European Organ Academy

International organists in Leipzig

Every two years in the summer, Leipzig hosts organists and students of organ playing from all over the world who want to learn from internationally acclaimed organists and experienced teachers.

Concerts and master classes

 Since 2007, the European Organ Academy at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig („HMT“) offers excellent concerts and master classes under the artistic direction of Prof. Stefan Engels (until 2015) and Prof. Martin Schmeding (since 2017). Students do not only learn and play at the two first-class instruments of the HMT, the Eule organ in the Great Hall and the Collon organ in the Chamber Music Hall – lessons are also held at the great Leipzig organs of St. Thomas’s or St. Micheal’s, furthermore in the Leipzig region, e. g. at the organs of Silbermann in Rötha and Freiberg or the historic Richter organ in Pomssen. In such way, the students get to know a high range of stop combinations, styles of organ building and interpretation.

Public concerts of internationally acclaimed teachers from Europe and the United States of America complete the Academy.

1. IX European Organ Academy Leipzig

The IX European Organ Academy Leipzig will take place from 26 July to 10 August 2025. Guest lecturers are Pier Damiano Peretti (Vienna), Ben van Oosten (Den Haag), Isabelle Demers (Montreal/Canada), Daniel Moult (Birmingham), Nathan Laube (Rochester/USA), Maurizio Croci (Milano) und Jean-Baptiste Robin (Versailles).

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