Franz Danksagmüller (born 1969) is an Austrian composer and organist.

Life

Born in

Sankt Martin im Innkreis St. Martin im Innkreis is a municipality in Ried District, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography St. Martin lies in the Innviertel (''Innkreis'') region, situated on the west slope of the Troßkolm forest in the Antiesen valley. It ...

, Danksagmüller received his first musical instructions in piano, organ and theory from his father. 1980-1988 he was a pupil of Walther R. Schuster in Passau. This was followed by studies in church music and organ with

Michael Radulescu Michael Radulescu (19 June 1943 – 23 December 2023) was a Romanian-German composer, organist, and professor. Radulescu was born to a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarowsky at the University of Mu ...

and composition with and

Erich Urbanner Erich Urbanner (born 26 March 1936) is an Austrian composer and teacher. Biography Born in Innsbruck, Urbanner studied from 1955 to 1961 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, in the composition classes of Karl Schiske and Han ...

at the

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university established in 1817 located in Vienna. With a student body of over three thousand, it is the largest institution of its kind in Austria, and one of t ...

. Between 1993 and 1995 he studied organ with Daniel Roth in Saarbrücken and then electronic music and music technology at the ''Studio for Advanced Music & Media Technology'' with Karlheinz Essl Jr. at the

Anton Bruckner Private University The Anton Bruckner Private University (in German ''Anton Bruckner Privatuniversität'', common short form is ''Bruckner University'') is one of five Austrian Universities for Music, Drama and Dance, and one of four universities in Linz, the Euro ...

. Danksagmüller was church musician at the

Karlskirche The Karlskirche (English: Charles Church) is a Baroque architecture, Baroque church in the Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria. The church is dedicated to Charles Borromeo, Saint Charles Borromeo, a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation.Brook 201 ...

from 1990 to 1994, organist at St. Elisabeth in Vienna IV from 1994 to 1999 and teacher at the Conservatory for Church Music in Linz from 1993 to 1999. From 1995 to 2003 he also taught organ and improvisation as a lecturer at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. From 1999 to 2005 he was cathedral organist and composer at

Sankt Pölten Cathedral Sankt Pölten Cathedral () dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria. It has been the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten, Diocese of Sankt Pölte ...

. Since October 2005 he has been professor of organ and improvisation at the Lübeck Academy of Music.

Work

His compositions include

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

, music for organ, choir and electronics as well as film and theatre music. His projects include music for

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

s in various formations among others in Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Barcelona, Porto and Tokyo, crossover projects with the singer

Lauren Newton Lauren Amber Newton (born 16 November 1952) is an avant-garde jazz and Contemporary classical music, contemporary classical singer and founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra. Biography Newton earned a degree in music at the University of O ...

, ''bux21'' on themes by

Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; born Diderich Hansen Buxtehude, ; – 9 May 1707) was a Danish composer and organist of the Baroque music, Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal ...

with saxophonist

Bernd Ruf Bernd Ruf (born 27 September 1964 in Offenburg) is a German conductor and clarinettist. In 2004, Ruf was appointed a new professorship in popular music, jazz, and world music at the Lübeck University of Music. Life and works Bernd Ruf grew ...

and ''Mozart deconstructed'' with composer Karlheinz Essl, an improvisation concert with cellist

Dave Eggar Dave Eggar is an American cellist, pianist and composer. Early life Eggar was a musical prodigy as a child, beginning to play the cello and piano at age three and performing as a singer and actor on Broadway and at the Metropolitan Opera at ...

(New York) on the Internet, performances in the

Philharmonie Luxembourg The Philharmonie Luxembourg, also known officially as the Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte Concert Hall (, ), is a concert hall located in the European district in the Luxembourg City quarter of Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg. Opened in 2005 ...

and the

Concertgebouw Concertgebouw may refer to one of the following concert halls: * Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands * Concertgebouw, Bruges, Belgium * Concertgebouw de Vereeniging, Netherlands {{disambiguation Buildings and structures disambiguation pages ...

, at the 5th in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

, compositions for the International Buxtehude Organ Competition, the Elgar Concert Hall in Birmingham, the International Holland Organ Festival in Alkmaar, and a performance for orchestra, live electronics and voice with conductor

Martin Haselböck Martin Haselböck (born 23 November 1954, Vienna, Austria) is the Austrian musical director of Musica Angelica in Long Beach, California, United States, and the musical director and founder of the Orchester Wiener Akademie. He is also a professor ...

and Hollywood actor

John Malkovich John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and ...

. His chamber opera ' was

premiere A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the ...

d as part of the 2019

German Evangelical Church Assembly The German Protestant Church Assembly ( German ''Deutscher Evangelischer Kirchentag'', DEKT) is an assembly of lay members of the Protestant Church in Germany, that organises biennial events of faith, culture and political discussion. History ...

in Dortmund.Franz Danksagmüller
on

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References

External links

*
Franz Danksagmüller
on the website of the Lübeck Academy of Music
Franz Danksagmüller's youtube channel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Danksagmuller, Franz Austrian classical organists 20th-century hymnwriters Austrian male film score composers 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians Austrian music educators 1969 births Living people People from Ried im Innkreis District Anton Bruckner Private University alumni