Martin Welzel

Martin Welzel (born November 11, 1972 in Vechta, Germany) is a German organist, musicologist, and pedagogue.

Biography

Martin Welzel received his first musical training in Bremen, where Käte van Tricht (a former student of Karl Straube) was one of his teachers. Between 1993 and 2001, he studied organ with Daniel Roth and Wolfgang Rübsam, piano with Kristin Merscher, and harpsichord with Gerald Hambitzer at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken. Later, he studied organ and harpsichord with Carole Terry at the University of Washington in Seattle and graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in 2005. During his graduate studies, he was the recipient of an Ambassadorial Scholarship from the Rotary Foundation. In 2006–2007, he was acting professor of organ at the Hochschule für Musik in Saarbrücken and is currently teaching piano accompaniment at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.[1] As a concert performer, he has played throughout Europe, in Russia,[2] South Africa, and the United States, and has recorded organ works by Max Reger at Trier Cathedral for Naxos.[3]

Max Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 6. Chorale Fantasia on "Alle Menschen müssen sterben" op. 52, no. 1; Six Trios op. 47; Variations and fugue on an original theme op. 73. Naxos Records (2005).
Max Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 8. Chorale Fantasia on "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" op. 27; Excerpts from Twelve Pieces op. 80; Excerpts from 30 Chorale Preludes op. 135a; Prelude and fugue in F-sharp minor (1912); Romance in A minor (1904); Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor (1899). Naxos Records (2008).
Max Reger: Organ Works, Vol. 10. Prelude and fugue in E minor op. 85, no. 4; Excerpts from 52 Chorale Preludes op. 67; Prelude and fugue in G-sharp minor (1906); Chorale Fantasia on "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" op. 30. Naxos Records (2010).

Welzel, M. (2005) Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968): a critical examination of her life (Publication No. 3178169) (DMA Dissertation, University of Washington). ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Welzel, M. (2009) Petr Eben. Das Orgelwerk. Musik und Ästhetik 13(50), 109–112.
Welzel, M. (2014) Organist an Notre-Dame de Paris. Eine Erinnerung an Pierre Cochereau (1924–84) – zum 90. Geburtstag und 30. Todestag. Organ – Journal für die Orgel 17(4), 42–45.

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