Pipe Works 2008
Martin Rein (UK)
Thursday, 10 July 2008, 8 pm
Pre-concert talk on the music of Olivier Messiaen, 7.15 pm
Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, 3 Orchard Road [locate]
FREE ADMISSION
Martin Rein began his career with extensive studies in Choral Conducting and Sacred Music at the Berlin School of Music with Professor Martin Behrmann, one of Germany’s leading choral conductors. He completed his Bachelor of Music degree there in 1996. Between 1996 and 2001, he undertook further postgraduate studies at the Music Academy in Detmold, Germany from where he graduated in December 2000 with an Honours degree in Organ Performance and in June 2001 with a Master of Music, majoring in Choral and Orchestral conducting.
In his graduation recital in December 2000, he performed amongst other works, the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue op. 57 (Inferno) by Max Reger (1873-1916), one of the most challenging compositions within the organ repertoire. After moving to Australia, Martin Rein completed a further degree in Education at the University of Western Australia in November 2002.
In Europe, he studied organ performance with Professor Gerhard Weinberger (Munich-Wurzburg) and Dr Ewald Kooimann (Amsterdam) as well as organ improvisation with Professor Renate Zimmermann (Berlin-Frankfurt-Heidelberg). He undertook further masterclasses with Professor Heinz Wunderlich (Hamburg), Joerg-Andreas Boetticher (Basel) and also with the Director of Music at St Thomas, Professor Georg-Christoph Biller in Leipzig. During 2006 he studied further with Dame Gillian Weir in England.
Martin Rein was appointed Director of Music at the Stiftskirche St John’s in Berlin-Spandau/Germany in 1995 and continued 1998 in the same position at St. Mary‘s Monastery Berlin-Lehnin/Germany. Between 1999 and 2001 he has held the position of Director of Music at the Alte Kirche in Essen/Germany. Within these posts, he served as the Organist and Choirmaster as well as Artistic Director of the annual Concert Series.
In Australia, Martin Rein was appointed as conductor of the Australian Chamber Singers in Perth in 2003, an ensemble within the Australian Youth Choir with whom he has performed and recorded several times during 2004. He is currently Director of Music in London, United Kingdom at St John-the-Evangelist, Notting Hill as well as Organist at Bearwood College in Reading.
As an organist, Martin Rein has performed in Australia, many European countries and the USA in venues such as Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral in London, UK, both Cathedrals of Berlin in Germany, the Great Hall at Sydney University in Australia, King’s Chapel Boston, St Mark’s Baltimore, Gloria Dei in Philadelphia and Carthage College in the USA. In Australia, his recital at Sydney University has been broadcasted by 2MBS-FM ‘Colours of the King’ in July 2005.
His special interest in historic organs, many of which he has performed on, is compiled in his book on Baroque Organ builders in Germany, such as Gottfried Silbermann, Heinrich Gottfried Trost and Joachim Wagner. Initiated by his Masters-thesis, the book shows comprehensive research on these Organ builders and their contemporaries.
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Toccata and Fugue in F (BWV540)
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780)
Two chorale preludes on Nun freut Euch liebe Christen g’mein (‘Rejoice ye all Christians’)
- Organ pleno
- a 2 claviers e pedale
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sonata No. 1 in E flat major (BWV525)
Martin Rein
Improvisation on a given theme
Olivier Messiaen (1909-1992)
Le Banquet Celeste (‘The eternal Eucharist’); organ meditation to the Gospel of St John 6:5
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Andante from Deuxieme Symphonie pour orgue
Marcel Dupre (1886-1971)
Resurrection (from Symphonie passion op. 23)
Pipes@Victoria 2008
Dong-ill Shin (USA/Korea)
Thursday, 2 October 2008, 7.30 pm
Pre-concert talk at 6.45 pm
Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Place [locate]
Ticket details to be advised
“France’s Chartres International Organ Competition, probably the world’s most prestigious” (Dallas Morning News)
Dong-ill Shin
Grand Prix d'Interprétation
Chartres Competition 2006
“One of the leading organists of the world…a breathtaking experience.” (Summorsposten, Aalesund, Norway)
Born in 1974, organist Dong-ill Shin won first prize in the national competition for piano sponsored by the Korean Times at the age of ten. When he was eleven years old, he made his debut with The Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mozart’s Concerto in d minor No. 20. Attracted by J.S. Bach’s music and the orchestra-like colors produced by the organ, he began his studies with Dr Sun-woo Cho at the age of 14. Later at Yon-sei University in Seoul he studied with Dr Tong-soon Kwak and completed his Bachelor of Music degree in 1997.
He then studied in France with Jean Boyer and received the Diplôme National Superieur de Musique from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Lyon in organ, harmony, fugue, analysis, improvisation & basso-continuo. His dissertation at the conservatoire was on the study of Tabulatura Nava by Samuel Scheidt which focused on J. P. Sweelinck’s influences on him. His studies continued with Olivier Latry and Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris in the prestigious Cycle de Perfectionnement programme, which is the highest programme in the French National Conservatory system. He also undertook private studies with Marie-Claire Alain for organ and Françoise Marmim for harpsichord. During his years of study in France he won several scholarships including awards from the Darazzi Foundation, the Meyer Foundation and Société Générale. In 2004 he completed his Artist Diploma Degree at the Boston Conservatory on a full scholarship studying with James David Christie.
Dong-ill Shin is a prize winner of international competitions such as the Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition in 1996, Ciurlionis International Piano and Organ Competition, Lithuania and the 51st Prague Spring International Music Festival and Competition in 1999, the 21st St Albans, Great Britain in 2001, and the National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance of the AGO in 2004. He has been a featured artist on KBS Radio in Korea, France Musique & MEZZO Television in France, Lithuanian National Television and Radio & WCRB in USA. He has given numerous concerts in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, USA and in the Far East at such prestigious venues as Cité de la Musique, Notre Dame de Paris, La Madeleine, Cathedrale de Lyon, Monpellier and for the Festival d'Orgue de Rennes, Musashino Bunkakaikan, Japan, Busch Hall at Harvard University, Methuen Music Hall, Washington National Cathedral, etc.
Dong-ill Shin was organist at Marsh Chapel, Boston University and Interim Director of Music at Jesuit Urban Center, Boston where there is historic 1863 Hook & Hastings Organ. He is currently the Organist/Music Associate at First United Methodist Church of Hurst, TX, and teaches organ at Texas Wesleyan University.
Programme to be announced.