Helga Pogatschar

Helga Pogatschar ( born January 28, 1966 in Munich) is a German composer.

She completed two courses, Artistic majoring in piano and composition for film and television at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. As a guest, she studied for a year at the Academy of Music in Göteborg electroacoustic composition and then taught at the conservatories of Munich and Hamburg. She was among other things the project grant for New Music / Media and Music Award of the City of Munich 2007. 2005 /06 she was a fellow at the International Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg.

The Munich-based composer realized own music theater projects in which she combines new music with electronics, dance, video and performance elements. Of the projects appeared "Mars - a requiem ," " Titus Trash Tatar " and " Inanna " on CD and audio books in collaboration with the radio programs " Bayern2 radio play & Media Art " and " Bayern4 Classic ". In addition to numerous commissioned works of various genres Helga Pogatschar devotes time and again the setting of texts for children.

Selections

My music theater projects

• 2007 " Peep! " - Music Theatre for 8 singers a capella. Premiere at the Muffathalle, Munich July 2007 ( Director / Room: Sebastian brain, light / Room: Michael Bischoff, Video: Joerg Saeger, costumes Anja Wüst ).
• 2006 " Dream Text II ", an interactive music dance performance for a dancer, bass clarinet and trombone. Premiere in the black box, the Gasteig Munich. (Director / Room: Sebastian brain, light / Room: Michael Bischoff, interactive computer installation: Frieder Weiss, Video: Jörd Saeger, costumes Anja Wüst )
• 2004 " Dream Text", an interactive dance opera with dancer and choreographer Cesc Gelabert after the eponymous prose sequence of Heiner Müller for large mixed choir, soprano, tenor solo, Vcello, percussion and dance ( as part of the international dance festival DANCE 04, Muffathalle, Munich)
• 2002 " Inanna / The huluppu Tree", for overtone singing, soprano, mezzo- soprano, oriental percussion, organ and electronics (within the artionale, Holy Cross Church )
• 1999 " Titus Trash Tatar ," listening cinema surround with 2 speakers, 6 singers, cello and electronics ( Black Box, Gasteig, Munich)
• 1995 " Mars Requiem ", for 3 singers, 2 singers, tape, and keyboards ( Muffathalle, Werk II Leipzig)
• 1994 "Take Off", for soprano, tenor and two keyboardists
• 1993 " drain " for 3 singers, 2 singers and organ

Chamber music, orchestral and choral pieces

• 2009 " O Lucidissima ", a remix of songs of Hildegard von Bingen for chamber orchestra and tape, commissioned by the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt
• 2008 " Valentin 1945 - declaration of love to Munich " for soprano, 2 choirs, children's choir and chamber orchestra, commissioned by the City of Munich for the 850th anniversary
• 2008 " Stainless Safari " for solo recorders and tape, commissioned composition by Stefan Temmingh
• 2007 " Shotgun! " For large mixed choir, commissioned by the 9th A • DEvantgarde Festival
• 2005 "Catherine " for mixed choir, 2 percussion and trombone quartet, world premiere with the Via Nova Choir Bamberg
• 2001 "To Be Busy", for bass clarinet, flute, cello and contrabass and tape
• 1999 " Underground Surround", on behalf of ZITHERSCHULE for 3 zithers and tape
• 1998 "Signal", for large orchestra
• 1995 " Lilith ", for chorus and two percussionists

Silent Film Music

• "Rhythm 21", Silent Film Music for Trombone Quartet
• " Drame chez les Fantoches " silent film music for piano, saxophone, trombone and marimba
• "Opus 1-4 " by Walter Ruttmann, silent film music, electronics
• " How a Mosquito Operates ", Silent Film Music

Theatre Music

• 2006 " Hansel and Gretel " opera by Engelbert Humperdinck in an arrangement by Helga Pogatschar for recorders, clarinets, celesta, harmonium, dulcimer, accordion, guitar, 2 percussion, cello, double bass; Director: Sebastian brain, Musical Director: Eva Pons
• 2005 " Black Battles with Dogs " by Bernard -Marie Koltes, theater music ( folk theater Munich, directed by Sebastian brain )
• 2000 " The Lady AOI " theater music for Japanese flutes and percussion ( commissioned by the Meta Theatre Munich)
• 1995 ' Öknen ", a production of the Iwanson Dance Company at the Carl - Orff-Saal, Munich
• 1993 "Trace" with Christina Gabriel Dance motifs in NT Theater, Munich

Short operas

• 2005 "lessons learned " for four singers for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass and percussion of the 8th A • DEvantgarde Festival 2005 Text: Achim Wagner
• 2001 " The adventures of the little house dust ," for mezzo- soprano, piano, electric guitar, trombone and double bass ( an order of micro Opera in Munich, NT )

Radio drama

• 2004 " Tristan da Cunha ", a production of the BR broadcasting, radio play and media art by Raoul Schrott
• 2003 " I'll have a blue ", I take a yellow " radio drama piece commissioned by the BR, radio play and media art
• 2002 "Pink - Pink Peham the Act ," The trip to Chelmno (1) and the trip to Chelmno ( 2) commissions of the BR / radio play and media art
• 2002 "Night Karst ", text: Karoly Koller, radio play commissioned by Radio Berlin Germany

Music for multimedia projects

• 2009 " Oskar Schlemmer - 2.3. ", A musical performance as an homage to Oskar Schlemmer 's Triadic Ballet and be for solo voice and Sample Keyboard / Produced by the Bauhaus Dessau and the Meta Theatre Munich
• 2007 " Moonwalk " planetarium project of video artist Clea T. Waite
• 2003 " Vague Wave" for flute, cello, voice and electronics / Text: Alma Larsen, ( Black Box Gasteig Munich as part of the 7th A • DEvantgarde Festival 2003)
• 2000 "The Spider Project" by the video artist Clea T. Waite
• 1996 " cure", a project of video artist Clea T. Waite at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne. UA 1997 European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück
• 1992 " Lost in space ", Forum of Technology, Munich

Music for Children

• 2009 " Orphea and the sound wizard," commissioned by the BR as a musical play by Rudolf Herfurtner for various instruments
• 2009 " Linus and the mystery of the dream planet - With Un, Hixx and Nurrr to the stars", commissioned by the BR as a musical play by Catherine Neuschaefer for speakers, recorders, clarinet and accordion
• 2006 " Lucia and the dragon necklace," commissioned by the BR on the eponymous story by Rudolf Herfurtner for 8 musicians in changing cast
• 2005 " Tim's miraculous star trip," commissioned by the BR on the eponymous story by Rudolf Herfurtner for 10 Musicians in changing cast
• 2005 " jungle camp " for voice, children's chorus and three percussionists, (Text: Andrea Heuser )
• 2003 " The Krokoolm and Eintagsgans " ensemble - live version, UA 7 A • DEvantgarde June 2003 Text: Hans -Peter Maier Easter, Music: Helga Pogatschar