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Feb. 10, 2003

Martin Haselböck, one of Europe's leading organists, performs on Luther's Center Stage March 7

Martin Haselböck, internationally renowned as one of Europe's most prominent organ virtuosos, will deliver an evening of incomparable musicianship to Luther's Center Stage Series on Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m., in the Luther Center for Faith and Life.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 20, at the Luther Box office, telephone (563) 387-1357, open 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Ticket price is $15, $13 for students and senior citizens.

Praised as "the ideal of a performer, combining highly intelligent musicianship with a virtuoso technique," by the Moscow Musical Gazette, Haselböck brings to Luther a repertoire that ranges from Bach to Liszt to contemporary composers.

The performance is sponsored in part by the Kathryn Ulvilden Moen endowment, and is part of the 25th anniversary celebration for the CFL's Robert Sipe organ, given by Luther alumna Jeanne Preus Rost.

This isn't Haselböck's first time in northeast Iowa. In 1977, at age 21, Haselböck taught at Luther when college organist William Kuhlman was on sabbatical leave. He also graced the CFL stage as conductor of the Vienna Academy Orchestra when it appeared in a recent Luther Center Stage Series performance.

Haselböck has studied the harpsichord, organ composition and conducting in Vienna and Paris. A winner of numerous organ prizes and competition, he then embarked on an international solo career.

A frequently recorded artist, Haselböck has made more than 60 solo CDs. Many important composers have written for him as well, including Ernst Krenek who dedicated both of his organ concertos to him.

Since 1985, Haselböck has been music director of the Wiener Akademie Orchestra. Since that time, the period-instrument orchestra has had a regular series of Viennese classical music concerts and performs frequently in Japan, Paris, Madrid, Cologne, Milan, Moscow and the United States.

As conductor of the Wiener Akademie, Haselböck has recorded more than 40 CDs including works by Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Schubert. His latest recordings include a "Musical Imperialist" series-10 CDs commemorating 500 years of Vienna Court music.

Haselböck's recording awards include the Liszt Award in 1986, the Diapason d'Or and the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis. In 1997, he was awarded the highest Austrian Cultural Award by the State President.

At home with period- and modern-instrument orchestras, Haselböck is frequently invited to guest conduct orchestras in Berlin, Leipzig, Zurich, Budapest, Prague, Brussels and Newcastle, among others. His longstanding relationship with the Vienna Symphony led to a series of oratorio performances including all the major Bach Choir-Orchestra Works.

While on campus, Haselböck will hold a masterclass with Luther students on Saturday, March 8, 10:30 a.m., in the Sundt Organ Room in Luther's Jenson-Noble Hall of Music.

Future Center Stage Series 2002-03 performances will include: London City Opera's performance of "Madame Butterfly," March 11; Gershwin's "Crazy for You," April 1; and Quartetto Gelato, April 25.

For ticket information any of the remaing events, contact the Luther Box office, telephone (563) 387-1357.

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