Franz Surges Explained

Franz Surges (11 October 1958  - 20 September 2015) was a German composer and musician.[1]

Education

Surges was born in Remagen, Germany. He studied at the Episcopal School for Church Music, Aachen, and at the Cologne Conservatoire, Department Aachen.He took the following exams:

He took further lessons in composition with Tilo Medek.

He completed international masterclasses resp. music academies, e.g. by Jean Guillou, Piet Kee, Guy Bovet, Harald Vogel, Monserrat Torrent.

Position and awards

From 1981 Franz Surges was a church musician at St. Antony, Eschweiler-Roehe (since 2006 also St. Michael, Eschweiler), composer, choir director and music teacher, among others, for church-musical (so-called C-exams).

Franz Surges obtained a number of prizes and awards, including:

Oeuvre

Surges composed works in various genres: choral (male chorus, female chorus, mixed chorus), orchestral, chamber (strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, organ), instrumental and vocal.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Große Trauer: Komponist Franz Surges stirbt im Alter von 57 Jahren. 21 September 2015. Aachener Zeitung. de. 21 September 2015. 23 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923085930/http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/eschweiler/grosse-trauer-komponist-franz-surges-stirbt-im-alter-von-57-jahren-1.1185233. dead.