Manuel Gera (born 1963) is a German
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 ...
ian and organist.
Gera studied Protestant church music 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 ...
. There, he passed the in 1991. His teachers included
Hartmut Schmidt (choir conducting),
Hans-Dieter Möller (organ) and
Gustav Adolf Krieg (organ improvisation). After postgraduate studies at the
Hochschule für Musik Saar
The Hochschule für Musik Saar is a conservatory of music in Saarbrücken, Germany and dates back to 1947. From 1994 until 2002, it was named ''Hochschule des Saarlandes für Musik und Theater'' (University of Music and Drama Saarbrücken). Since ...
with
Daniel Roth and
Theo Brandmüller
Theo Brandmüller (* 2 February 1948 in Mainz; † 26 November 2012 in Saarbrücken) was a German composer of Contemporary Music, organist and university teacher.Konzertexamen
The Konzertexamen is a degree at conservatoires in postgraduate courses of study.Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. Konzertexamen.
As a postgraduate education degree, it is the highest degree to be awarded by the university. The postgraduate cours ...
in 1995 in the subject . Also in 1995, he was awarded third prize at the
Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik The Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik (European Church Music Festival) (in short: EKM) is a German music festival held annually in July and August since 1989 in Schwäbisch Gmünd. The festival is attended by over 15,000 visitors each season. The p ...
in
Schwäbisch Gmünd
Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district a ...
.
After working as a cantor in
Oberhausen
Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...
and
Soest, he was appointed to
St. Michael's Church, Hamburg in 2001. There, he served as organist and choirmaster until 2021. In 2006, he was appointed church music director by the church leadership of
North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church
The North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church (german: link=no, Nordelbische Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche; NEK) was a Lutheran regional church in Northern Germany which emerged from a merger of four churches in 1977 and merged with two more churc ...
. On 1 May 2021, he took up the post of in
Jüterbog
Jüterbog () is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin.
History
The Slavic settlement of ' ...
south of Berlin.
Manuel Gera: Destiny
on Elbphilharmonie.de
The main focus of his activity is organ improvisation. Together with his wife Anne-Katrin, he conceives organ concerts for children.
Compositions
* ''Credo novum'' (2005)
* ''Engel-Triptychon'' (2006)
* ''Missa de Angelis'' (2007)
References
External links
*
* Daniel Kaiser
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR; ''Northern German Broadcasting'') is a public broadcasting, public radio and television broadcaster, based in Hamburg. In addition to the city-state of Hamburg, NDR broadcasts for the German states of Lower Saxony, M ...
, 31 March 2021.
German classical organists
1963 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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