Halgeir Schiager

Halgeir Schiager was born at Biri near Gjøvik, and in 1979 he graduated as an organist from the Norwegian Academy of Music where he studied organ with Magne Elvestrand. He continued his education in Munich and Strasbourg with Professor Franz Lehrndorfer and Professor Daniel Roth respectively. He made his debut in the Oslo Concert Hall in 1985. Schiager has given concerts in many European countries and made radio recordings in Germany and Norway. He has also taken part in a…

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Halgeir Schiager was born at Biri near Gjøvik, and in 1979 he graduated as an organist from the Norwegian Academy of Music where he studied organ with Magne Elvestrand. He continued his education in Munich and Strasbourg with Professor Franz Lehrndorfer and Professor Daniel Roth respectively. He made his debut in the Oslo Concert Hall in 1985. Schiager has given concerts in many European countries and made radio recordings in Germany and Norway. He has also taken part in a number of highly acclaimed CD recordings. For Hyperion he has recorded the complete organ works of Petr Eben. Schiager has been member of international organ competitions. In 2001 he received the Norwegian Critics Annual Prize. He made his doctoral degree on aspects of interpretation in the organ music by Gustav Merkel at the Norwegian Academy of Music. At present Schiager is working as an organist at the Sofienberg church in Oslo. Oct 2011 + german Halgeir Schiager wurde in Biri bei Gjøvik geboren, und machte 1979 sein Organistenexamen an der norwegischen Musikhochschule in Oslo. Dort studierte er bei Magne Elvestrand. Spätere Studienaufenthalte führten ihn nach München (Prof. Franz Lehrndorfer) und Strasbourg (Prof. Daniel Roth). Seinem Debutkonzert im Osloer Konzerthaus (1985)folgte seither eine umfangreiche Konzerttätigkeit in vielen europäischen Ländern. In Deutschland und Norwegen hat er zahlreiche Rundfunkaufnahmen gemacht. Schiager war an diversen CD-Produktionen beteiligt und hat mehrere, von der Kritik gelobte, Solo-CDs herausgegeben. Für die englische Firma Hyperion hat er sämtliche Orgelwerke von Petr Eben eingespielt. Zudem ist er bei verschiedenen internationalen Orgelwettbewerben Mitglied der Jury gewesen. 2001 wurde ihm der Preis der Norwegischen Musikkritiker verliehen. Halgeir Schiager hat 2008 an der norwegischen Musikhochschule über interpretatorische Aspekte der Orgelwerke Gustav Merkels promoviert und ist derzeit Kantor an der Kirche von Sofienberg in Oslo. Jan 2009