Felix Friedrich


Felix Friedrich is a German organist, church musician and musicologist.

Life

Friedrich was born in 1945 in Hochweitzschen near Döbeln. He studied church music and organ in Dresden and Weimar. In 1976 he was appointed organist at the organ of of the. An extensive concert activity led him so far into all European countries as well as into the former USSR and into the USA. He has performed with great success at international music festivals: Salzburg Festival, International Congress of Organists in Cambridge, AGO-Convention Detroit among others.
Numerous radio, television and disc recordings were produced with him. So far he has released over 80 CDs. He is particularly committed to Neue Musik and has given over 50 world premieres. As a soloist he regularly performs with major orchestras and conductors.
In 1987 he received his doctorate from the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Musicological work is an important part of his artistic work. Since 1991 he has been the director of the "Thüringische Orgelakademie". For the CD edition of all organs by Gottfried Silbermann he was awarded the Annual Prize of the German Record Critics 2003 and in 2006 the Culture Prize of the City of Altenburg together with Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad's querstand publishing house.

Publications