Joachim Segger

Dr. Joachim Segger  (BMus, MMus, Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music; DMus UAlberta) is a versatile musician who performs internationally as a piano soloist and collaborative artist. Primary mentors and teachers were Ernesto Lejano, Cécile Genhart, Kurt Neumuller, Helmut Brauss  and Menahem Pressler. As winner of the New York Canadian Women’s Club competition he performed a solo recital in Carnegie Recital Hall, NY.  He recorded the Ravel G Major Piano Concerto with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and performed numerous concertos with the ESO and the Edmonton Youth Orchestra.  Joachim’s solo piano CD “Bravato” was recorded on the iconic nine-foot Yamaha concert grand once owned by Glenn Gould, now housed in Knoppers Hall at The King’s University. It features works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Ginastera, Haydn and Beethoven. Most recently Joachim performed the complete Beethoven violin and piano sonatas with Frank Ho at The King’s University, a solo piano recital and three chamber music recitals at the University of Alberta.

A church organist since the age of nine, Joachim was a student of Hugh Bancroft. He enjoys improvising at the piano and organ using classical and contemporary musical styles as well as hymn-based improvisations. Joachim has performed several improvisation recitals including collaborations with visual artists and scientists. He co-directs the music program at First Presbyterian in Edmonton, Alberta with Marnie Giesbrecht.

Joachim regularly joins Marnie Giesbrecht as the internationally well-known Duo Majoya (Edmonton Cultural Hall of Fame, 2014; Honorary Fellows RCCO, 2015).  Together they have commissioned and played more than twenty contemporary works for organ duet, piano duet and the unlikely but magnificent organ/piano combination.  Their new CD, “Canadian Suite Celebrations,” recorded in the Winspear Centre was released on the Centredisc label in May, 2024.

Dr. Segger is Professor Emeritus of the Music Department at The King's University, Edmonton.