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{{Short description|American organist (1944–2023)}}
{{Use shortened footnotes|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name=Daniel Chorzempa
|birth_date={{Birth date|1944|12|07}}
|birth_place=[[Minneapolis, Minnesota]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2023|03|25|1944|12|07}}
|death_place=
|genre=[[Classical music]]
|occupation=Musician, architect, composer
|instrument=Piano, organ
|website=http://www.chorzempa.com
}}

'''Daniel Walter Chorzempa''' (December 7, 1944 – March 25, 2023) was an American organist, composer and architect.

==Biography==
Daniel Chorzempa was born in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] on December 7, 1944. He subsequently studied music and architecture at the [[University of Minnesota]] and further music studies in [[Cologne]]. After starting out as a [[pianist]] (achieving some success in Europe during the late 1960s and early 1970s), he became better known as an organist. In the 1970s he was also active as a composer associated with the [[Cologne School (music)|Cologne School]]{{sfn|Kapko-Foretić|1980|loc=50}} and [[New Simplicity]].

Chorzempa never married. He died on March 25, 2023, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |title=Daniel Chorzempa, organist acclaimed for his Bach interpretations – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/05/10/daniel-chorzempa-organist-bach-died-obituary/ |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>[https://www.lanazione.it/firenze/cronaca/morto-musicista-chorzempa-4e51e614 Addio a Chorzempa. Il grandissimo artista se n’è andato da solo. E nessuno lo cerca] {{in lang|it}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* {{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Kapko-Foretić|1980}}|reference=Kapko-Foretić, Zdenka. 1980. "Kölnska škola avangarde". ''Zvuk: Jugoslavenska muzička revija'', 1980 no. 2:50–55.}}

==External links==
*[http://www.chorzempa.com Daniel Chorzempa web site]
* [http://classicalmusicianstoza.blogspot.ca/2014/06/daniel-chorzempa-american-organist-and.html Daniel Chorzempa reminisces with Southern African tour organiser by Hans Adler, 1978.]
* {{discogs artist|Daniel Chorzempa}}

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