Organ Music Concert
Welcome to the Organ Music Concert! Get ready to be mesmerized by the enchanting sounds of the organ in this intimate live performance. Join us on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Annunciation [Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish] 259 N 5th St. for an afternoon filled with beautiful music. The concert starts at 1:30 PM, so make sure to arrive early to secure your seat. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience the power and beauty of organ music up close. We can’t wait to see you there!
Samuel Kummer studied church music at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunstin Stuttgart, the city of his birth. He acquired a broad repertoire in the organ classes with Ludger Lohmann, Christoph Bossert, and Werner Jacob, while further developing his improvisation skills, for which he was awarded a distinction in his finals, with Wolfgang Seifen, Willibald Betzler, and Hans Martin Corinth. He also received notable input from Jon Laukvik, Hans Fagius, Lorenzo Ghielmi, and Daniel Roth.
Since 1988, Samuel Kummer has given concerts in numerous European countries, Central America, the USA, and Japan. He has appeared as a guest at festivals including the Lucerne Festival, the Styriarte Festival, and the Hildebrandt Days in Naumburg, in prestigious cathedrals (London, Berlin, Versailles, Brussels, Riga, Speyer, Cologne, etc.), at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, the Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City and Tokyo (Opera City, Suntory Hall etc.). As a soloist, he has performed with the Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra.
Samuel Kummer has won prizes in international organ competitions. In 1996, he was awarded 1 prize at the “Concours L’ Europe et L’ Orgue” in Maastricht.
Irena Renata Budryte-Kummer taught organ and piano at the Vilnius Conservatory and the Kaunas Academy of Music. She also worked as an organist at St. Casimir’s Church and as a répétiteur at the Vilnius Academy of Music. Currently, she works as a lecturer at the University of Church Music in Dresden. She can also be heard regularly as an organist in the Frauenkirche.
Irena Budryte-Kummer performs as an organist and pianist — also in the framework of festivals — in Europe, Russia, the USA, Central America, and Japan (Suntory Hall, Opera City, Lilia Hall). As an organ soloist, she performed together with the Lithuanian Chamber
Orchestra conducted by Saulus Sondeckis, as well as with various baroque ensembles, and as a pianist together with soloists, especially with her father, the clarinetist Algirdas Budrys.
Besides a 1st prize at the “Kyiv International Organ Competition” in 1988, she won the 3rd prize at the “M.K. Ciurlionis International Organ Competition” in Vilnius in 1991. She also acted as a juror in the International M.K. Ciurlionis Competition several times.
Radio and television recordings as well as CD productions also testify to her active work as an organist and pianist.
Location: 259 N 5th St
Time: 1:30-3:00 pm EST
Free!
