Petra Morath-Pusinelli (* 1967) is a German organist. She studied Catholic Church Music at the

Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (german: Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, italic=no, link=no, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its k ...

. Since 1984 she has been an organist at the church St. Kilian, Wiesbaden, and accompanied various choirs, including the

Reger-Chor The Reger-Chor is a German-Belgian choir. It was founded in Wiesbaden in 1985 and has been conducted by Gabriel Dessauer in Wiesbaden. Since 2001 it has grown to Regerchor-International in a collaboration with the organist Ignace Michiels of the ...

from the late 1980s and the Bachchor Mainz, conducted by Ralf Otto. She has been a lecturer at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stu ...

since May 2006. In 1990, Petra Morath was the organist in John Rutter's ''

Requiem A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead ( la, Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead ( la, Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, ...

'' in the version for chamber ensemble, with the Reger-Chor, Monika Fuhrmann (soprano) and instrumentalists, conducted by

Gabriel Dessauer Gabriel Dessauer (born 4 December 1955) is a German cantor, concert organist, and academic. He was responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden from 1981 to 2021, conducting the Chor von St. Bonifatius until 2018. He is an inte ...

, recorded live in St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden. In 2008 she played the organ part in Otto's album ''Noël: French Romantic Music for Christmas'' (2008). In November 2009 she played Duruflé's

with a choir of volunteers in a memorial concert against

Antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...

, initiated and conducted by Gabriel Dessauer.

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