Born in
Dresden, Eisenberg was organist at various churches beginning age nine. He was a member of the
Dresdner Kreuzchor for five years.
Kurt Masur arranged for Eisenberg to be named organist of the Leipzig
Gewandhausorchester. He also served as a harpsichordist of the Leipzig Bach Orchestra. He appeared on
East German television in a production about the life of
Johann Sebastian Bach. He appeared outside East Germany, in 1983 at the Bach Festival in
Graz and in 1985 at the
Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart. In 1985 Eisenberg was a guest professor for organ at the International Music Seminar in Weimar. He also conducted master classes in
Stockholm and
Buenos Aires, among others. In 1986 Eisenberg did not return from a tour to West Germany. After positions at churches in
Bad Homburg and
Hanover, he has performed as a freelance organist and harpsichordist and as a partner of chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras in cities across Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia. From 1992, Eisenberg was
cantor at
St. Severin in
Westerland on Sylt. Since November 2004 he has been church musician and organist in
Zwickau. In January 2001, Eisenberg again appeared at the Gewandhaus, after an absence of 15 years. He performed at the
Rheingau Musik Festival with clarinetist
Giora Feidman in
Eberbach Abbey. As an organ specialist, Eisenberg has been involved in numerous new organs and renovations. He recorded the
complete organ works by J. S. Bach at various organs in Lower Saxony. He has recorded as a partner of
Mathias Schmutzler,
Joachim Schäfer, and
Giora Feidman, among others. Several of his CDs contain improvisations. As a conductor, he recorded Bach's secular
cantata Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet, BWV 212 from the harpsichord, with soloists
Juliane Claus,
Martin Krumbiegel and
Georg Christoph Biller in 1992, Bach's church cantata
Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55 with
Martin Petzold and members of the Thomanerchor in 1998, and songs from
Schemellis Gesangbuch (Schemelli's Songbook) with Thomanerchor singers of two generations in 1998, playing the organ. ==Awards==