Amadeus Webersinke

Amadeus Webersinke
Born	(1920-11-01)1 November 1920 Broumov, Czechoslovakia
Died	15 May 2005(2005-05-15) (aged 84) Dresden, Germany
Occupation(s)	Pianist, organist

Amadeus Webersinke (1920–2005) was a German pianist and organist.

Webersinke studied from at the Institut für Kirchenmusik in Leipzig with Karl Straube, Johann Nepomuk David, and Otto Weinreich. He was a lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre and until 1953, he worked mainly as an organist, and later only as a pianist.

Webersinke was particularly devoted to Bach's organ and piano works and also gave concerts on the clavichord. He recorded Max Reger's Piano Concerto and in 1966, he assumed a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.

External links

• knerger.de – his grave
• Bach-cantatas.com – Amadeus Webersinke