Event

Stefan Donner - Organ Concert

METHUEN MEMORIAL MUSIC HALL
STEFAN DONNER
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
SUMMER SCHOLARSHIP FUND
ORGAN RECITAL

Wednesday, July 27th at 7:30 P.M.

Sponsored by the Law Office of Arthur J. Broadhurst

Works by Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Reubke

Stefan Donner earned degrees from the University of Music Vienna (highest honors) where he studied organ, piano and conducting. He received his Master's degree in organ performance from the Conservatory of Amsterdam. Additionally, Stefan has participated in master classes with Olivier Latry, Joris Verdin and Edoardo Bellotti. He notably received a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholarship to study organ and harpsichord at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY (USA).

Stefan is the recipient of various awards, including First Prize in the 2010 Franz-Schmidt-Organ Competition (Austria) and Third Prize in the 2011 Dublin International Organ Competition. Besides various radio and television recordings, Stefan has recorded CDs on the Dacci organ of St. Salvator Vienna and on the Buckow organ from the musical instruments collection of the Technical Museum Vienna. These albums notably document his artistic proficiency as a concert organist. Stefan has performed extensively in Europe, Turkey, Israel, the USA and Australia. In 2017 he was invited to lecture on J. S. Bachs organ Trio Sonatas at the Wadysaw eleski Secondary School of Music in Krakow, Poland.

Donners previously held positions include Interim Director of Music and Organist at Klosterneuburg Abbey (near Vienna) from 2020 to 2021. Beside his busy concert schedule, Mr. Donner currently teaches piano and music theory at two schools and works as an accompanist.