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David Timm

Timm (* 1969) joined the St. Thomas Church Choir in Leipzig. From 1989 till 1995, he studied church music at the Leipzig College of Music. Also, he attended to the master class for piano and completed a period of study at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

David won the first prize at the Weimar Piano Improvisation Competition in 1991, the first Bach Organ Improvisation Competition in Weimar in 1997, and, in 1997, the 5th International Organ Improvisation Competition in Schwäbisch Gmünd/Germany. In 1998, he was awarded the Leipzig Young Musicians' Grant.
1998, he was installed as lecturer in choral conducting at the College of Church Music in Halle (until 2002), as well as in organ improvisation at the College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. In 1999, he succeeded Georg Chr. Biller as the conductor of the Leipziger Vocalensemble.

Besides his ample activities in the classic music, David is committed as arranger for the LeipzigBigband (J.S. Bach) and for Bobby McFerrin.

contact:	david.timm@web.de
homepage:	www.jazzduo-timm-brockelt.de
homepage:	www.vocalensemble.com
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Discography

Orgel Jazz Improvisation Raumklang 9711 recorded December 1997 at St. Nikolai Kirche in Bad Liebenwerda/Germany	David Timm, church organ
Visions Profil PH04087 recorded November 2002 at Thomaskirche in Leipzig/Germany	David Timm, church organ Reiko Brockelt, alto sax, alto flute
Jazz & Pipe Organ United Sound recorded 29 September to 03 October 2004 in Chelyabinsk/Russia	Vladimir Khomiakov, pipe organ Daniil Kramer, pipe organ Bernd Köppen, pipe organ David Timm, pipe organ Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, pipe organ Anastasia Sidelnikova, pipe organ Vjatscheslaw Gorskij, pipe organ Johannes Landgren, pipe organ Håkan Lewin, alto sax

Sound Samples

	"Toccata über Christ ist erstanden", from the album "Orgel Jazz Improvisation" 06:02 - 5,670kB
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