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european composers

CZ

Ondrej Adámek

D

Carsten Hennig
Johannes Schöllhorn
Mathias Spahlinger

E

Alberto Posadas

F

Bernard Cavanna
Joël-François Durand
Suzanne Giraud
Octavio López
Alain Louvier
Frédérick Martin
Paul Méfano
François Narboni
Thierry Pécou
Philippe Schoeller

I

Aureliano Cattaneo

RO

Aurèle Stroë

CH

Gérard Zinsstag


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Born in 1962, he studied composition with Klaus Huber, Emanuel Nunes and Mathias Spahlinger, and musical theory with Peter Förtig. He also attended conducting courses with Peter Eötvös. He awarded many prizes in composition competitions and he is laureate of the Foundation Strobel at the SWR, of the Gaudeamus Foundation and the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.
In 1995 he was awarded the Comité de lecture of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and in 1997 he composed "Rondo" for violin and chamber orchestra for this ensemble.
His chamber opera "les petites filles modèles" was played many times in Paris and France and had in 1997 its premiere at the Opera de Bastille.
Besides his own compositions Johannes Schöllhorn is also working on different kinds of transcriptions, i.e. he has made an own version of Pierre Boulez' "...explosante-fixe...".
Johannes Schöllhorn was teaching from 1995 to 2000 at the Musikhochschule Zürich-Winterthur (CH). He was conductor of the Ensemble für Neue Musik at the Musikhochschule Freiburg (until 2004) and since 2001 he is Professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover.
Johannes Schöllhorn gave several composition courses at the Fondation Royaumont (F), in the Ictus-Seminar (B), at the Irino-Foundation (Japan), at the Bartók-Festival (HU) at the Conservatory of Music in Tianjin and the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing (China).

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Anamorphoses
"Anamorphose" bedeutet Gestaltwandlung, Verzerrung. Es ist ein Begriff, der in der
Mein Stück “Anamorphoses" verwandelt und verzerrt seine musikalische Vorlage, drei
Kunstgeschichte vor allem für Gemälde des Manierismus des 16. Jahrhunderts angewandt
contrapunctus (6, 1 und 9) aus der “Kunst der Fuge" von J.S.Bach, wobei die Bearbeitung
wird. Anamorphotische Gemälde zeigen, je nachdem, aus welcher Perspektive oder Richtung
dennoch notengetreu der Vorlage folgt. Für den zweiten Teil der Musik hat Manuela
man sie betrachtet, ganz Verschiedenes in der Darstellung. So kann zum Beispiel in der
Morgaine Textausschnitte aus “Comment une figue des paroles et pourquoi" von
Frontalansicht eine Landschaft, von einem schrägen Blickwinkel aus aber das Profil eines
Francis Ponge zu einem neuen Text zusammengestellt, der eine Gestaltwandlung von
Menschen sichtbar werden.
Sprache in Musik zeigt. "Anamorphoses" entstand 2001 im Auftrag des Ensemble Ictus.
Johannes Schöllhorn

« Des sensations fortes nous parcourent également lors du concert des Percussions de Strasbourg. [...] En abondance à l'écoute de Red and Blue de l'Allemand Schöllhorn (né an1962), issu de mutations hystériques et séraphiques graduées. »
Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde

“Schöllhorn webt in Senza Parole für 32-stimmigen Chor das Stimmengeflecht so raffiniert, dass weder der Eindruck eines chorischen Unisono noch von solistischen Parallelaktionen entsteht: wahrhaft ein Chor-Orchester."
Gerhard Rohde, Neue Musik Zeitung

Ictus presents sparkling cocktail
One of the most agreeable aspects of contemporary music is the variety of what is written. This makes it possible to combine pieces that are in themselves very different but which together yield an interesting and colourful mix, as in this delightful concert by Ictus.
One can of course find points of contact between these works: the absurd touch in the pieces by Unsuk Chin and
Johannes Schöllhorn, the sound exploration by György Ligeti and Jonathan Harvey, and of course the fact that the oldest composer in the programme (Ligeti) was the teacher of the youngest (Chin). But each of the works chosen had its own identity and character and set personal accents, and this gave the concert an added value on top of the exemplary performance by Ictus.
[...]
Johannes Schöllhorn's Anamorphoses was a very witty work, containing a Bach parody in which the Kunst der Fuge was replaced by Francis Ponge's absurd text L'art de la figue. The nice thing is that this piece has no pretensions whatever, but is very well made and, what is more, has a cheerful iconoclastic feel. [...]
De Standaard, February 4th, 2002, Maarten Beirens

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"Oeuvres" Der Vorhang geht auf. - Hexagramm - musarion - Hand-Stücke - les ombres-die schatten - Schlussvignette & Retraiteschuß
(C.Gautier, G.Knox, F.Rivalland, Ch.Dierstein, C.Delume, M.Th.Ghirardi, W.Hoogewerf, ensemble recherche, M.Foster)
Accord/Musidisc 201 622

"parodies & paraphrases" berstend-starr - madria - about the seventh - Marien-Lieder - Ralentir travaux
(A.Angster, T.Anzelotti, J.Nied, S.Kamphues, Cl.Schubert, S.Otto, ensemble recherche, E.Pomarico, M.Foster)
Accord/Musidisc 205 542

 

Ralentir travaux auf: Dokumentations-CD der Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1994 WD 04

about the seventh auf: "For Stefan Wolpe" (ensemble recherche) Montaigne/Auvidis MO 782048

 

madria auf: Dokumentations-CD der Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1994 WD 05
 

"Lichtspielmusik" (Bearbeitungen, ensemble recherche)
Filmmusiken von Schönberg, Hauer und Schreker Montaigne/Auvidis MO 782068

 

Descriptions  automatiques (Bearbeitung) auf: "Mélodrames francaises" (C.Gautier, Ensemble Musikfabrik, J.Avery)
Accord/Universal 465 283 2


 

Der Vorhang geht auf. Das Theater stellt ein Theater vor.
(Caroline Gautier, ensemble recherche, Mark Foster)
Musik inDeutschland 1950 - 2000
CD des Deutschen Musikrats, RCA
 

in nomine auf: The Witten In Nomine Consort Book (ensemble recherche) kairos

 

in preparation : 

portrait kazabana - tiento - pentagramm u.a. (Ensemble Ictus, G.E.Octors)

l'art de la figue (Manuela Morgaine, Ensemble Ictus, G.E.Octors) Assai / Musidisc

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Brandung (83/84) SSAATTBB (8 soloist voices, unpublished)
Ginsterlicht (83/84) SSAATTBB (choir or soloist voices, unpublished)
musarion (85/86) viola solo (Una corda / Lemoine)
Windmaschine (85) 4 recorders (in C) (Moeck Verlag Celle)
Septett (86/87) SABar (soloist voices), vl., 2 violas, cello (unpublished)
Schlussvignette & Retraiteschuss 3 Versions : string trio (87), trio basso (88), 3 cellos (88) (Una corda / Lemoine)
Hand-Stücke (87) percussion solo (Una corda / Lemoine)
Hexagramm (87-89) for 3 guitars (Guitar sop., Guitar, Guitar bass. (Una corda / Lemoine)
Der Vorhang geht auf Das Theater stellt ein Theater vor. (89) Melodrama after a text by Ludwig Tieck
Speaker, cl. / cl. b., horn, vl., cello, perc. - Commissioned by
Fondation Royaumont, (Una corda / Lemoine)
phanias (89) for solo violin (unpublished)
les ombres - die schatten (90) 2 percussions - Commissioned by Landes Baden-Württemberg (Una corda / Lemoine)
a garland (90) 2 Versions :
fl, clar, vl, cello (unpublished)
SATB (choirs or soloist voices / unpublished)
Pentagramm (90/91) piano, 4 percussions - Commissioned by Landes Baden-Württemberg (Una corda / Lemoine)
berstend-starr (91/92) fl., cl. / cl. b., pno, perc.,vl., viola, cello - Commissioned by Landes Baden-Württemberg (Una corda / Lemoine)
Marien-Lieder (91/92) 3 alto voices ( Commissioned by WDR (Una corda / Lemoine)
about the seventh (92) fl., oboe, pno, perc., vl.,cello, d.-bass - Commissioned by WDR (Una corda / Lemoine)
Ralentir travaux (92/93) fl., sax., cl. / cl. b., pno, perc., vl., viola, cello, d.-bass
Commissioned by town of Witten and Siemens-Kulturprogramms (Una corda / Lemoine)
vor Augen (93) after a text by Martin Kaltenecker
Speaker, fl., cello, pno ( Commissioned by Südfunk Stuttgart (Una corda / Lemoine)
vom Ende bis (93) 9 strings solo (3 vl., 3 violas, 3 cellos) (Una corda / Lemoine)
madria (93/94) cl. b., acc., d.-bass - Commissioned by Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Una corda / Lemoine)
berstend-starr (94) - version for orchestra (unpublished)
Damenstimmen / Ladies Voices (95) after a text by Gertrude Stein
Speaker, pno [German and English versions] (Una corda / Lemoine)
les petites filles modèles (94/95) Chamber Opera for 4 voices, 2 dancers, pno, 2 perc., hrp
after la Comtesse de Ségur
Libretto : Caroline Gautier, Choregraphy: Pierre Droulers
Commissioned by Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (unpublished)
Tanz-Szenen (95) 2 percussions (unpublished)
under one's breath (96) fl., hrp, viola - Commissioned by Sabeth Trio (Una corda / Lemoine)
Rondo (96/97) vl. solo, chamber orchestra (1.1.1.1 / 2.2.2.1./ hrp, cel., 2 perc., / 2.2.2.1.)
Commissioned by
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Una corda / Lemoine)
Schöne Stellen (97) SATB (soloist voices) String quartet - Commissioned by Biennale Hannover (unpublished)
kazabana (98) oboe, cl. b., trp., trb., pno, (2)perc., vl., viola, cello. - Commissioned by Ensemble Modern (Una corda / Lemoine)
Suite (98) pno, 2 perc., hrp (Una corda / Lemoine)
in nomine (99) Ensemble (unpublished)
in nomine (99) Choir (and event. string orchestra) (unpublished)
tiento (99) guitar solo, fl., cl. b., trp., trb., pno, vl., cello - Commissioned by Ensemble Ictus (Una corda / Lemoine)
ato (2000/2001) mezzo-soprano, pno (unpublished)