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Hans Otto

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Hans Otto was a German organist, harpsichordist and cantor. He was a member of the Thomanerchor, the choir of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. He studied under Karl Straube at the Institute of Church Music of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig between 1945 and 1948. In 1968, he was named Kirchenmusikdirektor and appointed organist at Freiberg Cathedral, and later went on to serve as organist at the Georg Philipp Telemann Concert Hall in Magdeburg. Otto gained recognition for his interpretations of Johann Sebastian Bach’s organ works performed on Silbermann organs in Saxony, and he worked closely with the Dresdner Kreuzchor under Rudolf Mauersberger. In 1980, he received the Art Prize of the German Democratic Republic.
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