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Felix Hell Concert

The 23 year old German organ virtuoso Felix Hell  is a phenomenon in several ways. Hailed as “most well known young concert organist worldwide” (Dr. John Weaver), and  “undoubtedly one of the major talents of the century” (Dr. Frederick Swann, AGO president), he “sets standards that many established  and honored older players would struggle to equal” (Michael Barone in “The American Organist”).

 A liturgical and performing organist since the age of eight, he has given more than 600  recitals to date:  in his native Germany, as well as in Australia, Canada, France,  Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Russia, and the USA, where he performed more than 450 recitals in 44 states.  Orchestra concerts  have included appearances with the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra, the National Academy Orchestra of Canada under Boris Brott, the New England Conservatory Philharmony, the Kalamazoo (MI) Symphony, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, Montreal, the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, and the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie. His debut performance in the famous Boston Symphony Hall took place on November 2004.

Felix Hell was born on September 14, 1985, in Frankenthal/Pfalz, Germany. He took his first piano lesson at the age of seven, and began organ study after his eighth birthday. On Easter 1994, still eight years old, he performed  in his first service as an liturgical organist. Also in 1994, he participated in the German competition for young musicians “Jugend musiziert”, and was awarded with two First Prizes in organ playing, following by First Prizes in 1996 (piano solo), 1997 (organ solo) and 1999 (piano solo).

After two years of private lessons, Felix Hell pursued his organ studies at the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg. In September 1999 he enrolled at The Juilliard School, New York, where he was awarded a merit-based full tuition scholarship. In September 2001 Felix Hell was admitted at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he studied with Dr. John Weaver and Alan Morrison. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in May 2004 at the age of  18. Felix Hell pursued his graduate studies, under the guidance of Donald Sutherland, at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where he received the prestigious Artist Diploma in May 2007, and the Master of Music degree in May 2008.