Matthias Eisenberg - J.S. Bach: Orgel-Werke, Vol. 6a - An der Flentrop-Orgel in St. Marien zu Osnabrück (1992)

Matthias Eisenberg, born in Dresden in 1956. Piano lessons and at an early age, first attempts on the organ of his home town church in Saxony; played the organ regularly at services there from the age of 9. Intermezzo in the Dresden “Kreuzchor”. Continued studies on the organ, with special emphasis on Bach's organ works. Studied at Leipzig University of Music with Wolfgang Schetelich. During studies, received awards at many international competitions. After graduation, began career as a freelance organist and harpsichord player: Initiator of a cycle of concerts on Silbermann organs at St. George’s and St. Mary’s Churches in Rötha near Leipzig.
Artistic Director and soloist in a series of concerts in the historical Bergkirche (Mountain Church) in Oybin (in the mountains near Zittau). Fascinated by the lively and virtuoso way in which Eisenberg played, Kurt Masur commissioned him as a soloist in the New Gewandhaus in Leipzig upon its completion in 1980. In 1985, Eisenberg was the guest professor at the International Music Seminar in Weimar. Guest courses and master classes in Stockholm, Buenos Aires, San Juan, etc. supplement his teaching activity. With 60 to 70 (!) concerts per year in the Gewandhaus alone (in addition to his concert trips), Eisenberg achieved extraordinary popularity there, as an organist, on the basis of his extensive repertoire, all of which he is able to play at any time.
In 1986, he moved to the Federal Republic of Germany, a move which was greatly commented on at the time, as it meant the end of an era at the Gewandhaus. After working as church organist at Frankfurt/Main and Hannover, Matthias Eisenberg now gives concerts as a freelance organist and harpsichord player, also travelling as a partner for chamber music ensembles in Europe, Asia, North and South America, as well as in Australia. For Matthias Eisenberg, his most intense concert experiences have not only been connected with great concert halls, but also with organs such as those built by Silbermann, Hildebrandt or Wagner, for example, which frequently can be found in small village churches in Germany.
In January 2001, Eisenberg again appeared at the Gewandhaus, after an absence of 15 years.