Mona Hartmann (Rozdestvenskyte) was born in Moscow in 1994. At the Detmold Music College she completed her studies of Church Music (Bachelor and Master degree) as well as Master Soloist Organ with Prof. Dr. Martin Sander. To broaden her musical horizon, she continued to study at the organ masterclass  (Konzertexamen Orgel) with Prof. Dr. Martin Schmeding at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, which she passed with distinction in 2023. During her studies she held a scholarship of the Bischöfliche Stiftung Cusanuswerk e.V. She received further artistic input in masterclasses of various renowned artists.

 

Mona Hartmann has been awarded several prizes at international organ competitions, amongst them the St Albans Organ Competition (UK), the Saint-Maurice International Organ Competition (Switzerland), the Northern Ireland International Organ Competition, the Bachpreis Wiesbaden competition (Germany), Rheinberger Organ Competition in Vaduz (Liechtenstein), the international organ competitions in Wuppertal and Korschenbroich (Germany), the Ciurlionis organ competition in Vilnius (Lithuania), the Petr Eben competition in Opava (Czech Republic) and the international organ competition in Bad Homburg (Germany).

 

Internationally, Mona Hartmann is in great demand as a concert organist. She gave concerts and recitals at the Mozarteum Salzburg, in Westminster Abbey and Southwark Cathedral in London, in the Frauenkirche Dresden, several cathedrals (Bremen, Osnabrück, Paderborn, Hildesheim and Riga Cathedrals), St Thomas Church Leipzig, 5th Avenue New York City (USA) and several other venues across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Baltic states, and Poland. In October 2022, she made her debut at Gewandhaus Leipzig, playing Thierry Escaich’s concert for organ and orchestra. 

 

Her recital in the ORF Sendesaal in Vienna (Austria) was broadcast live in the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation. In 2021, she was broadcast in Deutschlandradio Kultur and the organ CD “Music in the Cathedrals Hartmann among others. 

 

From 2017 to 2021 Mona Hartmann was organist and music director in Bad Driburg (Germany) before moving on to Bremen (Germany), where she held the position as organist and music director at the Provost Church St Johann until 2023.

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Since October 2022, Mona Hartmann has been teaching organ at the Church Music College in Herford. She currently serves as Head of the Church Music Department of the Diocese Linz (Austria).