Xaver Paul Thoma

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Xaver Paul Thoma (born February 5, 1953 in Haslach im Kinzigtal ) is a German contemporary music composer , violist and music teacher .

Xaver Paul Thoma (2005)

Life and accomplishments

Xaver Paul Thoma 1980 in Lüchow

Xaver Paul Thoma was born on February 5, 1953 in the Gasthaus zur Kanone in Haslach , the home of the Thoma family of artists . At the age of five he received a violin and first violin lessons from his grandfather, city music director Karl Thoma (1890–1978). He started composing at the age of 12. In 1968 he began his studies at the Musikhochschule in Karlsruhe , violin / viola and chamber music with Albert Dietrich, and later with Professor Jörg-Wolfgang Jahn . He studied music theory with Professor Roland Weber and Professor Eugen Werner Velte .

From 1972 he played the viola in the Badische Staatskapelle many great works and begins to compose intense. His first works were intended for his fellow musicians. In order to have more time for his compositional work, he quit his position in the Badische Staatskapelle in 1977 and began his freelance work as a composer, violist and music teacher. Important works such as his First String Quartet (1972/75) or the "Reflections of a Musical Trauma" for large orchestra with solo viola (1979) were created.

In 1980 Thoma moved to Loitze (Lower Saxony). At irregular intervals he invites you to his half-timbered farmhouse for the Loitzer Chamber Concerts. For each concert he also writes a composition for the respective line-up. The Loitzer Concerts soon became a cultural institution beyond the region. A special connection was established with the State Theater in Hanover : on the one hand, he works as a violist in the orchestra and, on the other hand, receives composition commissions such as the opera Draußen vor der Tür and the ballet Kafka .

In 1989 the family moved to Bad Mergentheim , later to Königshofen, in Taubertal . The large commissioned works were created here.

His Second Chamber Symphony was written on the occasion of his composer portrait in the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music.

Thoma has lived and worked in Kirchheim unter Teck since 2001 .

Appreciations

Xaver Paul Thoma received the Lower Saxony artist grant in 1983 in recognition of his compositional work. In 1984 he was awarded the Lower Saxony working grant to write the score of the Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 34 .

Numerous commissions have been received from renowned orchestras and institutions. The Staatstheater Hannover commissioned him with several compositions. His main works for several years are the chamber opera Draußen vor der Tür (premiere in Hanover 1994–1995, new production in Leipzig 1995–1998) and KAFKA , the full-length ballet for large orchestra (premiere in 1997, choreography by Lothar Höfgen).

In 1993/94 he received several composition commissions for the 400th anniversary of the Stuttgart State Orchestra .

Since the official census began in 1972, over 140 compositions have been created, many of them as commissioned works: opera , ballet , chamber music , choral works , songs , instrumental concerts, orchestral works .

Important world premieres

  • 1975 Die Traumtragenden for 8 violas and soprano (text by O. Kokoschka ) Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
  • 1978 First Chamber Symphony for 20 players, members of the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe
  • 1979 “Reflections” for large orchestra with solo viola - attempt on Berlioz , Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Freiburg im Breisgau
  • 1980 "Three Impressions" based on poems by Paul Celan for two violas, Graz , Werner Ehrbrecht and Ulrich Drüner - viola, commissioned by Viola Society Germany,
  • 1988/89 Second Chamber Symphony for 16 players, musica-viva-ensemble dresden, commissioned by the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music
  • 1989 "Concerto Grosso", commissioned by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Freiburg, Donald C. Runnicles - conductor
  • 1992/93 Outside the door - chamber opera based on the drama by Wolfgang Borchert , commissioned by Lower Saxony State Opera Hanover, Anthony Bramell - conductor
  • 1993 Hölderlin -FRAGMENTS for tenor and large orchestra, Michael Gielen - conductor, Wolfgang Bünten - tenor Commissioned by the Stuttgart State Orchestra
  • 1994 Like a Torn String Game - Concerto for violin and orchestra, Joachim Schall - solo violin, Philippe Auguin - conductor, commissioned by the Stuttgart State Orchestra
  • 1995/96 Kafka - Ballet in 21 pictures by Lothar Höfgen, commission: Lower Saxony State Opera Hanover
  • 1997 Concerto for oboe d'amore and orchestra, commissioned by the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Leonard - conductor, Gerhard Veith - oboe d'amore
  • 1998 3rd solo sonata for viola alone, commissioned by Brahmstage Lübeck, Barbara Westphal - viola
  • 2003 Sextet op.130 for 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos, Asperger chamber soloists

Violist

The violist Xaver Paul Thoma 2004

Thoma gives concerts from 1972 to 1980 as a violist in the Wahl-Quartett, takes part in concerts by young artists, various master classes , etc. a. with the Bartok Quartet and makes radio recordings . After several years of chamber music in various formations, the quintetto coll'arco developed in 1999 with the former colleagues of the Wahl-Quartet. With this quintet u. a. a radio production of his string quintet (1998) in the SWR-Studio Karlsruhe.

In 1972 he started his professional career as a violist in the Badische Staatskapelle Karlsruhe and in later years played as a freelancer in various orchestras, among others. a. in the Lower Saxony State Orchestra Hanover and NDR Hamburg. From 1977 he has been a member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and since 1990 of the Stuttgart State Orchestra. Many compositions were created for different ensembles, for example his night pieces.

Music pedagogue

Xaver Paul Thoma with his students, winner of the regional competition " Jugend musiziert " 2005

Since my studies, intensive teaching has been the balance to composing and active music-making. In three decades he composed pieces for young people, such as:

  • Terzettino piccolo for 2 violins and violoncello (2004)
  • BACH - sketch for orchestra (1994)

Works

Xaver Paul Thoma produced a large number of works. A detailed listing of his works can be found on his homepage.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog raisonné. Retrieved October 28, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ Catalog of works. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Thoma, Xaver Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thoma, Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer for new music
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Haslach in the Kinzigtal