Viktor Scholz

Viktor Scholz (10 February 1935 – 31 March 2023[1]) was a Soviet-born German church music director and concert organist.

Scholz was born Vitja Wladimirowitsch Kammeschow in the port city of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov and spent his childhood there.

His father was a cellist and general music director of the city, his mother came from Moscow and was an aircraft designer by profession.

[2][3] Scholz took over as organist on sick leave at the Basilica of St. Vitus, Mönchengladbach at the end of 1957 and was subsequently employed there as cantor from 1 January 1958.

Scholz made a special name for himself with his interpretations of The Way of the Cross and Symphony Passion by Marcel Dupré and the great organ works by Max Reger.