Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher ( born January 29, 1971 in Marl) is a German composer and conductor.

He has worked with world -renowned artists together, including with Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), the Scharoun Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic, L' Ensemble intercontemporain (Paris), Klang Forum Wien, Avanti! (Helsinki), ensemble contre champs (Geneva), remix ensemble (Porto ) and with the following orchestras: Berlin Staatskapelle, DSO Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony, NDR Symphony Orchestra Hamburg, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, RSO Saarbrücken, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de Strasbourg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Life

At a young age Matthias Pintscher got lessons in composition with the Hungarian composer István Nagy. After a period of study in London, he began in 1988 composing with Gislher adhesive at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. In 1990 he met Hans Werner Henze; In 1991 and 1992 he was invited to the Cantiere Internazionale d' Arte to Montepulciano. 1992-1994 he studied with Manfred Trojahn at the Robert- Schumann -Hochschule in Dusseldorf. Subsequent invitations to the Vienna Composition Seminar 1994 ( with Péter Eötvös, Helmut Lachenmann and the sound Wien ) and the Stuttgart Symposium " Composer / Conductor " 1995 ( at the Festival MDJ ), a series of portrait concerts ( at the Salzburg Festival in 1997 and at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, 2003 [ with symposium ]) and stays as " Composer in Residence ": 1999/2000 at the National Theatre Mannheim, 2000-2002 with the Cleveland Orchestra, 2002/2003 at the Konzerthaus Dortmund, 2006 at Ars Musica Brussels and at the Lucerne Festival, 2006/ 07 in the Radio Symphony Orchestra Saarbrücken and 2007/2008 at the Cologne Philharmonie.

Since 2007 Matthias Pintscher is a professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich and head of the " Academy 's Young Composers " ( 2010: " Heidelberger Atelier " ) of the Music Festival Heidelberger Frühling. He currently lives mostly in New York.

In his spare time he is an art collector and dealer.

As of 2013, he will lead the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris.

Honors, Memberships

Works

Piano solo

  • Monumento I ( 1991)
  • Tableau / Miroir (1992 )
  • Night. Moonlight (1994 )
  • On a clear day (2004)

Chamber Music

  • 2 ° quartetto d' archi ( 1990)
  • Partita for cello (1991 )
  • Omaggio a Giovanni Paisiello for Violin (1991, revised 1995)
  • Ritratto di Gesualdo (4 ° quartetto d' archived ) ( 1992)
  • Seven Bagatelles with Apotheosis of the glass harmonica for bass clarinet (1993, revised 2001) Version for clarinet (1994, revised 2001)

Orchestra music

  • Devant une neige ( Monumento II) ( 1993)
  • Dark field - Berückung (1993, revised 1998)
  • Choc ( Monumento IV) ( 1996)
  • Five Pieces for Orchestra (1997). UA 1997 Salzburg Festival ( Philharmonia Orchestra London, conductor: Kent Nagano )
  • Sur " Départ " (2000). UA 2000 ( NDR Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach )
  • With lilies white ( 2001-2002). UA 2002 ( Cleveland Orchestra, Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi )
  • Towards Osiris (2006). UA 2006 ( Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Simon Rattle )
  • Listed track ( 2006)
  • Osiris (2007). UA 2008 ( Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Pierre Boulez )
  • Songs from Solomon 's Garden, EA April 2010 ( Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lucas Vis)

Works for wind

  • Invocazioni (1991 ) (first performed in 1992 in Aalen )

Concerts

  • La Metamorfosi di Narciso for cello and ensemble ( 1992)
  • Tenebrae for viola and small ensemble with live electronics (2000-2001)
  • S sourdine for Violin and Orchestra ( 2003). UA 2003 ( Frank Peter Zimmermann, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Péter Eötvös )
  • Reflections on Narcissus for cello and orchestra ( 2005). UA 2006 ( Truls Mork, Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach )
  • Transir for flute and chamber orchestra. UA 2006 Luzern ( Lucerne Festival, Emmanuel Pahud, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Conductor: Daniel Harding )
  • Chute d' étoiles ( part I). Hommage à Anselm Kiefer for two solo trumpets and orchestra. UA on July 21, 2012 with the Schleswig- Holstein Festival Orchestra conducted by the composer in Büdelsdorf, Soloists: Reinhold Friedrich and Simon Höfele

Stage Works

  • Cracked bells ( 1993/94, revised 2000). Music theater piece. Libretto: texts by Georg Büchner, Jean Paul, Arthur Rimbaud and from the Revelation of John. UA ( 1st version ) April 25, 1994 in Berlin ( parish church ); ( Version 2) April 8, 2000 Mannheim ( National Theatre)
  • Thomas Chatterton. Opera in two parts ( 1994-1998). Libretto by Claus H. Henneberg and Matthias Pintscher ( based on the eponymous play by Hans Henny Jahnn ). UA 1998 Dresden (State Opera )
  • L' espace dernier ( 2002-2003). Musical play in 4 parts. Libretto: Matthias Pintscher, by Arthur Rimbaud. UA February 23, 2004 Paris (Opéra Bastille )

Vocal music

  • Cracked bells for soprano and orchestra (1996 )
  • A twilight 's song for soprano and seven instruments (1997)
  • Music from " Thomas Chatterton " for baritone and orchestra (1998)
  • Monumento V for 8 voices, 3 cellos and ensemble ( 1998)
  • Hérodiade fragments for soprano and orchestra (1999). UA 1999 ( Christine Schäfer, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Claudio Abbado ). American premiere 2004 New York ( Carnegie Hall )
  • Songs and snow pictures for soprano and piano (2000)
  • Verse quelque part ... - façons de partir for female voices and percussion ( 2000) Version for female voices, drums, 3 cellos and Live Electronics (2001)
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