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VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition

Magdalena Moser, Austria

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Name of the educational insititution	University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz
Accompanist	Yes

Magdalena Moser (b. 1991) studied instrumental education for the piano at the University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna where she graduated in 2017. Since 2016 she has been studying organ with Ulrich Walther at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. The organist attended masterclasses led by Theo Jellema, Erwin Wiersinga, Naji Hakim, Hannfried Lucke, and Peter Planyavsky. She won the first prize at the youth music contest "Prima la musica". In 2018 she became the finalist of the VII Franz Schmidt Organ Competition in Vienna. As well, she won the second prize at the Martha Debelli Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. This year she won the second prize at the International Organ Competition in Korschenbroich (Germany).

I ROUND

Nicolaus Bruhns | Grande Prelude · E minor
Johann Sebastian Bach | Chorale Prelude "Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr" · BWV 676
Vytautas Barkauskas | ""Inspiration" for organ"

II ROUND

Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue · E minor · BWV 548
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · C sharp minor · VL 86
Sofia Gubaidulina | "Light and Darkness" for organ solo

III ROUND

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Organ Sonata No. 3 · A major · Op. 65
Johann Sebastian Bach | Organ Concerto · D minor · BWV 596
Max Reger | Chorale Fantasia "Halleluja, Gott zu loben bleibe meine Seelenfreud" No. 3 · Op. 52

VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition