Gabriel Dessauer

Gabriel Dessauer is a German cantor, concert organist and academic. He has been responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden, from 1981, conducting the Chor von St. Bonifatius. He is an internationally known organ recitalist and was an organ teacher on the faculty of the Gutenberg University of Mainz. In 1985, he founded the project choir RegerChor.

Dessauer was born in Wrzburg, the son of Guido Dessauer and his wife Gabrielle. He received his Abitur at the Kolleg St. Blasien in 1974. He then studied church music at the RichardStraussKonservatorium in Munich for a year, studying organ with Elmar Schloter. From 1975 to 1980, he studied church music and concert organ at the Musikhochschule Mnchen with Diethard Hellmann and Klemens Schnorr160 . He continued his studies with Franz Lehrndorfer and received the Meisterklassendiplom in 1982. He was a member of Karl Richters Mnchener BachChor.

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