Competition successes for HfMT church musicians
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Enno Gröhn won first prize and the audience prize at the International Competition for Organ Improvisation in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Born in Norderstedt, he studies church music at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama with Wolfgang Zerer, Jan Ernst and Pieter Van Dijk.
The Schwäbisch Gmünd International Competition for Organ Improvisation is the only permanent competition for this subject in Germany. Since 1989, it has had a permanent place in the European Church Music Festival Schwäbisch Gmünd every two years. Since 2013, the festival has awarded the 1st prize as the "Hubert Beck Prize" in memory of KMD Hubert Beck (1935 - 2011), initiator and long-time mentor of the competition.
Vita:
Enno Gröhn was born in Bad Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, in 1996. Immediately after graduating from high school, he held a full cantor position in Rickling, Schleswig-Holstein at the age of 19. During this time, he performed his own compositions for organ, choir and orchestra, as well as in popular music. Improvisation and liturgical organ playing became his musical foundation during these years. In 2018, he began studying church music at the University of Music and Drama in Hamburg in the organ classes of Prof. Wolfgang Zerer, Prof. Jan Ernst and Prof. Pieter van Dijk. During his studies, he was organist of the district cantor position at St. Petri Church in Buxtehude from 2019-2021 and vacant organist at the main church St. Michaelis (Michel) in 2021. Enno Gröhn has been assistant church musician at the main church of St. Petri in Hamburg since October 2021.
In July 2022 he won 1st prize and the audience prize at the Bach Biennale improvisation competition in Weimar, in September 2022 he won 1st prize at the Cologne competition for organ improvisation in the Trinitatiskirche and in August 2023 he won 1st prize and the audience prize at the international competition for organ improvisation in the Trinitatiskirche. Prize and Audience Prize at the international competition for organ improvisation in Schwäbisch Gmünd.
He has been teaching liturgical organ playing and improvisation at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Herford since October 2022.