Gunther Strothmann – DoctorsTalents

Dr. Gunther Strothmann worked as a doctor in Kiel until the end of 2006. After graduating from high school in Bremen, he took piano, organ, improvisation, and composition lessons from Ernst Hörbe (1921–2012), among others. After studying medicine in Kiel, he began his musical activities as a performing organist. In 1977, he founded the Melsdorf Symphony Orchestra, an amateur ensemble that has since grown to more than 80 players as a project orchestra. In 1999, Strothmann founded the Klassikensemble Kiel, a chamber orchestra, with Michael Stoll, which he directed until 2017. Gunther Strothmann also founded the Melsdorf Symphony Orchestra in 1977. Between 1980 and 2022, he directed the Rachmaninoff Choir Kiel. The Klassik-Ensemble Kiel is also his initiative.

In 1999, the Kiel Carillon, located in the tower of the former Kiel Franciscan monastery, was inaugurated with a public concert. Strothmann was appointed carillonneur and custodian of the Kiel Glockenspiel by the North Elbian Church that same year. Gunther Strothmann has toured Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, and the USA.