Michael Kapsner (born 29 June 1961) is a German composer, organist, conductor, improvisator and music educator. He teaches at the

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Life

Born in

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

, Kapsner received his first organ lessons from Toni Glas in Passau. After graduating from the , he studied in Vienna and Freiburg with the following teachers: organ with

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and , piano with , composition with

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, improvisation with

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, conducting with

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and Hans-Michael Beuerle. From 1988 to 1990, he worked as a church musician in Freiburg. In 1991, Kapsner founded an orchestra and worked as a freelance organist and conductor until 2000; between 1993 and 1999, he conducted the Freiburg Oratorio Choir. From 1994 to 2001, Kapsner was a lecturer for organ and improvisation at the

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College of Music. Between 2000 and 2004, he was professor of organ and improvisation at the

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. In 2004 he moved to the

in the same capacity.''Glaube einst und jetzt'' Orgelkonzert mit Prof. Michael Kapsner
on stift-fischbeck.de Kapsner is a laureate of international organ competitions, including the Bach Prize Bruges in 1985. He has been active as an organist and improviser in concerts and has participated as a

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in international competitions.

References

External links

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Michael Kapsner
on the Website of the Hochschule Franz Liszt {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapsner, Michael 20th-century German classical composers German classical organists Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar German composers 21st-century German organists 21st-century German male musicians 1961 births Living people People from Passau German male classical organists