Christopher Wrench is a renowned organist

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

 and lecturer.

Education

Wrench attended Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane Grammar School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for boys, located in Spring Hill, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

, the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and undertook postgraduate studies in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

 at the Vienna Conservatorium

Konservatorium Wien

The Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität is a private music conservatory in Vienna, Austria established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien.The school attained university status on June 15, 2005 as a private institution....

 and then at the Hochschule für Musik (with Michael Radulescu

Michael Radulescu

Michael Radulescu is a Romanian-German composer, organist, and professor.He was born to a Romanian father and a German mother. He studied with Anton Heiller and Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria....

).

Awards

Wrench has gained considerable success as an organist in international competitions winning the St. Albans (Audience Prize) and Odense, Denmark (First Prize, 1992).

Career

Wrench returned to Australia in 1991 where he became Lecturer in Organ at the Queensland Conservatorium. He appears regularly as a recitalist throughout Australia and Europe and has performed as soloist with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

The Adelaide Symphony Orchestra was founded as a 17 player radio ensemble in 1936, in Adelaide, South Australia. The orchestra reformed in 1949 as the 55 member South Australian Symphony Orchestra. It reverted to its original and present title, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, in late 1974, and...

, the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Australian Chamber Orchestra was founded by cellist John Painter in 1975. Richard Tognetti was appointed Lead Violin in 1989 and subsequently appointed Artistic Director....

, the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Queensland Symphony Orchestra

The Queensland Symphony Orchestra is an Australian orchestra, based principally in Brisbane in the state of Queensland.The QSO played its first concert on 26 March 1947, with the orchestra consisting of 45 musicians, conducted by Percy Code. John Farnsworth Hall was recruited from the Sydney...

, the Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra

Queensland Youth Orchestras

The Queensland Youth Orchestras is Australia's leading organisation for orchestral training and performance and is currently based at the Old Museum building in Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

, and the Canberra Symphony Orchestra

Canberra Symphony Orchestra

Canberra Symphony Orchestra is the principal professional orchestra of the Australian Capital Territory based in Canberra, the national capital of Australia....

. One review of a performance of Wrench in 2005 recorded,

Another review recorded,

Wrench is heavily in demand and combines his work as performer and teacher with his passion for liturgical music in his position as Director of Music at St. Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point

Kangaroo Point, Queensland

Kangaroo Point is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located directly east across the Brisbane River from the Brisbane central business district.- Geography :...

 in Brisbane.

Discography

• 2009: J.S. Bach Organ Sonatas, BWV 525–530, Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen
  Copenhagen
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  ; Melba Recordings

External links

• Biography at Melba Recordings