David Philip Hefti

David Philip Hefti ( born April 13, 1975 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss composer and conductor.

Life and work

Hefti studied composition, conducting, clarinet and chamber music in Winterthur, Zurich and Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm, Wolfgang Meyer and Elmar Schmid. He also received by Cristóbal Halffter and Rudolf Kelterborn Important impulses.

In addition to his work as a composer David Philip Hefti acts as guest conductor of various orchestras and ensembles. As a composer and conductor, he shall, inter alia, at festivals ultrasound in Berlin, Musica de Hoy in Madrid, Wien Modern, Styrian Autumn in Graz, Menuhin in Gstaad, Beijing Modern, Suntory in Tokyo, EuroArt in Prague and as a composer-in -residence at the Moritzburg Festival, at the Castle Medial Werdenberg and at the Heidelberg Philharmonic. Concerts connect him with soloists such as Fabio Di Càsola, Thomas Grossenbacher, Thomas Indermühle Cornelia Kallisch, Wolfgang Meyer, Sylvia Nopper, Jan Vogler, Antje Weithaas and conductors such as Douglas Boyd, Peter Eötvös, Howard Griffiths, Kent Nagano, Michael Sanderling, Jac van Steen, Mario Venzago, Ralf Weikert and David Zinman. Hefti's work leads to the cooperation with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Deutsches Symphonie -Orchester Berlin, the Bamberger Symphoniker, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Tokyo Sinfonietta, the Leipzig String Quartet, the new Vocal soloists Stuttgart, Ensemble Modern and the Collegium Novum Zurich.

Hefti's compositions are available by Edition Kunzelmann and Edition CF Peters.

Honours & Awards

  • 2013: Composer Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
  • 2011: 1st prize in the Pablo Casals competition; Business year composition for the city of Zurich
  • 2010/11: 1st prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition ( Category Orchestra ); 2nd prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition ( Category chamber music)
  • 2009: 2nd prize at the Molinari Quartet Competition
  • 2008: 1st prize in the composition competition of the University of Bucharest; 4th prize at the Kazimierz Serocki competition; Work Year of composition of the canton of St. Gallen
  • 2007: 2nd prize at the Witold Lutosławski competition; Finalist at the Pablo Casals competition; Special Jury Prize at the Gian Battista Viotti competition; 2nd Prize at Ivan Spassov competition
  • 2006: Art Prize Zollikon
  • 2005: 1st prize at the George Enescu Competition; Dimitri Mitropoulos finalist in the competition
  • Prizes of the UBS Cultural Foundation (2003, 2006)
  • Prices of the Swiss Association of Musicians and the Federal Office of Culture ( 2004, 2005, 2010)

Composer-in -residence

  • 2014: Composer-in -residence at the Moritzburg Festival in Dresden
  • 2013: Composer-in -residence (Composer in focus) at the Castle Medial Werdenberg
  • 2011/12: Composer-in -residence ( composer for Heidelberg) with the Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg
  • 2009/10: Composer-in -residence in London, Arts Council Landis & Gyr

List of Works

Vocal works

  • TENET ( 2003). 4 songs for soprano and ensemble. Texts: Else Lasker-Schüler. UA October 28, 2006 Zurich (Else - Lasker-Schüler - Forum; Sylvia Nopper [ Soprano ], Zurich Chamber Ensemble, Conductor: David Philip Hefti )
  • Rose Leaves ( 2007). Song cycle for medium voice and piano. Texts: Rose Auslander. UA November 30, 2009 Zurich ( Tonhalle; Judith Schmid [ Mezzo- Soprano ], Sarah Tysman [ piano ] )
  • Uphill (2010). 3 aggregate states for soprano, flute, violin, cello and piano. Texts: Felix Philipp Ingold. UA May 27, 2010, Culture & Kongresshaus Aarau (Sylvia Nopper [ Soprano ], Ensemble Amaltea )
  • Hamlet fragment ( 2013). for vocal ensemble. Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche. UA May 18, 2013, Castle Medial Will Berg ( New Vocal Soloists Stuttgart)
  • At transparent threads ( 2013). for mezzo- soprano and cello. Texts: Kurt Aebli. UA June 9, 2013, Tonhalle Zurich (Andrea Del Favero [ Mezzo- Soprano ], Thomas Grossenbacher [ cello ] )

Instrumental works

Chamber Music

  • Diary (1999 ) for violin. UA March 28, 2003 Zurich (Stefan Tönz )
  • Counterpoints on, come, sweet death ' (2000) for Clarinet Trio. UA May 16, 2001 West Field (International basset horn meeting, Ensemble Clarino )
  • O, star! (2003). Mosaic for solo clarinet. UA April 16, 2004 Madrid (Festival Musica de Hoy, Salvador Salvador [ clarinet ] )
  • O, star! II ( 2004). Mosaic for saxophone solo. UA January 22, 2005 Baden ( art room, Lars Mlekusch [ sax ] )
  • Melencolia I (2004 ) for flute, percussion and piano. UA November 2, 2004 Los Angeles ( Arnold Schoenberg Institute; ensemble Toca Loca: Martin Huber [ flute ], Aiyun Huang [ drums ], Gregory Oh ​​[ piano ] )
  • Moon Shadow (2006 ) for violin and marimba. UA April 2, 2006 Munich ( Philharmonie im Gasteig, Rachel Cunz [ violin ], Jacqueline Ott Yesilalp [ marimba ] )
  • Shadow sound (2006). Adagio for Piano. UA May 2006 China ( Oliver Schnyder )
  • Shadow (ge ) l (2006). Piano Trio. UA November 19, 2006 Zurich ( Tonhalle; Trio Caleidoscopio: Primoz Novsak [ Violin ], Thomas Grossenbacher [ cello ], Keiko Tamura [ piano ] )
  • Rite (2007). 4 dance collages for cello. UA November 15, 2008 Basel (Münster, Thomas Grossenbacher )
  • Ph ( r) ase (2007). String Quartet No. 1 UA November 13, 2007 Prague ( EuroArt Festival, Merel Quartet )
  • Rose petals (2007 ) - see below vocal works
  • (T ) raum - Ze (s) it ( 2008). Dialogue for two bass clarinets. UA June 13, 2008 Vienna (Petra Stump, Heinz -Peter Linshalm )
  • Guggisberg Variations (2008). String Quartet No. 2 UA May 18, 2010 St. Gallen ( Internat. Bodensee Festival, Amar Quartet)
  • Poème lunaire (2008) for viola and piano. UA April 26, 2010 Zurich ( Spectrum Concerts, Michel Rouilly [ Viola ], Bettina Sutter [ piano ] )
  • Rotations ( 2009). Mosaic for oboe solo. UA August 4, 2009 Oaxaca ( Instrumenta Festival, Thomas Indermühle [ Oboe ] )
  • Relations (2009 ) for violin, viola, cello and piano. UA April 25, 2010 Munich ( Starnberg Music Days, Rudens Turku [ violin ], Taia Lysy [ Viola ], Wen-Sinn Yang [ cello ], Oliver Schnyder [ piano ] )
  • Uphill (2010 ) - see below vocal works
  • Interactions (2010 ) for violin, viola, cello and piano.
  • Mobile ( 2011). String Quartet No. 3 UA April 16, 2011 Basel ( Leipzig String Quartet )
  • Sound shards (2011 ) Mosaic for solo cello.
  • Con fuoco ( 2011). String Quartet No. 4 UA August 14 2011 Gstaad ( Menuhin Festival, Leipzig String Quartet )
  • Beethoven resonances ( 2011). Piano Piece No. 2 UA October 2, 2011 Winterthur ( Beethoven cycle of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Karl- Andreas Kolly [ piano ] )
  • Canto (2012 ). for bass clarinet solo
  • Lights Hall ( 2012). Trio No. 2 for violin, cello and piano. UA October 16, 2012 London, Wigmore Hall ( Medea trio)
  • At transparent threads ( 2013) - see below vocal works
  • Modules ( 2013). for solo flute. UA December 10, 2013 Heilbronn, Perspectives concerts ( Isabelle Schnöller )

Works for larger ensemble / orchestra

  • PeRSIgNo (1997) for 10 clarinets (2 Eb clarinet, 3 Bb Clarinet, 2 basset horns, 2 bass clarinets, 1 bass clarinet). UA June 1, 1998 Zurich ( Musikhochschule clarinet ensemble, conductor: Elmar Schmid)
  • SATOR cycle ( 2002ff. )
  • Part 1: SATOR ( 2002). Concerto for clarinet ( basset horn ) and orchestra. UA March 28, 2003 Zurich ( Valentin Wandeler clarinets, Zurich Chamber Ensemble, members of the Collegium Novum Zurich, Conductor: David Philip Hefti )
  • Part 2: AREPO (2004/ 05). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. UA November 5, 2005, Megaron Athens ( Antonis Sousamoglou [ violin ], Orchestra of Colours Athens, Conductor: Miltos Logiadis )
  • Part 3: TENET (2003 ) - see below vocal works
  • Part 4: OPERA. Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra
  • Part 5: rotas ( 2009). Concerto for oboe (also oboe d'amore ) and orchestra. UA April 26, 2009 Augsburg ( Thomas Indermühle [ Oboe ], Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Rudolf Piehlmayer )
  • Wunderhorn Music ( 2008). 7 sound patterns for violin and ensemble. UA April 20, 2008, Winterthur ( Rachel Cunz [ violin ], Ensemble Theatre on track Winterthur, Conductor: Jac van Steen )
  • Klangbogen ( 2009). Music for Orchestra. UA March 3, 2010, Lucerne (KKL, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Sanderling )
  • Gegenklang (2010). Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. UA March 26, 2011, Tonhalle Zurich ( Thomas Grossenbacher [ cello ], Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Conductor: David Zinman )
  • Changements ( 2011). Impressions for orchestra. UA April 25, 2012, Heidelberger Frühling ( Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Francesco Angelico)
  • Moments Lucides (2012 ). Resonances for Orchestra. UA October 3, 2012, Winterthur ( Winterthur Musikkollegium, conductor: Douglas Boyd )
  • Adagietto (2012 ). for string orchestra. UA June 2, 2013, Bern ( Camerata Bern, conductor: Antje Weithaas )
  • Éclairs ( 2013). Sound for ensemble moments. UA June 4, 2013, Prince Regent Theatre in Munich ( Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Peter Tilling )
  • Adagio ( 2013). Beziehungsweisen for Orchestra. UA March 4, 2014, Maison symphonique de Montréal ( Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, conducted by Kent Nagano )

Transcriptions

  • Three slow movements and three -part fugues KV 404a ( 2001). by W. A. Mozart. for clarinet, basset horn and bass clarinet
  • Musical Offering BWV 1079 ( 2000). by J. S. Bach. for clarinet, basset horn and bass clarinet
  • Ricercare a6 (1999). by J. S. Bach. for any 6 instruments

Discography

  • Éclairs - Moments Lucides - Changements - Gegenklang - Klangbogen; Ensemble Modern, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, DSO Berlin, DRP; David Philip Hefti, conductor (col legno WWWE 1CD 40407 )
  • Ph ( r) ase - Guggisberg Variations - Mobile - con fuoco; Leipzig String Quartet (MDG Gold 307 1773-2 )
  • Collegium Novum Zurich; Rudolf Kelterborn: The ear of the Interior; Conductor: David Philip Hefti ( musiques Suisses CTS -M 135)
  • Gegenklang - Uphill - Guggisberg Variations - Poème lunaire - Klangbogen ( NEOS 11120 )
  • Rotas - Wunderhorn Music ( NEOS 11016 )
  • Shadow (ge ) l - rite - rose petals ( telos TLS 103)
  • Ph ( r) ase ( telos TLS 104)
  • TENET - Shadow Sound - Moon Shadow - O, star! II - Miroirs ( telos TLS 126)
  • Diary - O, star! - Melencolia I - SATOR ( telos TLS 125)
  • O, star! ( Musiques Suisses CTS -M -103 )
  • Rose petals ( SwissPan SP 51 728 )
  • Counterpoints on " come, sweet death" - 5 Canons ( SwissPan SP 51,701 )
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