Gabriel Dessauer
| Gabriel Dessauer | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
4 December 1955 Würzburg, Germany |
| Residence | Wiesbaden, Germany |
| Education | |
| Occupation |
|
| Years active |
|
| Website | www |
Gabriel Dessauer (born 4 December 1955) is a German cantor, concert organist and academic. He has been responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, from 1981, conducting the Chor von St. Bonifatius. He is an internationally known organ recitalist and was an organ teacher on the faculty of the Hochschule für Musik Mainz. In 1985, he founded the project choir Reger-Chor.
Dessauer was born in Würzburg, the son of Guido Dessauer and his wife Gabrielle. He received his Abitur at the Kolleg St. Blasien in 1974. He then studied church music at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich for a year, studying organ with Elmar Schloter. From 1975 to 1980, he studied church music and concert organ at the Musikhochschule München with Diethard Hellmann and Klemens Schnorr. He continued his studies with Franz Lehrndorfer and received the Meisterklassendiplom (master class diploma) in 1982. He was a member of Karl Richter's Münchener Bach-Chor.
Dessauer was the organist at services at the Kolleg St. Blasien 1971–1974, then at the Akademie Tutzing for one year and conductor of the choir of the Protestant parish Tutzing, 1975–1981 cantor of St. Andreas, Munich.
From 1981, he has been the cantor at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, the central Catholic church in the capital of Hesse. He is the conductor of the 107-member Chor von St. Bonifatius, founded in 1862, of the children's choir Kinderchor von St. Bonifatius, and of the Schola for Gregorian chant. The church choir sings at services, including regular orchestral masses of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert for Christmas and Easter, accompanied by members of the orchestra of the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, with soloists from the Hochschule für Musik Mainz such as Andreas Karasiak and students. In 2011 they performed the Mass No. 1 in B-flat major by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, in 2012 the Missa "Dixit Maria" by Hans Leo Hassler. On Dessauers initiative, the organ built in 1954 was improved by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau in 1985.
...
Wikipedia