Thorsten Pech
Thorsten Pech is a German church musician.
Life
Born in Wuppertal, Pech studied Protestant church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf from 1976 to 1980 with Hanns-Alfons Siegel, Alberte Brun, Hartmut Schmidt. After his postgraduate studies in organ and participation in various master classes he passed his final examination in 1983 with Hans-Dieter Möller. Pech completed his conducting studies in Vienna with Julius Kalmar in 1985 with a diploma.
Since 1977, he has worked as a cantor and organist, first in Düsseldorf, since 1997 in Wuppertal-Elberfeld at the and the Friedhofskirche, since 2016 as full-time cantor at the aforementioned churches. In 1992, Pech also took up freelance work as a concert organist and conductor, which has led him through numerous concert engagements at home and abroad.
Since 1989 he has been artistic director and choir director at the, and in 2003 he took over as conductor of the concert choir of the Kulturgemeinde Volksbühne Wuppertal. In 1998 he was awarded the title music director by the. In 2016, he was a laureate of the.
Recordings
Source:Soli Deo Gloria: Bachverein Düsseldorf und Thorsten Pech Orgelwanderung durch Elberfeld – Thorsten Pech spielt an den Orgeln der Friedhofskirche, Kreuzkirche, Auferstehungskirche and Kolk Die Klais-Orgel der Alten luth. Kirche am Kolk, Wuppertal-Elberfeld: Thorsten Pech Die heitere Orgel – Thorsten Pech spielt an der Klais/Sauer-Orgel der Herz-Jesu-Kirche WuppertalJosef Gabriel Rheinberger – Das Orgelwerk – Thorsten Pech spielt an der Klais/Sauer-Orgel der Herz-Jesu-Kirche WuppertalBach trifft … auf europäische Musiktraditionen: Uwe Komischke and Thorsten Pech Romantische Impressionen: Uwe Komischke and Thorsten Pech Musik und Meditation im Jahreskreis der Kirche: Uwe Komischke and Thorsten Pech in Kloster HuysburgMusik in der Kulturhauptstadt Weimar: Uwe Komischke, Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble and Thorsten Pech Trompete und Orgel in der Bergkirche Schleiz: Uwe Komischke and Thorsten Pech Meisterwerke Trompete und Orgel in der Christuskirche Schwelm: Uwe Komischke and Thorsten Pech The Cathedral: Uwe Komischke, Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble und Thorsten Pech Trompete und Orgel an der Klais-Orgel der Pfarrkirche Bonn-Endenich: Uwe Komischke und Thorsten Pech Festliche Bläsermusiken für die Dresdner Frauenkirche: Uwe Komischke, Weimarer Bach-Trompeten-Ensemble and Thorsten Pech In dir ist Freude: Uwe Komischke und Thorsten Pech in der Christuskirche Schwelm