Name Franz Surges | Role Composer | |
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Died September 21, 2015, Eschweiler, Germany | ||
Franz Surges "Hoffnungs-Schimmer" (viola and organ)
Franz Surges (11 October 1958 – 20 September 2015) was a German composer and musician.
Contents
- Franz Surges Hoffnungs Schimmer viola and organ
- Education
- Position and awards
- Oeuvre
- Literature
- References
Education
Surges was born in Remagen, Germany. He studied at the Episcopal School for Church Music, Aachen, and at the Cologne Conservatoire, Department Aachen. He took the following exams:
He took further lessons in composition with Tilo Medek.
He completed international master classes resp. music academies, e.g. by Jean Guillou, Piet Kee, Guy Bovet, Harald Vogel, Monserrat Torrent.
Position and awards
From 1981 Franz Surges was church musician at St. Antony, Eschweiler-Roehe (since 2006 also St. Michael, Eschweiler), composer, choir director and music teacher, among others, for church-musical (so-called C-exams).
Franz Surges obtained a number of prizes and awards, including:
Oeuvre
Surges composed works in various genres: choral (male chorus, female chorus, mixed chorus), orchestral, chamber (strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, organ), instrumental and vocal.