Thorsten Pech
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Thorsten Pech | |
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 Thorsten Pech in front of the Elberfeld Cemetery | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 3 November 1960 |
| Occupation | Church musician |
Thorsten Pech (born 3 November 1960) is a German church musician.
Born in Wuppertal, Pech studied Protestant church music[1] at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf from 1976 to 1980 with Hanns-Alfons Siegel (organ), Alberte Brun (piano), Hartmut Schmidt (choir direction).[2] After his postgraduate studies in organ and participation in various master classes (among others Daniel Roth, Anton Heiller) he passed his final examination in 1983 with Hans-Dieter Möller.[2] Pech completed his conducting studies in Vienna with Julius Kalmar in 1985 with a diploma.[1]
Since 1977, he has worked as a cantor and organist, first in Düsseldorf, since 1997 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld at the Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk and the Friedhofskirche, since 2016 as full-time cantor at the aforementioned churches.[1] In 1992, Pech also took up freelance work as a concert organist and conductor, which has led him through numerous concert engagements at home and abroad.[2]
Since 1989 he has been artistic director and choir director at the Bachverein Düsseldorf, and in 2003 he took over as conductor of the concert choir of the Kulturgemeinde Volksbühne Wuppertal.[3] In 1998 he was awarded the title music director by the Fachverband der Chorleiter.[4] In 2016, he was a laureate of the Enno und Christa Springmann-Stiftung.[5]
