Andreas Sieling (born 1964) is a German organist and

musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

Life

Born in

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, Sieling studied

musicology Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

and journalism (doctorate) in Berlin. In Düsseldorf, he continued his education with organ studies at the

Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf The Robert Schumann Hochschule (Robert Schumann University of Music and Media) is a school for music studies at the university level located in Düsseldorf. The University has a student body of some 850 coming from over 40 countries. Forty-seven f ...

with Hans-Dieter Möller. In Halle, he completed the A exam for

church music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The onl ...

. Sieling teaches as an honorary professor the

organ Organ may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a part of an organism Musical instruments * Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone ** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument ** Hammond ...

, performance practice and organ methodology at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

. He has been organist at the

Berlin Cathedral The Berlin Cathedral (german: link=yes, Berliner Dom), also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Evangelical church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in centra ...

since 2005.

Honours

The church leadership of the

Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia The Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (german: Evangelische Kirche Berlin-Brandenburg-schlesische Oberlausitz, EKBO) is a United Protestant church body in the German states of Brandenburg, Berlin and a part of Saxony ( ...

conferred the title of "

Kirchenmusikdirektor Kirchenmusikdirektor (KMD, director of church music) is a German title for professional church musicians (' who have responsibility for not only a parish but a larger region, in both Protestant and Catholic church music. The title is also sometimes ...

" on Andreas Sieling on 24 April 2020. The certificate was presented by General Superintendent at the service on 15 November 2020 in the Berlin Cathedral.Professor Andreas Sieling
on Evangelische Kirche

Recordings

* Toccata (Berlin Cathedral) * Französische Romantik (Berlin Cathedral) * (Grunewaldkirche Berlin) * Charles Tournemire: Cinq improvisations; op. 16, op. 19, Dix Pièces (Berlin Cathedral) * Guilmant, Wermann, Lubrich, Dienel, Liszt ( Heilig-Geist-Kirche Rostock) * Jan Janca (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche Berlin) * Alte Meister (Berlin Cathedral)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sieling, Andreas German classical organists Academic staff of the Berlin University of the Arts Cathedral organists 1964 births category:Living people People from Oldenburg (city)