# David Timm

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{{short description|German pianist and choir director}}
{{Infobox person
| name                = David Timm
| image               = David Timm01.jpg
| image_upright       = 0.8
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1969|04|24|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [Eibenstock](/source/Eibenstock), [East Germany](/source/East_Germany)
| death_date          = <!-- model {{death date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|1969|04|24|df=y}} -->
| death_place         = 
| education           = {{plainlist|
* [Thomanerchor](/source/Thomanerchor)
* [Musikhochschule Leipzig](/source/University_of_Music_and_Theatre_Leipzig)
* [Mozarteum](/source/Mozarteum)
}}
| occupation          = {{plainlist|
* Conductor
* Pianist
* Organist
* Academic
}}
| organization        = {{plainlist|
* [Leipziger Universitätschor](/source/Leipziger_Universit%C3%A4tschor)
* [University of Leipzig](/source/University_of_Leipzig)
* [Musikhochschule Leipzig](/source/University_of_Music_and_Theatre_Leipzig)
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| awards              = 
}}

'''David Timm''' (born 24 April 1969) is a German pianist, organist, [choral conductor](/source/Conducting) and [jazz](/source/jazz) musician. Since February 2005 he has been {{ill|Universitätsmusikdirektor|de}} (University Music Director) of the [Leipzig University](/source/Leipzig_University), and thus also director of the [Leipziger Universitätschor](/source/Leipziger_Universit%C3%A4tschor), succeeding [Wolfgang Unger](/source/Wolfgang_Unger).<ref name="Schulte" /><ref name="Unichor" />

==Biography==
Born in [Waren](/source/Waren_(M%C3%BCritz)), Timm was educated at the [St. Thomas School, Leipzig](/source/St._Thomas_School%2C_Leipzig). He was a member and later first prefect of the [Thomanerchor](/source/Thomanerchor).<ref name="Unichor" /><ref name="Oratorienchor" /> He studied [church music](/source/church_music) at the [University of Music and Theatre Leipzig](/source/University_of_Music_and_Theatre_Leipzig) from 1989 to 1995 with [Hannes Kästner](/source/Hannes_K%C3%A4stner), organ with Arvid Gast, improvisation with [Volker Bräutigam](/source/Volker_Br%C3%A4utigam), and completed his studies with the [Church music in Germany](/source/Church_music_in_Germany) A-Exam.<ref name="Oratorienchor" /> He continued studies of piano with Markus Tomas and graduated with distinction in 1999. In 1996/97 he studied with [Karl-Heinz Kämmerling](/source/Karl-Heinz_K%C3%A4mmerling) at the Salzburg [Mozarteum](/source/Mozarteum). From 1998 to 2002, he taught choral conducting at the [Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle](/source/Evangelische_Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Kirchenmusik_Halle),<ref name="Oratorienchor" /> and from 1998 liturgical organ playing at the Leipzig Musikhochschule. From 2002, he also taught artistic organ playing there, and in 2017 he was appointed honorary professor.<ref name="MT" />

Since 1991, Timm has performed together with the saxophonist [Reiko Brockelt](/source/Reiko_Brockelt) as ''JazzDuo Timm/Brockelt'' at national and international classical and jazz festivals. Together with the saxophonist Frank Nowicky he founded the ''LeipzigBigband'' in 1999 and was musical director of the ''Leipziger Vocalensemble'' from 1999 to 2006.<ref name="Unichor" />

In 1997, he was awarded the first Prize of the [international competition of organ improvisation](/source/Festival_Europ%C3%A4ische_Kirchenmusik) in [Schwäbisch Gmünd](/source/Schw%C3%A4bisch_Gm%C3%BCnd). He composed ''Jazzmesse'' (or ''Jazz-Messe''), a setting of the [mass](/source/Mass_(music)) with [jazz](/source/jazz) elements, which he recorded, together with Max Reger's ''[Der 100. Psalm](/source/Der_100._Psalm)'', with soloists, the Thomanerchor, the Leipziger Universitätschor and the [Gewandhausorchester](/source/Gewandhausorchester).<ref name="Kamprad" />

Timm is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Richard-Wagner-Gesellschaft Leipzig 2013 association, now called Leipziger Romantik.<ref name="Wagner Gesellschaft" /> He is honorary member of the Richard Wagner Verband in Leipzig.<ref name="Wagner Verband" /> In 2008 he was awarded the Mozart Prize of the Sächsischen Mozart-Gesellschaft.<ref name="Mozart" />

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em 
| refs =

<ref name="Schulte">{{Cite web
| last = Schulte
| first = Volker
| url = https://idw-online.de/de/news95339
| title = David Timm neuer Universitätsmusikdirektor
| publisher = Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
| date = 22 December 2004
| language = German
| accessdate = 21 January 2019
}}</ref>

<ref name="Kamprad">{{Cite web
| url = https://vkjk.de/artikeldetails/kategorie/jazz/artikel/max-reger-100-psalm-jazzmesse-david-timm.html
| title = Max Reger 100. Psalm – Jazzmesse David Timm
| publisher = Verlagsgruppe Kamprad
| language = German
| accessdate = 21 January 2019
| archive-date = 10 September 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170910211929/http://vkjk.de/artikeldetails/kategorie/jazz/artikel/max-reger-100-psalm-jazzmesse-david-timm.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Mozart">{{Cite web
| url = https://mozart-sachsen.de/ehrungen/
| title = Ehrungen / Mozartpreis
| date = 31 January 2016
| publisher = Mozartgesellschaft
| language = German
| accessdate = 21 January 2019
}}</ref>

<ref name="MT">{{Cite book
| author =
| title = Im Rahmen der Immatrikulationsfeier wurde UMD David Timm zum Honorarprofessor ernannt
| publisher = MT Journal
| volume =
| issue = 44
| location =
| date = January 2018
| page = 16
| language = German
}}</ref>

<ref name="Oratorienchor">{{Cite web
| url = http://www.leipziger-oratorienchor.de/leipziger-oratorienchor/index.html
| title = David Timm
| publisher = Leipziger Oratorienchor
| language = German
| accessdate = 21 January 2019
| archive-date = 7 January 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107035141/http://www.leipziger-oratorienchor.de/leipziger-oratorienchor/index.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Unichor">{{Cite web
| url = http://www.uni-leipzig.de/unichor/index.php?page=david+timm
| title = David Timm
| publisher = [Leipziger Universitätschor](/source/Leipziger_Universit%C3%A4tschor)
| language = German
| accessdate = 21 January 2019
}}</ref>

<ref name="Wagner Gesellschaft">{{Cite web
| url = https://leipziger-romantik.de/der-vorstand.html
| title = Der Vorstand
| publisher = Leipziger Romantik
| language = German
| accessdate = 1 February 2019
}}</ref>

<ref name="Wagner Verband">{{Cite web
| url = https://wagner-verband-leipzig.de/engl/index.php/vorstand-mitarbeiter.html
| title = Vorstand / Mitarbeiter
| publisher = Richard Wagner VerBand Leipzig
| language = German
| accessdate = 1 February 2019
}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{DNB portal|135202949}}
* [http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Timm-David.htm David Timm (Conductor, Organ, Piano)] Bach Cantatas Website
* [http://www.jazzduo-timm-brockelt.de/ JazzDuo Timm/Brockelt]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzbH5ZYMsE0 David Timm: Jazzmesse] (YouTube)

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Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Waren (Müritz)
Category:German classical organists
Category:German choral conductors
Category:Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig
Category:21st-century German classical pianists
Category:21st-century German male classical pianists
Category:21st-century German organists

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