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Amadeus Webersinke

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Amadeus Webersinke
Born(1920-11-01)1 November 1920
Died15 May 2005(2005-05-15) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Pianist, organist

Amadeus Webersinke (1920–2005) was a German pianist and organist.

Webersinke studied from at the Institut für Kirchenmusik in Leipzig with Karl Straube, Johann Nepomuk David, and Otto Weinreich. He was a lecturer at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre. Until 1953, he worked mainly as an organist, and later only as a pianist.

Webersinke was particularly devoted to Bach's organ and piano works and also gave concerts on the clavichord. He recorded Max Reger's Piano Concerto. 1966, he assumed a professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.

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