Martin Berger (musician)

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Martin Berger
Born (1972-02-29) 29 February 1972 (age 52)
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Website www.rsh-duesseldorf.de/musikhochschule/personen/profil/420-prof-dr-martin-berger/

Martin Anton Berger (born February 29, 1972, in Wadern) is a German conductor, choral director, organist, music educator, musicologist and university professor.

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Biography

Berger grew up in Merzig and studied sacred music, music education and German studies at the Hochschule für Musik Saar in Saarbrücken and at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, as well as conducting with an emphasis on choral conducting. Study trips and artistic projects have taken him to Sweden, among other places. He received formative impulses for his artistic work from Raimund Wippermann, Eric Ericson, Anders Eby, and Gary Graden. From November 2002 to March 2013, he was music director at Würzburg Cathedral, where he was in charge of the Domchor, the Domsingknaben, the Mädchenkantorei, and the Kammerchor. In 2007, he won the Gold Diploma at the Second Malta International Choir Competition Festival of Sacred and Secular Music in Valletta, Malta with the Würzburg Cathedral Kammerchor; [1] the following year, he won the Gold Diploma and the Franz Schubert Choir Prize at the 25th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition & Festival 2008 in Vienna. [2]

From 2004 to 2008, Berger was a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. He also accepted guest lectureships at Stellenbosch University and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. From July 2008 to March 2013, he was a professor of choral education at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf.

In April 2013, Berger moved to Stellenbosch University in South Africa, where he became head of the choral conducting and early music units. In 2014, he founded the Stellenbosch University Chamber Choir, with which he won the prestigious “Woordtrofee” for best classical music production in 2015. [3] Since 2018, Berger has been teaching as a professor of choral conducting at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. [4] In 2020, Martin Berger received his doctorate from Stellenbosch University with a dissertation on the sacred works of Wilfried Hiller.

Berger has performed in most European countries, the United States, Australia, and South Africa. Invitations to masterclasses, competition juries and paper presentations at international conferences have taken him throughout Europe, to Mozambique, China and South Africa.

Martin Berger is Vice President of the World Youth and Childrens Choral Artists Association (WCCAA). [5]

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References

  1. Interkultur competition results. Accessed 9 October 2024.
  2. Interkultur competition results. Accessed 9 October 2024.
  3. Woordtrofee Winners 2015 (in Afrikaans). Accessed 9 October 2024.
  4. Biography on the website of the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf (in German). Accessed 9 October 2024.
  5. Entry on the World Youth and Children Choral Artists’ Association website. Accessed 9 October 2024.