Andreas Sieling (born 1964) is a German organist and

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Life

Born in

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, Sieling studied

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and journalism (doctorate) in Berlin. In Düsseldorf, he continued his education with organ studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf with

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. In Halle, he completed the A exam for

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. Sieling teaches as an honorary professor the

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, performance practice and organ methodology at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the second largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research uni ...

. He has been organist at the

Berlin Cathedral Berlin Cathedral (), also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental Protestant Church in Germany, German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) at the Lustgarten on the Museum Island ...

since 2005.

Honours

The church leadership of the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia conferred the title of "

Kirchenmusikdirektor Kirchenmusikdirektor (KMD, director of church music) is a German title for professional church musicians (' who have responsibility for not only a parish but a larger region, in both Protestant and Catholic church music. The title is also sometimes ...

" on Andreas Sieling on 24 April 2020. The certificate was presented by General Superintendent at the service on 15 November 2020 in the Berlin Cathedral.Professor Andreas Sieling
on Evangelische Kirche

Recordings

* Toccata (Berlin Cathedral) * Französische Romantik (Berlin Cathedral) * (Grunewaldkirche Berlin) * Charles Tournemire: Cinq improvisations; op. 16, op. 19, Dix Pièces (Berlin Cathedral) * Guilmant, Wermann, Lubrich, Dienel, Liszt ( Heilig-Geist-Kirche Rostock) * Jan Janca (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Berlin) * Alte Meister (Berlin Cathedral)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sieling, Andreas German classical organists Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts German cathedral organists 1964 births category:Living people People from Oldenburg (city) Robert Schumann Hochschule alumni