Peter Ritzen

Peter Ritzen (born 21 January 1956 in Ghent) is a Flemish pianist, composer and conductor.

Life

Cracks studied at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent. He continued his studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg on. He was also informed by the Russian pianist Tatiana Petrovna Nikolaeva. He reached the diplomas Superieure d'Execution of piano at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.

Scribing is active as a concert pianist in Europe, Asia and the United States. He has performed with various orchestras and ensembles, including the Salzburg Soloists. His own compositions are inspired by Chinese music; they are moved from Naxos.

In 1991 he founded the Leschetizky Club in Bad Ischl. Together with Margret Tautschnig, the great-granddaughter of Theodore Leschetizky, he opened the same year the International Leschetizky Summer Academy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. As a recognized Leschetizky and Liszt Performer 2000 and 2004 he was artistic director of the International Piano Competition Theodor Leschetizky in Taipei, Taiwan over the years. Peter Ritzen is with the Austrian pianist Jörg Demus friends and worked together.

In 2005 his Symphony ' Heavenly Peace ', work with more than 400 performers, premiered at the National Concert Hall in Taipei.

Since 2013 cracks is Music Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra Beijing.

Works

Piano

  • Chinese Rhapsody No.1 (1987 )
  • Chinese Rhapsody No.2 ' Dance of the happy little Buddha ' (1989 )
  • Chinese Rhapsody No.3 ' Chinese Market ' (1989 )
  • Sonata for piano ( ' Adamant variations ') ( 1991)
  • Award Winning Movie Themes: 13 free transcriptions on movie themes (1999)
  • 4 Transcriptions on Viennese waltz (Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Robert Stolz ) (2008 )
  • 4 Transcriptions of Chinese Folk Songs (2009)

Chamber Music

  • 3 Spanish Songs for Soprano and Piano ( poem by Santiago Rupérez - Durá ) ( 1989)
  • 15 transcriptions of Chinese Folk Songs for Soprano and Strings ( 1998)
  • Piano Quintet in F Minor ( 2006)

Piano Concertos

  • Concerto No.1 'China in the Year of the Dragon '. ( Paraphrase on the southern Chinese Opera: ' A Fantastic Dream in the Garden ') ( 1989)
  • Concert ' The Last Empress ' ( Paraphrase on the Chinese Beijing Opera 'Last Empress ' (1908 )) ( 1994)
  • Concert for Taiwan ( 2000)

Pieces for Orchestra

  • Chinese Requiem for soprano, piano, choir, chinese percussion and orchestra. Libretto by Santiago Rupérez Durá. (1990-1994)
  • Chinese Violin Rhapsody (1994 )
  • Chinese Flute Concerto ( 1995)
  • Symphonic poem ' Hua Chiao ' [ Overseas Chinese] for soprano and Orchester.Libretto: Santiago Rupérez Durá (1997)
  • Transcendental Symphony ' Heavenly Peace ' ( Heavenly Peace ) for organ, choirs, chinese drums and instruments and large orchestra. Libretto: Santiago Rupérez Durá (2003)
  • Symphonic Weihdichtung: ' Finis est infinitus ' for soprano, choir, large ensemble and percussion. Libretto: Peter Ritzen (Hebrew, German ). Latin Salve Regina (2009)
  • Cantata ' Wild Roos ' for soprano, baritone, choir, horn, organ, piano ( large orchestra) and drums. Libretto: Poems by Anton van Wilderode. Composed in Beijing, 2011.
Flemish people Mozarteum University of Salzburg Naxos Records Rhapsody (music)
644432
de