Søren Nils Eichberg
Søren Nils Eichberg (born 23 July 1973 in Stuttgart ) is a German - Danish composer, pianist and conductor. Eichberg grew up in Denmark and now lives in Berlin. He is the son of Henning Eichberg.
Artistic Career
Eichberg studied piano and composition at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen in Tom Ernst and Friedrich Gürtler as well as piano and conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Arbo Valdma and Michael Luig.
In 2010 he was appointed the first resident composer in the history of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He works together with Ensemble Modern, Hilary Hahn, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the ARD Competition.
Awards
- 2001: Grand Prix of the International Composition Competition Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels for his Violin Concerto Qilaatersorneq
- 2002: Composition Fellowship of the Tanglewood Music Festival, USA
- 2006: composition scholarship of the Konrad -Adenauer -Stiftung
- 2006: Composition Grant of the Greek Alexander Onassis Foundation
- 2007: Three-year composition prize of the Danish Ministry of Culture
Works
Orchestra and Ensemble
- 2001 Qilaatersorneq for violin and orchestra
- 2001 Spiritual Twilight for 11 instruments
- 2002 Pa'am for mixed choir, string quartet, piano and harp
- 2002 Hærværk quasi un concertino per pianoforte e 10 strumenti
- 2002/4 Piano Concerto
- 2005 Symphony No. 1 for large orchestra
- 2006 Night Machine for ensemble
- 2006 Cello Concerto
- 2010 Symphony No. 2 for orchestra
Chamber music and solo
- 2000 Two Aspects for 2 pianos & 2 percussionists
- 2001 Quartet Movement for String Quartet
- 2001 Toccata for 2 Violins
- 2002 Shards 19 Etudes for Piano - mail Ludes
- 2002 ... and then she went to the sea ... for Violin and Piano
- 2003 @ | / | 7 | 7 # 35 | 5 ( antithesis ) for multi- percussion and electronics
- 2003 4 Pieces for Bassoon and Piano Bassoon and Piano
- 2003 Piano Trio
- 2004 4 for viola and overtone
- 2005 Natsukusa - Yafür Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
- 2005 Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini for Cello
- 2005 Cantus for recorder, saxophone and drums
- 2010 In Circles - 16 Imaginary Dances for 18 player. UA: December 2011, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main by the Ensemble Modern.
- 2011 Nefertiti, piano, commissioned work for piano fever in 2011, inspired by the same bust, New Museum, Museum Island, Berlin; UA: June 22, 2011 the Berlin State Library.