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Sunday, 8/30/2026
at 6:00 PM



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The organs in St. Nikolai have been renovated - a new organ concert series at the beginning of autumn invites you to hear the instruments.
In preparation for the performance of "Elias" on October 4, Mahela Reichstatt (Cathedral of Schleswig), Magne Draagen (St. Michaelis Hamburg), and Volkmar Zehner will perform the great organ works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: the three Preludes and Fugues op. 37 as well as the six Sonatas op. 65 - contrasted with organ works by J.S. Bach, Norwegian masters of the Romantic era, and Olivier Messiaën.

Volkmar Zehner received his first musical training in Emmendingen.
From 1986 to 1993, he studied Protestant Church Music at the Hanover University of Music (conducting with Prof. Heinz Hennig and Prof. Peter Winkler, further inspiration from Prof. Volker Hempfling, Prof. Jörg Straube, and Prof. Cornelius Trantow) and completed the church music A-examination.

Volkmar Zehner completed his training as an organist in Lyon (Gold Medal) and Hamburg (Concert Exam) as well as through various master classes.

From May 1995 to April 2013, Volkmar Zehner was the church musician of the Ev.-luth. congregation Hamburg-Volksdorf; since 1997, he has also been the district cantor in the church district of Hamburg-East. In 2011, he was appointed church music director by the church leadership of the north Elbian church.
Since April 2013, Volkmar Zehner has been the cantor and organist at the Open Church St. Nikolai in Kiel. He is responsible for the extensive work with the St. Nikolai Choir, which performs oratorios, Bach cantatas, a cappella works from the early Baroque to modern times, and Anglican choral music for the design of the Evensongs, covering a wide range. Additionally, he has a versatile role as an organist, the development and organization of "concerts for children," as well as the elaboration and coordination of the overall church music program.
From Reformation Day 2019 to New Year's Eve 2023, Volkmar Zehner performed the complete works for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach in St. Nikolai in 19 concerts - two of which were interrupted by the Corona protection measures.
In 2024, he was the organist in residence at the Arnstadt Bach Festival / Thuringian Bach Weeks at the Bach Church and appeared in an organ concert, a musical reading with Prof. Dr. Michael Maul, and the Bach cantata service.

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