German organist and composer, Franz Danksagmüller, expands the expressive limits of the organ through innovative technology and visionary imagination in this concert.
A pioneer of contemporary organ music, Franz Danksagmüller unites centuries of musical tradition with cutting-edge technology in a series of groundbreaking performances.
From baroque masterpieces by Buxtehude, Scheidt, Byrd, and Bach to his own innovative compositions, Danksagmüller explores the intersections of acoustic organ, live electronics, improvisation, and visual media. Danksagmüller expands the organ’s expressive possibilities, creating music that is at once historic, experimental, and utterly contemporary.
This concert is a part of the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival 2026 - a yearly celebration of one of the greatest composers in the Western Classical oeuvre which is dedicated to the upliftment and education of classical music in Johannesburg, and South Africa as a whole.