Thorsten Pech

Thorsten Pech
Thorsten Pech in front of the Elberfeld Cemetery
Background information
Born	(1960-11-03) 3 November 1960 (age 64) Wuppertal, West Germany
Occupation	Church musician

Thorsten Pech (born 3 November 1960) is a German church musician.

Life

Born in Wuppertal, Pech studied Protestant church music[1] at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf from 1976 to 1980 with Hanns-Alfons Siegel (organ), Alberte Brun (piano), Hartmut Schmidt (choir direction).[2] After his postgraduate studies in organ and participation in various master classes (among others Daniel Roth, Anton Heiller) he passed his final examination in 1983 with Hans-Dieter Möller.[2] Pech completed his conducting studies in Vienna with Julius Kalmar in 1985 with a diploma.[1]

Since 1977, he has worked as a cantor and organist, first in Düsseldorf, since 1997 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld at the Alte lutherische Kirche am Kolk [de] and the Friedhofskirche, since 2016 as full-time cantor at the aforementioned churches.[1] In 1992, Pech also took up freelance work as a concert organist and conductor, which has led him through numerous concert engagements at home and abroad.[2]

Since 1989 he has been artistic director and choir director at the Bachverein Düsseldorf [de], and in 2003 he took over as conductor of the concert choir of the Kulturgemeinde Volksbühne Wuppertal.[3] In 1998 he was awarded the title music director by the Fachverband der Chorleiter [de].[4] In 2016, he was a laureate of the Enno und Christa Springmann-Stiftung [de].[5]

Recordings

Thorsten Pech at the Sauer organ of the Elberfeld cemetery church

Source:[6]

• Soli Deo Gloria: Bachverein Düsseldorf und Thorsten Pech (direction and organ)[7]
• Orgelwanderung durch Elberfeld – Thorsten Pech spielt an den Orgeln der Friedhofskirche (Sauer), Kreuzkirche (Beckerath), Auferstehungskirche (Peter) and Kolk (Klais)
• Die Klais-Orgel der Alten luth. Kirche am Kolk, Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Die heitere Orgel – Thorsten Pech spielt an der Klais/Sauer-Orgel der Herz-Jesu-Kirche Wuppertal
• Josef Gabriel Rheinberger – Das Orgelwerk – Thorsten Pech spielt an der Klais/Sauer-Orgel der Herz-Jesu-Kirche Wuppertal
• Bach trifft … auf europäische Musiktraditionen: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Romantische Impressionen: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Musik und Meditation im Jahreskreis der Kirche: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ) in Kloster Huysburg
• Musik in der Kulturhauptstadt Weimar: Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Trompete und Orgel in der Bergkirche Schleiz: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Meisterwerke Trompete und Orgel in der Christuskirche Schwelm: Uwe Komischke (Trompete) and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• The Cathedral: Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble und Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Trompete und Orgel an der Klais-Orgel der Pfarrkirche Bonn-Endenich: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) und Thorsten Pech (organ)
• Festliche Bläsermusiken für die Dresdner Frauenkirche: Uwe Komischke (trumpet), Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble and Thorsten Pech (organ)
• In dir ist Freude: Uwe Komischke (trumpet) und Thorsten Pech (organ) in der Christuskirche Schwelm

References

1. Ingenlath-Gegic, Lilo (11 April 2021). "Virtuoses rheinisch-westfälisches Zusammenspiel". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
2. "Steinfeld, Thorsten Pech" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
3. "Trompetenkonzert: Mit Bach durchs Jahr". shz (in German). 28 July 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
4. "Bachverein Pressetext Chorleiter" (PDF). Retrieved 1 September 2021.
5. "Enno und Christa Springmann Stiftung". springmannstiftung.de. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
6. "Dirigent, Konzertorganist, Kantor". Thorsten Andreas Pech. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
7. "CD". Bachverein Düsseldorf (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2021.

External links

• Official website
• Literature by and about Thorsten Pech in the German National Library catalogue
• Thorsten Pech discography at Discogs
• Thorsten Pech and Uwe Komischke perform Faure's "Cantique de Jean Racine" arr. for trumpet and organ on Reddit