Orgelmusik bei Kerzenlicht in der Kirche St. Luzi mit Stephan Thomas

Stephan Thomas was born in 1962 in Chur, where he grew up and attended school, interrupted by a short detour to Geneva (1972/73). He graduated from the Graubünden Cantonal School and then studied organ (Janine Lehmann, Rudolf Scheidegger), piano (Rita Kägi), piano pedagogy (Erna Ronca), choral conducting (Klaus Knall) and music theory (Hans Ulrich Lehmann) at the Zurich Conservatory. After passing his teaching diploma for organ, he began studying Phil I at the University of Zurich with the subjects of history and musicology; at the same time, he was preparing for the organ concert entrance exam and the theory teacher diploma. After his election as organist of the Chur city church of St. Martin, he changed his career goals; he gave up the idea of a career as a historian and decided to devote himself full-time to music. Subsequently, he completed the two remaining studies at the University of Music (theory and concert organ) with diplomas. He changed the subject constellation of his university studies and later licensed in musicology, art history and modern history. In addition to his gainful employment, he took regular further training lessons for several years with Pierre Cogen, the titular organist of the Basilique Ste-Clotilde in Paris. He also attended cultural management training at the Stapferhaus at Lenzburg Castle. Earlier stations in the pedagogical field were the Graubünden Teachers' Seminar in Chur, the Schaffhausen Conservatory and the Classical Music Department of the St. Gallen Music Academy.