Ulrich Leyendecker

Ulrich Leyendecker ( born January 29, 1946 in Wuppertal ) is a German composer.

Life

After his first composition lessons with Ingo Schmitt 1962 to 1965 he studied until 1970 composition at the Musikhochschule in Cologne with Rudolf Petzold and piano with Günter Ludwig. In 1968 he was a fellow of the German National Academic Foundation, as of 1971 professor of theory at the Musikhochschule Hamburg. In 1974 he received the Prize of North Rhine- Westphalia for music, the 1978/79 followed by a year's stay at the Villa Massimo.

From 1981 he was professor of composition and theory at the Musikhochschule Hamburg. The years 1984 and 1985 he spent in Paris with a scholarship for the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. Since 1986 he has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg. 1987 awarded him the city of Wuppertal the Von-der- Heydt - Price

In 1994 he moved from Hamburg to the professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Mannheim, he is since 1997 member of the Free Academy of the Arts Mannheim. 2001/ 02 he received a scholarship again for the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Since 2005 he works as a freelance composer.

Works

Orchestral works

  • Notturno for Bass and Orchestra (1968 /69)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1974 )
  • Con espressione (1979 )
  • Transformation, four pieces for chamber orchestra (1980 )
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ( 1980)
  • Impromptu (1981 )
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra ( 1983)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1985 )
  • Symphony No. 3 (1990/ 91)
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1994 /95)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1995-97 )
  • Concerto for Orchestra ( Symphony No. 5 ) ( 1999-2000)
  • Pensées sur un Prelude, Debussy Variations for Orchestra ( 2001)
  • Leopardi songs for alto, tenor and orchestra (2002)
  • Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (2004/2005)
  • Evocazione (2006)
  • Mannheim's Concerto for Two chamber orchestra ( 2006)
  • Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (2007/2008), world premiere: March 19, 2010, Kaiserslautern

Vocal music

  • Lost in the night for soprano and chamber orchestra ( 1981)
  • Canción última for alto and chamber ensemble ( 1983)
  • Nocturne for soprano and four cellos (1987 )
  • Hebrew Ballads for soprano and chamber ensemble ( 1993)
  • Serenade for soprano and chamber ensemble ( 1997)
  • Leopardi songs for soprano and piano (2003)
  • Leopardi songs for bass and piano (2004)

Chamber Music

  • Sonata for Clarinet and Piano ( 1966)
  • String Trio No. 1 ( 1966)
  • Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1964 /67)
  • Maqam, two sets for violin, cello and piano (1967 )
  • String Trio No. 2 ( 1972)
  • Posthumous Papers of the brother Menardus, a Capuchin friar, novel for 9 soloists (1973 /77)
  • Yiddish Rumba for instrumental ensemble (1977 )
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1978 )
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1986 /87)
  • Sonata for flute, viola and harp (1988 )
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1989 )
  • Two representational Etudes for Clarinet and Violoncello ( 1989)
  • Chamber Concerto for instrumental ensemble (1989 )
  • Quintet for bass clarinet and string quartet (2000)
  • Midnight Music for Guitar and Harp ( 2008)
  • Quintet in C major [ Franz Schubert ] Processing of the String Quintet in C major, D 956, Op posth 163 for ensemble
  • The Double [ Franz Schubert ] Processing of the song D 957, 13 from the cycle " Swan Song " for ensemble ( without text ) (2008 )
  • Your image [ Franz Schubert ] Processing of the song D 957, 9 from the cycle " Swan Song " for ensemble ( without text ) (2008 )

Piano music

  • Seven short pieces for piano (1965 )
  • Piano Pieces I -IV ( 1964-71 )
  • Sonata for Two Pianos (1985 )
  • Ricercar for two pianos (1989 )
  • 13 Bagatelles (1989 )
  • Piano Piece No. V (1990 )
  • Impromptu for Two Pianos (1994 )
  • Noblesse oblige, five piano pieces (1996 )

Works for solo instrument

  • I solo for flute (1973 )
  • Solo II for alto recorder and tape ( 1975)
  • Canto per violino solo ( 1979)
  • Verso Parsifal for solo guitar (1982 )
  • Two Etudes for Clarinet Solo (machining of two representational Studies ) ( 1989)
  • Etude for solo viola (1989 )
  • Two Etudes for bass clarinet solo ( processing of the two representational Studies ) ( 1990)

Discography

  • Violin Concerto, Symphony No. 3 ( Naxos) - reviews: (1 ), (2 )
  • Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto, String Quartet No. 1, Canto per violino solo ( Wergo )
  • The piano works ( Cantate Musicaphon )
  • Hebrew ballads in Other Worlds - 50 Years of New Music in NRW - radiations (1996 )

Student

  • Ernst Bechert (born 1958 ), composer
  • Stephan Marc Schneider (born 1970 ), composer
  • Wistinghausen Martin ( b. 1979 ), composer and singer
  • Friedrich Heinrich Kern ( born 1980 ), composer and pianist
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