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Great organ of the Diakoniekirche
Helmut Kickton
Soloists of the kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei (Helmut Kickton double bass)
kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei
Basso continuo (guitar)
Helmut Kickton (born 28 June 1956 in Cologne, [1] West Germany) is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist.
Kickton studied church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf with Hans-Dieter Möller and Hartmut Schmidt. In 1986 he passed his examination (A) with distinction for improvisation and music history. [2] The following years he learned to play most common instruments. He regularly performs on the organ, recorder, [3] violin, [4] viola, [5] cello, [6] double bass, [7] euphonium, guitar [8] and kettledrums.
Since 1987 he has been cantor of the diakonie church in Bad Kreuznach. Together with the kreuznacher-diakonie-kantorei he developed the model of the Integrative Kantorei, which unites voices and instruments. [9] Inspired by historical sources, in 2000 he introduced the layout with the choir in front of the orchestra.
In 2002 [10] he founded the kantoreiarchiv of free digital sheet music. [11] He published more than 20000 files [12] (PDF) for choir, orchestra, brass band, recorder and organ.
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