Organ concert with Prof. Christian Barthen from Bern (CH)
Christian Barthen was born in 1984 in Saarbrücken, is organist and artistic director of music at Bern Minster, organ professor at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) and an international concert organist.
He was already a junior student at the Saar University of Music during his school years. After graduating from high school, he completed extensive studies in organ, piano and harpsichord as well as Protestant church music and music education in Saarbrücken, Paris and Stuttgart. Numerous prizes and awards at renowned organ and music competitions, including the "Johann Sebastian Bach Competition" in Wiesbaden (D), the International Organ Competition of St. Maurice d'Agaune (CH) and the world-renowned "Grand Prix de Chartres" (F), opened up an extraordinary concert career for him.
Today, as one of the most established and prominent names of his generation, his engagements regularly take him to many churches, cathedrals and concert halls throughout Europe, South America, Russia and the Far East. Christian Barthen's organ repertoire includes central and essential works from all eras and styles. In 2010, he played the Six Trio Sonatas for organ from memory. Radio and television productions have been made for various ARD, SRF, RTVS and Radio France broadcasters. As a recording artist for the publishers Naxos Records and ifo/Organ, he has released four commercial CDs, primarily with works by Max Reger. Christian Barthen has been active as a church musician since his youth.
From 2003 to 2012, he was assistant to Prof. Theo Brandmüller at the Ludwigskirche in Saarbrücken, among others. Between 2015 and 2020, he worked as cantor and organist of the historic Link organ (1906) at the Ev. Stadtkirche in Giengen an der Brenz. From 2020, he directed the traditional church music at the main Protestant church of St. Anna in Augsburg. On November 1 or in the autumn semester of 2022, he was appointed to succeed Prof. Dr. h.c. Daniel Glaus at Bern Minster and the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). Expert activities and guest lectureships have so far taken him to seven music academies and universities in Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, Colombia and Finland.
Christian Barthen was born in 1984 in Saarbrücken, is organist and artistic director of music at Bern Minster, organ professor at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB) and an international concert organist.
He was already a junior student at the Saar University of Music during his school years. After graduating from high school, he completed extensive studies in organ, piano and harpsichord as well as Protestant church music and music education in Saarbrücken, Paris and Stuttgart. Numerous prizes and awards at renowned organ and music competitions, including the "Johann Sebastian Bach Competition" in Wiesbaden (D), the International Organ Competition of St. Maurice d'Agaune (CH) and the world-renowned "Grand Prix de Chartres" (F), opened up an extraordinary concert career for him.
Today, as one of the most established and prominent names of his generation, his engagements regularly take him to many churches, cathedrals and concert halls throughout Europe, South America, Russia and the Far East. Christian Barthen's organ repertoire includes central and essential works from all eras and styles. In 2010, he played the Six Trio Sonatas for organ from memory. Radio and television productions have been made for various ARD, SRF, RTVS and Radio France broadcasters. As a recording artist for the publishers Naxos Records and ifo/Organ, he has released four commercial CDs, primarily with works by Max Reger. Christian Barthen has been active as a church musician since his youth.
From 2003 to 2012, he was assistant to Prof. Theo Brandmüller at the Ludwigskirche in Saarbrücken, among others. Between 2015 and 2020, he worked as cantor and organist of the historic Link organ (1906) at the Ev. Stadtkirche in Giengen an der Brenz. From 2020, he directed the traditional church music at the main Protestant church of St. Anna in Augsburg. On November 1 or in the autumn semester of 2022, he was appointed to succeed Prof. Dr. h.c. Daniel Glaus at Bern Minster and the Bern University of the Arts (HKB). Expert activities and guest lectureships have so far taken him to seven music academies and universities in Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, Colombia and Finland.
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