Matthias Maierhofer
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Matthias Maierhofer | |
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| Born | 8 December 1979 |
| Occupation(s) | professor for organ music, cathedral organist at Freiburg Minster |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Matthias Maierhofer (born 8 December 1979 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian organist and church musician.
Matthias Maierhofer received his primary music education from Karl Schmelzer-Ziringer. Later on, he studied organ and church music at the universities of Graz (Austria), Leipzig (Germany), Freiburg (Germany) and at the Schola Cantorum in Basel (Switzerland). His teachers include Arvid Gast, Andrea Marcon, Kurt Neuhauser and Martin Schmeding. He completed his studies with a soloist's diploma and graduated with honors from the University of Music, Freiburg.
Awards and Concerts
In 2007, Matthias Maierhofer won the international organ competition Pachelbel-Wettbewerb in Nuremberg, Germany.[1] He received awards at the international Franz Schmidt-Orgelwettbewerb in Kitzbühel, Austria, in 2008, the international Bachwettbewerb in Arnstadt, Germany, in 2007, the international Orgelconcours in Nijmegen, Netherlands, in 2006, and the international organ competition M. K. Ciurlionis in Vilnius, Lithuania, in 2003.[2]
His successful concert career has taken him to important music festivals such as the Brucknertage at the St. Florian Monastery in Linz, Austria, the Internationale Orgelwoche Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany, the Mendelssohnfesttage in Leipzig, Germany, the Lithuanian Orgelfest, the Bachwoche in Ansbach, Germany, the Birmingham Symphony Hall in Great Britain, the Izumi Hall in Izumi, Osaka, Japan, the Musikfest in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Domkonzerte in Riga, Latvia.
As a soloist as well as an accompanying continuo organist, Matthias Maierhofer has appeared on stage with various ensembles including the Dresdner Kreuzchor, the University Choir Leipzig, the Kantorei Graz and the Staatskapelle Dresden. He has performed for CD productions and publications of Edition Helbling, and recordings of his concerts can be found in several broadcasting corporations and under the label Ambitus.[3]
