Hartmut Rohmeyer (Organist)
The German organist, Hartmut Rohmeyer, grew up in the Erzgebirge
where he received his first encouragement especially by playing on the well
preserved organs of the 19th century which are found in the area. He studied
organ, harpsichord, conducting and sacred music in Dresden, Leipzig, Freiburg
and Paris. His mentors include Karl Frotscher, Hannes Kдstner (organist of
Leipzig`s Thomaskirche), Wolfgang Schetelich, Ludwig Doerr (organist of
Freiburg`s Munster), Andrй Isoir in Paris, and Ton Koopman. His participation at
several competitions resulted in awards in Leipzig (Bach Prize, 1976), Speyer
(1980) and Nurnberg (Pachelbel Prize, 1981).
In 1980, Hartmut Rohmeyer
was appointed as lecturer at the Bayreuth Academy for Sacred Music and at the
same time organist of the church in the old town of Bayreuth. Since 1990, he has
been choir-master and organist of the Lubeck`s Dom (Cathedral), and he gives
organ lessons as professor at the Lubeck`s Musikhochschule.
Hartmut
Rohmeyer regularly gives big concerts with the Lubeck Cathedral Choir bringing
the oratorio repertoire to the stage. In 2000 he was titled "church music
director" by the Nordelbischen Kirche. As an organist, he enjoys a national and
international reputation, he appears on the radio and on TV, and his tours have
taken him to important festivals across Europe and overseas. At the Dom of
Lubeck he annually conducts an international series of organ concerts on the
Marcussen organ. He has appeared in festivals in Scandinavia, the Baltic
countries, Japan and South Europe. In 2003, he played at the Notre-Dame
Cathedral in Paris.
So far Hartmut Rohmeyer has recorded 2 CD`s of J.S.
Bach`s works, a recording of Renaissance and Baroque music on the Italian
Baroque organ (1777), which was recently installed at the Dom. He is a close
musical friend of the trumpeter Matthias Hцfs, with whom he made a CD joint
recording "Un concerto Italiano".
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