Sebastian Küchler-Blessing

Sebastian Küchler-Blessing (born in 1987) is a German organist and music educator.

Life

As a young student Küchler-Blessing studied piano and organ at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen with Christoph Bossert and at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Sontraud Speidel.

At the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg, he studied church music, music theory and concert organ (Soloist diploma with distinction) with Martin Schmeding and Otfried Büsing. Other formative teachers were Manfred Schreier, Hans Michael Beuerle and Zsigmond Szathmáry.[1]

Since 2014, Küchler-Blessing has been active as cathedral organist at Essen Minster, the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Essen.[2]

He has played as a soloist under the direction of conductors such as Gustavo Dudamel, Hartmut Haenchen and Winfried Toll. His work also takes him to ensembles such as the Orchestra Mozart led by Claudio Abbado, the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Wolfram Christ, the Windsbacher Knabenchor directed by Karl-Friedrich Beringer and Martin Lehmann and musicians like Reinhold Friedrich, Gábor Boldoczki, Sibylla Rubens and Severin von Eckardstein together.[3]

He holds a teaching position at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf for organ and liturgical organ play / improvisation[4] and taught in the 2015/16 winter semester in the substitute teaching position for Martin Schmeding at the Freiburg University of Music.

In 2016, he was a juror at the international organ competition Daniel Herz Brixen.

Prizes

Recordings

References
  1. Sebastian Küchler-Blessing on DIADEMUS Vita
  2. www.schwarzwälder-bote.de, retrieved 5 October 2020
  3. "Biographie; Dommusik Essen" (in German). Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. retrieved 25 September 2020
  5. "Orgelbau Klais Bonn: Ein etwas anderes Orgelprotrait". Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. Ein etwas anderes Orgelprotrait
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