Concert Ansgar Wallenhorst (Organ) World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall
Schedule for Ansgar Wallenhorst (Organ) 2022
Organist: Ansgar Wallenhorst
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
The Director of Music at the Saints Peter and Paul Church in Ratingen and
prize-winner at the 42nd Haarlem Improvisation Competition is one of the most
distinguished improvisers of his generation. Having performed in more than
twenty countries in Europe, North America, Russia, Asia and Australia, Ansgar
Wallenhorst has been acclaimed as an ambassador of inspired improvisation and
innovative organ culture.
A native of Duisburg, Ansgar Wallenhorst began his organ studies at the age
of twelve. He pursued his music degree at the Hochschule für Musik in Würzburg,
where he studied organ and improvisation with Günther Kaunzinger, piano with
Norman Shetler and music theory and composition with Zsolt Gárdonyi. He
subsequently attended Günther Kaunzinger’s organ master-class and took his
master-class diploma at the age of twenty-five.
He broadened his improvisation skills with Thierry Escaich and in the class
of Olivi-er Latry in Paris, while Jean Guillou provided him with further
guidance on the interaction of interpretation and improvisation. He took up a
study of theology and philosophy in Münster and Paris.
Under his artistic leadership the Orgelwelten Ratingen has become one of
Germany’s finest venues for organ culture, featuring an international festival
as well as educational pro-grammes, scholarships and commissions. In 2012
Ansgar Wallenhorst inaugurated the prototype of a new concert console in
Ratingen based on an ethernet system. With this innovative concept the organ
becomes a fluid instrument and artistic performance is opened up to new
challenges.
After holding teaching positions at the Conservatoire in Dortmund and at the
Ruhr University Bochum, as a prize-winner of the Concours d’orgue de la Ville de
Paris he is a mentor and teacher of individual students. He is regularly invited
as a jury member of competitions (Angers, Strasbourg, Haarlem and Schwäbisch
Gmünd) and to give master-classes and lectures in Europe, Asia, Australia and
North America.
Schedule for Ansgar Wallenhorst (Organ) 2022
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