Thomas Böttger

Thomas Böttger ( born August 15, 1957 in Neustrelitz ) is a German composer, pianist and music journalist.

Life

Boettger was born in Neustrelitz 1957. In 1964 he won first piano lessons; at nine he composed the first pieces. From 1969 to 1975 he attended the High School of Music in Berlin. Then he studied until 1980 composition with Erhard Ragwitz and piano with Ruth Zechlin at the Academy of Music "Hanns Eisler" Berlin. There followed a two -year postgraduate course at Tadeusz Baird at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw. He was, from 1981 to 1983 master student of Ruth Zechlin at the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

In 1986 he moved to Hamburg. From 1989 to 1990 he held a lectureship at the Musikhochschule Lübeck. Since 1997 he works for the NDR. He was responsible for several hundred piano historical programs in recent years. As a pianist he played among others in Finland, Hungary and Italy. As early as 1983 his 5 Rilke songs were premiered at the Warsaw Autumn Festival. Musicians such as Miklós Perényi, John-Edward Kelly and Michael Massong could be won for his compositions. In 2005 he published a book about the pianist Tamás Vásáry. He served as a juror at the piano competition Sviatoslav Richter in Moscow.

Awards

  • Hanns Eisler Prize of broadcasting the GDR ( 1978) ( for: Concertino for Oboe and Strings )
  • International Composers' Tribune of UNESCO in Paris (1982 )
  • Gerhard- Maasz Prize of the GEMA Foundation (1987 )

Works (selection)

Orchestra and chamber orchestra

  • Concertino for Oboe and String Orchestra, Opus 1 (1977). Premiere: Friedrich Wolf Theater, Neustrelitz 1978.
  • Concertino for Oboe and Piano ( 1980).
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 (1979 /80). Premiere: Metropolitan Theatre, Dieter Zechlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Heinz Rogner, Berlin March 1981.
  • Nocturne for 14 strings (1981). Premiere: Berlin State Opera, members of the Staatskapelle Berlin, Hartmut Haenchen, Berlin Oktober 1981.
  • Homage to Wagner for chamber orchestra (1982 ) World Premiere: Berlin State Opera, Berlin Februar 1983.
  • Nocturne for two guitars and chamber orchestra ( 1983). Premiere: Palast der Republik, Berlin March 1984.

Orchestral Songs

  • 5 Rilke Songs for High Voice and Orchestra (1980 /81). Premiere: Warsaw Autumn, Warsaw National Philharmonic, Warsaw 1983.
  • 5 Rilke Songs for voice and piano (1980 /81). First performance: theater in the Palace, Berlin 1982.

Chamber Music

  • Duo for cello and piano (1977 /78). Premiere: Club of creative artists, Berlin April 1978.
  • 11 Miniatures for Recorder ( Flute ad. Lib.), Violin and Guitar ( 1978). Premiere: Berlin 1979.
  • 7 small pieces for piano (keyboard ), Oboe and Bassoon (1979). Premiere: Berlin 1979.
  • 4 Preludes for Guitar (1978, 2004). First performance: theater in the Palace, Berlin 1980.
  • Duet for 2 Guitars (1980 /81). First performance: theater in the Palace, Berlin 1981.
  • Visions for cello and piano ( 1983-1987 ). Premiere: castle Königstein, Miklos Perényi, Thomas Böttger, Dresden 1988.
  • Time ( after poems by Renata Pandula ) for high voice and string quartet (1988). Premiere: castle Königstein, Dresden 1989.
  • 3 sets for piano, string quartet and percussion ( 1983). First performance: theater in the palace, New Music Group Weimar, Berlin, November 1983.
  • String Quartet (1982, revised 1999). Premiere: Marble Hall in the "House of the DSF ," Morbitzer quartet of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Berlin, March 1984. (Revised: Scardanelli Quartet, Hamburg 1999).
  • 6 Preludes for 3 percussionists (1988). Premiere: Music hall Hamburg, Hamburg 1988.
  • Variations for two ensembles ( 1990). Premiere: Music hall Hamburg, Hamburg April 1990.
  • 6 Fantasias for Violin and Piano ( 1992). Premiere: Budapest 1992.
  • Nocturne for 2 marimbas and Crotales (1993). Premiere: Days Newer chamber music Braunschweig, Braunschweig November 1993.
  • Vision for vibraphone (1992). Premiere: Hamburg 1994.
  • 3 Nocturnes for piano, flute, clarinet, horn, violin and cello (1992). Premiere: Moritzburg, Halle 1992.
  • Trio for soprano saxophone, marimba and Viola ( 1995). Premiere: Ensemble Intégrales, Hamburg 1995.
  • Danse oubliée (1995 ) for cello and marimba. Premiere: Hamburg 2004.
  • Danse oubliée (version 1998) for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar. Premiere: Ensemble Sortisatio, Leipzig.
  • Città del futuro for trombone and piano (1995 /1996). Premiere: Hamburg 1996.
  • Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello (1993-1999 ). Premiere: Music hall Hamburg, Hamburg 2000.
  • 2 Nocturnes for Violin and Piano ( 2002). Premiere: Rolf- Liebermann - Studio NDR, Hamburg November 2002.
  • Stoa for piano and guitar ( 2005). Premiere: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar, Weimar, 2005.

Piano music

  • 3 Etudes for Piano ( 1978). Premiere: Club of creative artists, 1978.
  • 3 interludes, 4 hands (1978). Premiere: Club of creative artists, 1978.
  • 5 interludes for piano (1979). Premiere: Club of creative artists, 1979.
  • Poem for Piano ( 1982). Premiere: Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin 1982.
  • Nocturne for Piano ( 2006). Premiere: Hamburg October 2006.

Discography

  • Wolfgang- Andreas Schultz: Profile - Composers Portrait ( 1998)
  • Zoltán Kodály: Sonata Op 8 for solo cello 1915 (2002)
  • Ensemble Sortisatio ( Querstand, 2004) with the ensemble Sortisatio
  • Soundways for guitar and piano ( Querstand, 2006) with Reinhard Wolschina among others
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