Andreas Kunstein
Andreas Kunstein ( born June 25, 1967 in Brühl) is a Dutch- German composer.
Work
Kunstein studied after school first history and philosophy in Dusseldorf and received during this time private composition lessons with David Graham and Ratko Delorko. From 1992 to 1998 he studied with Wolfgang Hufschmidt at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, then until 2002 at the Rotterdam Conservatory with Peter -Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries. He has participated in master classes with, among others, Manfred Trojahn, Edison Denisov and George Crumb.
1998 Kunstein received a scholarship from the Foundation Otmar Alt and 2003, a grant from the Cultural Fund Foundation for the Künstlerhaus Lukas.
In the center of his previous work are his epigrams. This sequence of miniatures wrote Andreas Kunstein 1993 first kids piano (Bernd Wiese man dedicated ), revised and extended it later but still for many other occupations (for example: piano, organ, string quartet, brass quintet, symphony orchestra ).
Art One 13 epigrams for orchestra 2000 were nominated for the Nederlandse Prijs voor Jonge composer ( Dutch prize for young composers ). His 10 epigrams kids piano, played by Bernd Wiese man, appeared on CD at Liebermann ( SST 31112 ) and its 10 epigrams for piano, played by Ratko Delorko, on the CD " NCC 8007 ".
Kunstein now lives (2006) in Rotterdam.
Works (selection)
- Toccata for piano (1980/1991)
- Fantasy G-sharp minor for Piano (1991 )
- 10 epigrams kids piano (1992 ) (also versions for, inter alia, piano, organ)
- Two string quartets (1992 and 1994)
- String Trio (1992/1999)
- Wind Quintet (1993 )
- "Mother thinks " for contralto and piano (on a text by Hedda Zinner ) ( 1995)
- 2 Portraits for Piano (1995-1997)
- 13 epigrams for Orchestra ( 1998) ( new version 2000)
- "Scenes from a student life " for orchestra (2001 ) (also version for piano solo)
- Suite for orchestra ( also version for 2 pianos ) (2002 )
- String Quintet (2002)
- Turbulences for big band (2003)
- Music for 2 Pianos and Percussion (2003)