Albin Fries

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Albin Fries (born June 18, 1955 in Steyr , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian pianist and composer .

Life

Fries studied music education and the concert skilled piano with Alexander Jenner at the Vienna Academy of Music , he also completed a master class with Jorge Bolet. In 1977 he won the Austrian Youth Composition Competition and in 1981 he received the talent award for music of the country Upper Austria .

In 1982 Fries took composition lessons from Leonard Bernstein . In New York City he studied with Sascha Gorodnitzki . After returning to Vienna he became a répétiteur and director of studies at the Vienna State Opera , as well as a teacher at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Lorin Maazel's musical assistant at the Salzburg Festival .

After a creative break of more than 20 years, he started composing again in 2005. Several song cycles, tonal chamber music and piano works were published in quick succession, shaped by the musical language of the late Romantic period. In 2010/11 the three-act opera Nora was created based on a libretto by Miriam Mollard, and in 2012 the concert opera Tizian based on Hugo von Hofmannsthal .

His songs have been sung by a number of well-known artists, such as Elisabeth Kulman, Angelika Kirchschlager, Ildiko Raimondi, Camilla Nylund and others.

Fries received a commission from the management of the Vienna State Opera to compose a romantic fairy tale opera Persinette for young audiences based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Rapunzel , which premiered with great success on December 21, 2019 in the Great House of the Vienna State Opera.

Fries is the father of two children and has been in a relationship with Russian singer Margarita Gritskova since 2018.

honors and awards

  • On March 12, 2015, the Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer awarded him the title “Prof. hc ”.
  • Multiple prize winner at the International Rachmaninoff Composition Competition 2016
  • 1st prize Bartok Opera Composition Competition 2018 for his opera NORA. World premiere in June 2019 in Miskolc (Hungary).

Works

  • Traumreigen - song cycle for soprano and piano Op. 1
  • Heart mirror - song cycle for soprano and piano Op. 2
  • String Quartet No. 1 in D minor Op. 3
  • Tides of love - song cycle for soprano and piano Op. 4th
  • Tales for Piano - Legend Op. 5, Ballad No. 1 Op. 6, Ballad No. 2 op.11
  • String Quartet No. 2 in D major “In der Natur” Op. 7th
  • Stifteriana - 7 pictures for violin and piano based on Adalbert Stifter's "Hochwald" Op. 8th
  • Trio for piano, violin and viola in A major Op. 9
  • Quintet for 2 violins, viola, violoncello and piano in B minor Op. 10
  • Autumn pictures. 5 Impressions from the Alps for piano Op. 12 - A sunrise in the mountains, lake in the morning mist, Am Bach, Hallstätter See, blowing snow
  • Epiphany for piano Op. 13
  • The Birth of Love for Piano Op. 14th
  • Jardin d´hiver - 4 musical plants for piano Op. 15th
  • Trois Jours a la Campagne - Suite for piano 4 hands Op. 16
  • 3 piano pieces Op. 17 - Prelude 1, Nocturne, Prelude 2
  • Sonata for violin and piano "Spring" Op. 18th
  • Sonata for oboe and piano "Summer" Op. 19th
  • Sonata for horn and piano "Herbst" Op. 20th
  • The dreams of the ruins - 3 elegies for cor anglais and piano Op. 21st
  • Quintet for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and piano in E minor Op. 22nd
  • 2 Legends for Flute, English Horn and Piano Op. 23
  • Legend No. 2 for piano Op. 23a
  • 5 songs for voice and piano Op. 24
  • Trio for violin, violoncello and piano in F major Op. 26th
  • 4 songs based on texts by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Op. 27
  • Quintet for 2 violins, viola and 2 violoncellos with soprano solo Op. 28
  • 5 songs based on texts by Gottfried Keller Op. 29
  • Nora - Opera in 3 acts based on a libretto by Miriam Mollard Op. 30th
  • Symphonic suite from the opera Nora Op. 30a
  • 3 songs based on texts by Hermann Hesse Op. 31
  • Via sacra - 5 sacred pieces for soprano and alto solo, female choir and orchestra Op. 32
  • 5 songs Op. 33
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 34
  • Tizian - concert opera in 1 act. Text by Hugo von Hofmannsthal Op. 35
  • 5 songs Op. 36
  • 8 Eichendorff songs Op. 37
  • 12 songs based on Stefan Zweig's Silver Strings Op. 38
  • In the old park by Stefan Zweig for high voice, clarinet and piano Op. 39
  • Sonata for tenor trombone and piano Op. 40
  • Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano Op. 41
  • Quartet for violin, viola, violoncello and piano Op. 42
  • Songs Op. 43
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 44
  • Forest scenes for piano Op. 45
  • Persinette, children's opera

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Persinette": Hairy premiere at the Staatsoper. In: ORF.at . December 20, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Fries, Albin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Steyr , Upper Austria