Bernd Franke (composer)

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Bernd Franke (born January 14, 1959 in Weißenfels / Saale ) is a German composer .

Artistic career

From 1975 to 1981 Bernd Franke studied composition with Siegfried Thiele and conducting with Wolf-Dieter Hauschild at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" music academy in Leipzig . From 1980 to 1983 he was the founder of the “ Junge Musik ” group in Leipzig. From 1981 to 1985 he was a master student at the " Akademie der Künste " in Berlin and in 1988 participated in the " Composer Workshop of the Gaudeamus Foundation Amsterdam ", in which he worked with Ton de Leeuw and Chu Wen Chung , among others . Later, in 1989, Franke was able to deepen his studies at the “ Leonard Bernstein Fellowship of Tanglewood Music Center ”. There he not only worked with Leonard Bernstein , but also with the composer Lukas Foss , the violinist Louis Krasner and with the composer and conductor Oliver Knussen . As a recognized composer, various lecture and concert tours took him to Atlanta , Baton Rouge , Carrollton, Jacksonville and Minneapolis (USA) in 1993, 1994 and 1996 . At the invitation of Hans Werner Henze , Franke was a member of the jury of the " Munich Biennale for New Music Theater " in 1994 . For two years (1996–1998) he was also artistic director of the series “ New Music in the Beck Gallery ” in Leipzig / Düsseldorf. In 1998, Bernd Franke found the "Ensemble SOLO XFACH", which was so important to him, and since then has aimed at the authentic dissemination of the works of Franke's " SOLO XFACH " cycle, which began in 1988 .

Since the 1990s, Bernd Franke has been working intensively a. a. with the Goethe-Instituts in New York, Toronto, Helsinki, Prague, Vilnius, Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Since 2002 he has also been a member of the "Akademie der Künste" in Dresden and has been teaching at the University of Leipzig and at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig since 1981 . In 2003 Franke was appointed professor at the Alma mater lipsiensis (University of Leipzig). Masterclasses and lectures (including at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, the Sibelius Academy Helsinki, the Pitea Festival Sweden or the Music Academy Prague and the Music Academy Vilnius / Lithuania). 2008/09 Composer in Residence at ARS NOVA Copenhagen and Paul Hillier. 2009 Composer in Residence in Lithuania / Curonian Spit at the "Land of Disobedience" festival.

His works are published by CF Peters, Breitkopf & Härtel, Faber Music London and Hofmeister Musikverlag, since 2002 exclusively with CF Peters.

Works

  • piano
    • ITER MAGNETICUM (I), for piano four hands (1990)
    • For WOLS (It's all over), Four pieces for piano (1991)
    • ... in approximation, for piano solo (1997/98)
  • Chamber music
    • Quartet for clarinet, viola, double bass and percussion (1977/78)
    • 3 × virtuoso, for 2 × 1 percussionist (1982)
    • Chagall Impressions, 6 pieces for 10 brass instruments (1985)
    • " Time is a river without banks " - 6 × Chagall for 10 instruments (1985/86)
    • " Konform - Kontraform ", scene for 8 instruments (1988)
    • Music for wind quintet in five movements (1989)
    • Music for violin, violoncello and piano (Hope as a breath ...) (1992)
    • Seasons of Light (for Richard Pousette-Dart ), for bassoon and ensemble (1994)
    • " TRY TO NEAR " - fragments for string quartet (in memory of Louis Krasner ) (1999–2000)
    • " Prambanan ", for bassoon and piano (2000)
    • CANZONI (1), for brass ensemble (1999–2001)
    • CUT I (for Manfred H. Wenninger ), for electric guitar, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion and piano (2001)
    • CUT II (for Jean Guitton ), for percussion, harp, 2 violins, viola and double bass (2001)
    • CUT III (for Eduard Goldstücker ), for cello, oboe, clarinet, soprano saxophone and bassoon (2001)
    • " I met Feldman at the crossroad ... " (the way down is the way up), for soprano or speaker (male voice) and string quartet (2002)
    • For Elliott Carter for timpani solo (2004)
    • " Approaching Mahler ", for brass ensemble, timpani and percussion (2005)
    • STILLE WASSER for electric guitar, electric bass and playback CD (2006)
    • in between (I) , for violin and piano (2005)
    • in between (II) for piano, clarinet, trombone and violoncello (2007)
    • in between (III) for clarinet and piano (2006/07)
    • in between (IV) , for 2 violins for Duo Gelland (2007)
    • in between (V) for violin and violoncello (2009)
  • orchestra
    • Three orchestral pieces (1980-83)
    • Chagall music for orchestra (1985–86)
    • Music for Trumpet, Harp, Violin and Orchestra (in memory of Leonard Bernstein ) (1990–1993)
    • "For Shalom Ash - five pieces for orchestra" (suite from the opera "Mottke der Dieb") (1995–98 / 2002)
    • " Open doors " for bandoneon and orchestra (2002)
    • Raschèr fanfare for saxophone orchestra (2002)
    • Three Marches for CI (2002)
    • "Double Life", for oboe, flute and orchestra (2003/04) Simultaneous version of CUT IV for flute and ensemble (for Joanna Pousette-Dart ) and CUT V for oboe and ensemble (for Philip Roth )
    • "BlueGreen", for saxophone quartet and orchestra (2004)
    • Cut VI-VIII (for Colin McPhee , for JSB and for Hans Werner Henze ) (2005-2006)
    • On The Square for orchestra (2006/07)
    • Yellow clouds for string orchestra (2009)
  • Vocal music
    • " Jodok lets greet (or: Etüde über O) ", speaking choir for mixed voices on a text by Peter Bichsel (1990)
    • " Time is a ... ", performance and ritual for voices (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and piano (1999)
    • " Broken Near ", scene for baritone and orchestra (2000)
    • BACH PERSONAE - five voices in today's world (premiere 2000)
    • Significatio - GESUALDO , cinque madrigali a cinque voci (2001)
    • unseen blue for voices and bandoneon (2002)
    • PETREL SEASCAPES, five songs for soprano and orchestra (world premiere 2002)
    • lines (I), for soprano and ensemble (2004)
    • lines (II) for boy solo / soprano, double bass and ensemble (2007)
    • On the Dignity of Man , for mixed choir and saxophone quartet (2004/2005)
    • Rilke Madrigals for mixed choir (2005)
    • Miletus for soprano, choir and orchestra (2007/08)
    • Augustusplatz for choir, bass guitar, drums and glockenspiel (2009)
    • Memoriam - Tempo e tempi for choir and orchestra (2008/09)
  • Stage works
    • " Mottke the Thief ", opera in two acts, based on motifs from the novel Mottke the Thief by Shalom Ash, libretto by Jonathan Moore (1995–98)
  • The cycle "half-way house - SOLO XFACH (for Joseph Beuys )"
    • ... in approximation, for piano solo (1997/98) (solo version)
    • Solo double - in approximation (I), for flute (picc. Fl. Afl. Fl.) And piano (1997)
    • Solo double - in approximation (II), for oboe (Ob. Ehr. Ob. D`amore) and piano (1997/98)
    • Solo double - in approximation (III), for viola and piano (1997/98)
    • Solo double - in approximation (IV), for bass clarinet and piano (1997/2001)
    • Solo triple - for violin, horn and piano (in memory of Joseph Beuys) (1988)
    • Solo 4-fold - overlapping, for bandoneon, electric guitar, harp and violin (1999–2000)
    • Solo 5-fold - breaking, for horn, flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1998/99)
    • Solo 6-fold - frozen, for percussion ensemble (1994)
    • Solo 7-fold - at a distance, for ensemble (Fl. Pos. Schlzg. Vl. Va. Vc. Kb.) (1996)
    • Solo 8-fold - in motion, for ensemble (2003)
    • Solo 9-fold - into infinity, for ensemble (for Erich Hauser ) (2001)
    • Solo xfach - tape (I-IV) (2000)
  • various solo works
    • Voice (I), for flute / bass flute solo (1988)
    • Voice (II), for trumpet solo (1989)
    • " ... on G ... ", for trumpet solo (1993)
    • " For Elliott Carter ", for timpani solo (2004)

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personal data
SURNAME Franke, Bernd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels