Michael Obst

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Michael Obst

Michael Obst (born November 30, 1955 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German composer and pianist .

Life

Obst studied school music from 1973 to 1978 in Mainz and from 1977 to 1982 piano with Alfons Kontarsky and Aloys Kontarsky in Cologne . There he passed his concert exam as a pianist in 1982 . From 1981 to 1986 he was the pianist of the Ensemble Modern , from 1986 to 1989 he worked as an interpreter with Karlheinz Stockhausen .

At the same time he studied composition between 1979 and 1986 with Hans Ulrich Humpert in the studio for electronic music of the Cologne University of Music . This was followed by invitations to the studios of Gent (IPEM), Stockholm ( EMS ), Bourges ( GmeB ), Paris ( IRCAM ), Freiburg (SWR-Strobelstiftung) as well as to the studio for electronic music of the WDR in Cologne. Since 1997 he has been Professor of Composition at the Liszt University of Music in Weimar, and from 2010 to 2013 also at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna .

Selected world premieres and premieres

  • 10 years IRCAM Paris 1987: “Kristallwelt III” (WP) for ensemble and tape, commissioned by IRCAM
  • Donaueschinger Musiktage 1987: “Kristallwelt III” (German EA) for ensemble and tape
  • Donaueschinger Musiktage 1989: “Miroirs” (WP) for 6 vocal soloists, commissioned by SWF
  • Donaueschinger Musiktage 1995: “Diaphonia” (UA) for soloists, orchestra and live electronics, commissioned by SWF
  • World Music Days (ISCM) Cologne 1987: “Chansons” (UA) for mezzo-soprano, 5 instruments, live electronics and tape, commissioned by WDR
  • Holland Festival Amsterdam 1990: “Kristallwelt III” (Dutch EA) for ensemble and tape
  • 10 years Ensemble Modern , Frankfurt 1990: “Nachtstücke” (WP) for 7 instruments and live electronics
  • Présence '92 -jeunes compositeurs- Radio France, Paris: “Fresko” ( WP ) for 5 instruments, commissioned by Radio France
  • Musik-Kino Philharmonie Cologne 1992: “Dr. Mabuse Teil I ”(WP), music for the silent film by Fritz Lang for ensemble, commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonic
  • CineMémoire , Paris 1993: “Dr. Mabuse I + II ”, for ensemble and live electronics, WP commissioned work [Part II] IRCAM / EIC
  • Munich Biennale 1996: “Solaris” (UA), chamber opera, co-production by IRCAM / Paris and Munich, commissioned by GEMA-Stiftung Munich
  • Music Triennale 1997 Cologne: “Shadow of a Doubt” (UA) for solo percussion and ensemble, commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonic
  • European City of Culture 1999 - Weimar: “Caroline” (WP), opera, commissioned by the German National Theater Weimar
  • Le Merveilleuse Festival 2003, Cité de la Musique, Paris: “Nosferatu” (Murnau) (WP), music for silent film for ensemble, commissioned by Ensemble InterContemporain Paris
  • Gewandhaus Leipzig 2006: “Espaces sonores” (WP) for wind quintet and orchestra, commissioned by the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (MDR)
  • MainFranken Theater Würzburg 2010: “The Other Side” (Kubin) (WP), commissioned by MainFranken Theater Würzburg
  • Bavarian Theater Academy "August Everding" 2013, "Solaris" Chamber Opera, D: Kovalik Balázs
  • Festival cresc ... Biennale for modern music , Frankfurt 2013, "Die Befristeten" (WP), concert radio play based on the play of the same name by Elias Canetti
  • Landestheater Linz , September 2016, "Solaris" (Austrian EA), ML: Daniel Linton-France, D: Hermann Schneider
  • Landestheater Linz , May 2017, "The Other Side" (Austrian EA), ML: Dennis Russel Davies, R: John Dew

Stage works

premiere title Description Libretto and source
4th Dec 1996, Muffathalle / Munich Biennale Solaris Chamber opera in three parts with an overture and an intermezzo, 90 ' the composer, based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem
Jul 10, 1999, German National Theater Weimar Caroline Opera in two acts Ralph Günther Mohnnau based on the life of Caroline Schelling
25th Sep 2010, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg The other side Opera Hermann Schneider , based on the novel of the same name by Alfred Kubin

Discography (selection)

  • Metal drops, inside-metal drop music-Ye-Na-Je, electronic music, CD Wergo WER SM 1043-2
  • Crystal world, Crystal World I-III, electronic music, CD Wergo WER 2011-50
  • Michael Obst, Kristallwelt III fresco night pieces, EIC / IRCAM, CD Universal UN 925 0-048946-530627 (formerly: Adès 205832)
  • Diaphonia, SWF – Sinfonieorchester / Gielen, Donaueschingen 1995, CD col legno WWE 31898
  • Fábrica, electro-acoustic music, composers from North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), CD Koch – Schwann 3–5037–3
  • Octet for wind ensemble, wind ensemble Sabine Meyer, EMI Records 7243-5-57084-2-7
  • Piano trio No. 2 for violin, violoncello and piano, ABEGG-Trio, TACET Records 174

Film productions

  • DR MABUSE, THE PLAYER Ensemble InterContemporain - Ann Manson, ZDF-ARTE 1996
  • SOLARIS Biennale Munich-Xsemble Munich - Musical Director: Peter Rundel Stage Director: Anja Sündermann, Bayerischer Rundfunk 1996

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Fruit, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main