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Revision as of 12:40, 20 March 2012
Edgar Krapp (born June 3, 1947 in Bamberg) is a German organist and music professor. Krapp is a member of the Board of the New Bach Society in Leipzig and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Biography
His first organ lessons were as a member of the cathedral choir. After graduation he studied organ with Franz Lehrndorfer in Munich and with Marie-Claire Alain in Paris.[1] During his studies he won many prizes at international music competitions.
From 1974 to 1993 he served as the successor of Helmut Walcha at the Music Academy in Frankfurt and from 1982 to 1991 he taught as a visiting professor at the Salzburg Mozarteum.[1] In 1993 he was at the Academy of Music in Munich, appointed as successor to Franz Lehrndorfer.
Krapp has performed throughout Europe, America and Japan as a concert organist and was worked with renowned conductors such as Rafael Kubelik, Georges Pretre, Colin Davis, Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Horst Stein and Christoph Eschenbach.[1] He led several times Bach's organ oeuvre, all 14 concerts in Munich were being broadcast live. Even with his performances of the organ concertos by Handel and his entire harpsichord works were carried out radio and recordings.
He has played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, the Bamberg Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
References
- ^ a b c "Edgar Krapp - Professor für Katholische Kirchenmusik und Orgel, Prorektor der Hochschule". g. Retrieved 20 March 2012.