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Armin Kircher (1966 – 12 October 2015) was an Austrian composer and conductor.
Armin Kricher
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Kircher died on 12 October 2015 of heart failure.
Armin Kircher (1966 – 12 October 2015) was an Austrian composer and conductor.
Life
Born inKufstein
Kufstein (; ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol, the administrative seat of Kufstein District. With a population of about 20,000 it is the second largest Tyrolean town after the state capital Innsbruck. The greatest landmark is Kufstein For ...
, Austria
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, in 1966 Kircher grew up in Breitenbach am Inn and completed his ''matura
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'' in 1985 at the College Borrpmaeum in Salzburg
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He led the church music department of the Archdiocese of Salzburg and was, from 1992 to 2015, the organizational manager of the Austrian working week for church music. He was also a conductor at the Collegiate Church of St. Peter in Salzburg and organist at the oldest preserved organ in the city of Salzburg in the Kajetanerkirche.
He was the editor of several editions of ancient and modern choral music. He wrote numerous refrains in praise of God in 2013.stift-stpeter.at
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kircher, Armin 1966 births 2015 deaths People from Kufstein 20th-century Austrian composers Austrian male composers 21st-century Austrian conductors (music)