Manuel Gera (born 1963) is a German church musician and organist.
Gera studied Protestant church music at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. There, he passed the in 1991. His teachers included Hartmut Schmidt (choir conducting), Hans-Dieter Möller (organ) and Gustav Adolf Krieg (organ improvisation). After postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik Saar with Daniel Roth and Theo Brandmüller,Kirchenmusikdirektor Manuel Gera on nordkirche.de he completed the Konzertexamen in 1995 in the subject . Also in 1995, he was awarded third prize at the Festival Europäische Kirchenmusik in Schwäbisch Gmünd.Manuel Gera on kirchenmusik-ekbo
After working as a cantor in Oberhausen and Soest, he was appointed to St. Michael's Church, Hamburg in 2001. There, he served as organist and choirmaster until 2021. In 2006, he was appointed church music director by the church leadership of North Elbian Evangelical Lutheran Church. On 1 May 2021, he took up the post of in Jüterbog south of Berlin.Manuel Gera on shazam.comManuel Gera: Destiny on Elbphilharmonie.de
The main focus of his activity is organ improvisation. Together with his wife Anne-Katrin, he conceives organ concerts for children.
Compositions Credo novum (2005) Engel-Triptychon (2006) Missa de Angelis (2007)
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External links
Daniel Kaiser: Organist Manuel Gera verlässt Hamburger Michel. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 31 March 2021.