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Martin Lücker (born 11 October 1953) is a German classical organist, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Born in Preußisch Oldendorf, Lücker studied organ in Hannover [1] and in Vienna with Anton Heiller, [2] and conducting in Detmold with Martin Stephani. [3] He first worked there at the Landestheater Detmold as repetiteur, then as assistant of the choir director at the Oper Frankfurt. [1]
From 1983, he has been organist of the main Protestant church of Frankfurt, the Katharinenkirche. [1] [4] He has been professor of Künstlerisches Orgelspiel und Methodik/Didaktik des Orgelunterrichtes (concert organ playing and didactic of teaching organ playing) at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main from 1998. [1] From August 2011 to 2016, he was also the conductor of the Figuralchor Frankfurt. [1] [3] [5]
At the Katharinenkirche, he established two regular concert series. In "30 Minuten Orgelmusik" (30 minutes of organ music“, he plays every Monday and Thursday at 4:30 pm a free concert of 30 minutes, playing the 3000th concert in 2013. [1] [6] In "Musik in Sankt Katharinen" (Music in Saint Catharine's), he offers two organ concerts a months, played by himself and guests, and choral music with the Kantorei St. Katharinen. [1]
In 2012, he played a concert at the historic Stumm organ of the Rheingauer Dom with a program that Albert Schweitzer had performed in Frankfurt in 1928 on a similar instrument that was destroyed. [7] He celebrated his 30th anniversary at the Katharinenkirche with a concert. [8]
Martin Lücker | |
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Martin Lücker (born 11 October 1953) is a German classical organist, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Born in Preußisch Oldendorf, Lücker studied organ in Hannover [1] and in Vienna with Anton Heiller, [2] and conducting in Detmold with Martin Stephani. [3] He first worked there at the Landestheater Detmold as repetiteur, then as assistant of the choir director at the Oper Frankfurt. [1]
From 1983, he has been organist of the main Protestant church of Frankfurt, the Katharinenkirche. [1] [4] He has been professor of Künstlerisches Orgelspiel und Methodik/Didaktik des Orgelunterrichtes (concert organ playing and didactic of teaching organ playing) at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main from 1998. [1] From August 2011 to 2016, he was also the conductor of the Figuralchor Frankfurt. [1] [3] [5]
At the Katharinenkirche, he established two regular concert series. In "30 Minuten Orgelmusik" (30 minutes of organ music“, he plays every Monday and Thursday at 4:30 pm a free concert of 30 minutes, playing the 3000th concert in 2013. [1] [6] In "Musik in Sankt Katharinen" (Music in Saint Catharine's), he offers two organ concerts a months, played by himself and guests, and choral music with the Kantorei St. Katharinen. [1]
In 2012, he played a concert at the historic Stumm organ of the Rheingauer Dom with a program that Albert Schweitzer had performed in Frankfurt in 1928 on a similar instrument that was destroyed. [7] He celebrated his 30th anniversary at the Katharinenkirche with a concert. [8]