübeck and Detmold. She won an award at the International Organ Competition in Minsk and was a finalist in international organ improvisation competitions in Germany and Austria. |
Elisabeth HubmannThe Tyrolean organist Elisabeth Hubmann, currently active in Geneva, focuses on classical and contemporary organ music in order to promote research and transdisciplinarity in the world of the organ. In her work as a musicologist, she particularly explores the intersections between anthropology, cultural heritage, listening practices, instrument making and lived, practice-oriented research. As a performer, she plays a broad repertoire ranging from early to contemporary music on organ, pianoforte and other keyboard instruments. She performs regularly in international concert series, including: Orgelpark Amsterdam (NL), Schnitgertage Ganderkesee (D), Schwaz Silberstadt Orgelkonzerte (AUT), Oude Kerk Amsterdam (NL), Lunchconcerten Waalsekerk (NL), Kaasmarktconcerten in Alkmaar (NL), Recitais em Lourdes Belo Horizonte (BRA), musik+ (AUT), Musée suisse de l'orgue Roche (CH), Stift Admont (AUT), Toulouse les Orgues (FR), Carinthischer Sommer (AUT), Cathédrale d'Annecy (FR), St. Antonius Oberkassel (D), Verspérales Temple d'Aubonne (FR), International Organ Week Paderborn (D), and many more. Music and art present themselves to her less as a profession, but rather as an attitude to life, a dedication, a willingness, and as a perceptual filter that not only facilitates perception, but also enables understanding. In the anthropological complex, music can be a key to opening doors into different worlds. Fascinated by traditional music and environmental initiatives, she considers musical and artistic practices as the most important resources for sustainable thinking and action. |
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Angela Metzgerperforms internationally as a concert organist and soloist with orchestras such as the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed with the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne under the direction of François-Xavier Roth at the Cologne Philharmonie, the London Southbank Centre and the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. She has performed at the Orgelpark Amsterdam, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Philharmonie Essen, the Musashino Civic Cultural Hall Tokyo and the Royal Opera House Muscat (Oman). Concert invitations have taken her to festivals such as Toulouse les Orgues, the ION Nuremberg Music Festival and the Varaždin Baroque Festival. Her repertoire ranges from the late Renaissance to contemporary music, and she regularly works with contemporary composers such as Betsy Jolas, Mark Andre, Moritz Eggert, Johannes X. Schachtner and Philipp Maintz.
Instagram: @angelametzgerorgel Website: http://www.angela-metzger.org |
Bernadetta ŠuňavskáMultiple awards at international competitions have enabled the Slovakian organ virtuoso Bernadetta Šuňavská to play concerts throughout Europe while still a student. Since then, she has delighted audiences with her interpretations of organ music from all eras. Numerous performances, including contemporary works, which she has recorded for broadcasters in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany, always prove the originality and creative power of the interpreter. Her own transcriptions of large orchestral works (Wagner, Liszt, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Sukhoň) deserve special attention. Bernadetta Šuňavská is a regular guest at international festivals. She lives and teaches near Munich.
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Linda SítkováLinda Sítková was born in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and initially attended elementary school for art. Her teachers there were Eva Průšová and Libuše Pavelčáková. After graduating from high school, she joined Professor Jan Hora's organ class at the Prague Conservatory in 1999. She studied at the Academy of Performing Arts (AMU) in Prague from 2003 to 2008, continuing under his guidance. From 2004 to February 2009, she studied at the renowned University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart with the outstanding Norwegian organist and music teacher Prof. Jon Laukvik. From 2010 she studied with Prof. Laukvik in the soloist class in Stuttgart and successfully completed her studies in 2012. In 2013 she received her Ph.D. at the AMU in Prague, in the doctoral class of Prof. Jan Hora.
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Mahela T. ReichstattShe has been the main church musician at Schleswig Cathedral since February 1, 2021. She was born in Stuttgart on the day the Berlin Wall fell. There she completed a state examination for secondary school teaching in music and French and a bachelor's degree in church music. She studied organ and church music at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. She is currently enrolled there in the organ concert exam with Prof. Wolfgang Zerer.
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Mélodie MichelMélodie Michel is 18 years old, comes from a French-American family and is studying in Olivier Latry's organ class at the Conservatoire supérieur in Paris. Her goal is to become a professional concert organist. She has already played in several concert series and festivals, such as in Moscow, in Paris in Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Eustache, Saint-Severin, in the Royal Chapel in the Palace of Versailles, and this year at the organ festival in Toulouse and at the festival of “La Chaise-Dieu”.
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Eunjae ParkOrganist Eunjae Park is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance at Arizona State University in the studio of Kimberly Marshall. In 2020, she received an Artist Diploma from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Jonathan Moyer. Previously, she studied with Heesung-Kim at Ewha Womans University in South Korea, where she completed her Bachelor's and Master's degrees. She has performed in the USA and South Korea and has won competitions and scholarships as both an organist and pianist.
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Shin-Young-LeeShin-Young Lee was born in Seoul, Südkorea, and comes from a familiy of musicians. She began her musical studies at a very early age with piano and switched to organ at the age of 17.
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