Stefan Engels is an internationally renowned German organist.

Career

Stefan Engels studied at the Musikhochschulen in Aachen, Düsseldorf, and Köln. From 1993 to 1998, he studied with Robert Anderson and Wolfgang Rübsam. In 1998, he won the "Concerto Gold Medal" at the Calgary International Organ Competition, an event which helped earn him significant name recognition in the organ world.

From 1999 to 2005, he was Associate Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College

Westminster Choir College is a residential college of music, part of Rider University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.Westminster Choir College educates men and women at the undergraduate and graduate levels for musical careers in music education, voice performance, piano...

. Since 2005, he has taught at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy" in Leipzig, Germany. Currently he is involved in an ambitious project to record the complete organ works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Sigfrid Karg-Elert was a German composer of considerable fame in the early twentieth century, best known for his compositions for organ and harmonium.-Biography:...

, making him the first person to do so. He has performed in the United States at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church

The German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Charleston, South Carolina was incorporated on December 3, 1840. Through usage and custom the Church is now known as St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church or St...

in Charleston, SC in 2010. He is represented by Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.

Discography

• Karg-Elert Complete Organ Works: Stefan Engels Plays
• Stefan Engels Plays in Berlin

External links

• Stefan Engels at Karen McFarlane Artists, Inc.