The Romanian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv is organizing between November 10-14, 2013 three organ recitals performed by Steffen Schlandt in Jerusalem and Haifa. The events are organized in collaboration with The Representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, Jordan and Jericho, The Cathedral of St.George the Martyr, The Magnificat Institute-School of Music in Jerusalem, Haifa University- Haifa Center for German and European Studies, Bucerius Institute for Research of Contemporary German History and Society and Zeit-Stiftung.
Recital program:• Sunday, November 10, 2013, 7:00 pm – Jerusalem, The Cathedral of St.George The Martyr (20 Nablus St.) Details: tel: 02- 627 1670, fax: 02- 627 3847, jer_stgeorge@yahoo.com, http://www.j-diocese.org/index.php?lang=en&page=1296660183622
The musical program includes:
J.S.Bach – Prelude and Fugue in La minor
Bela Bartok – Romanian dances
J.Ch.Rinck - Allegro in Fa major
Paul Richter - Allegro and Andante from the Sonata in Re
Improvisations on traditional folklore songs from Brasov
J.S.Bach – Symphony from Cantata 156
Alexandre Guilmant – March on a G.F. Händel theme
Free entrance, the number of seats is limited.
• Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 4:00 pm – Jerusalem, The Magnificat Institute-School of Music – Monastery of Saint Saviour (St. Francis Street no.1- Christian Quarter in the Old City, close to the New Gate) Details: tel: 02- 626 6609, fax: 02- 626 6701, magnificat@custodia.org, http://www.magnificat.custodia.org/English%20index.html
The musical program includes:
J.S.Bach – Prelude and Fugue in La minor
Bela Bartok – Romanian dances
J.Ch.Rinck - Allegro in Fa major
Paul Richter - Allegro and Andante from the Sonata in Re
Improvisations on traditional folklore songs from Brasov
Alexandre Guilmant – March on a G.F. Händel theme
J.S.Bach – Symphony from Cantata 29
Free entrance, the number of seats is limited.
• Thursday, November 14, 2013, 7:00 pm – Haifa, Hecht Auditorium- Haifa University
The musical program includes:
Rudolf Lassel - Prelude in Do
Bela Bartok – Romanian dances
J.Ch.Rinck - Allegro in Fa major
W.A.Mozart - Fantazia in Fa minor KV 608
Improvisations on traditional folklore songs from Brasov
J.S.Bach – Symphony from Cantata 156
Alexandre Guilmant – March on a G.F. Händel theme
Free entrance, the number of seats is limited.
Steffen Markus Schlandt was born in 1975 in Brasov. He received his musical education firstly from his father, Eckart Schlandt, with whom he started the study of piano and organ. He then attended the Faculty of Music in Cluj in the Organ Department (with prof. Ursula Philippi). Subsequently, he continued his musical education with studies of church music with Prof. Christoph Bossert at the Faculty of Music in Trossingen (Germany) as well as choir and orchestra conducting in Würzburg.
He received a scholarship through the D.A.A.D (the German Institute for External Affairs) and through the "Diakonisches Werk" .
As an organist, Steffen Schlandt performed in several European countries, such as Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, Croatia or Romania. He was a laureate of the D.A.A.D institute for outstanding results.
At the international organ contest in Schramberg in 2001 he received the 2nd prize and in 2003 a prize for Lied accompaniment in Würzburg.
Between 2001 –2004, he was the chorus-assistant of the "Bach" society in Würzburg.
In 1999 he initiated the Festival for Sacred Music, "Diletto Musicale", in Prejmer, which has been taking place each August ever since. In September 2004 he started conducting the "Bach" choir and was appointed organist at the "Black Church". Steffen Schlandt collaborated with the Faculty and the High School of Music in Brasov, as an associate professor for orchestra. In 2011 he defended his doctoral thesis with the title "Organ Music in Brasov and the Barsa Region". In his post-doctoral paper, "The Library of the Black Church", he studied the old manuscripts of the German High School Library in Brasov.
Since 1999 he has been involved in several projects for organ restorations in Romania.
