Albrecht Haaf

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Albrecht Haaf (* 1953 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German musician and composer. He is married to the musician Jutta Haaf.

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Albrecht Haaf studied music with a major in piano at the University of Music and musicology at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg. This was followed by postgraduate studies in early music at the conservatory in Basel in the special department of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis .

He is the founder of the early music ensemble “Freiburger Spielleyt”. With this ensemble he has given numerous concerts in Europe and in 2002 in the USA. The ensemble has released 12 CDs so far. TV appearances were made on the ARD (Christmas concert 1998 from the Freiburg Minster), the ZDF (Sunday Matinée) and the SWR2 (Advent calendar) as well as radio recordings by SWR2 and Deutschlandfunk Kultur from the Wartburg .

Haaf is the conductor of the Müllheim Chamber Choir as well as a composer of choral music and has published new compositions for choir and arrangements. He has won various composition competitions for choral music. In 2012 Haaf was three times prizewinner in the composition competition of the North Rhine-Westphalia Choir Association. In 2013 he won an award in the 12th composition competition for the Carl von Ossietzky Prize with the composition “But incredible is the work of man” for mixed choir, organ and 2 percussionists, and in 2018 first prize in the context of the “ Valentin Becker composer Competition ”for the composition“ You are min, I'm din ”for a mixed a cappella choir. He is the recipient of the "Markgräfler Art Prize 2019".

In addition, Haaf was director of the Müllheim music school for 33 years .

Publications (selection)

  • Die Made: three animal pieces for mixed choir a cappella . Möseler 2007
  • Camino de Santiago. Cantata on the Way of St. James for gem. A cappella choir and speaker . Möseler 2011
  • To the moon. For acc. A cappella choir. Schott 2013, ISMN 979-0-001-19267-5 (search in the DNB portal)
  • God be praised. Setting of the first sura from the Koran for 5-part female choir a cappella. Schott 2013, ISMN 979-0-001-19281-1 (search in DNB portal)
  • At a wedding. Setting of Eduard Mörike's poem for 4-part male choir a cappella. Schott 2013, ISMN 979-0-001-19270-5 (search in the DNB portal)
  • The Lord bless and keep you . Setting of the blessing according to Numbers 6, 24-26. For mixed a cappella choir. Schott 2013 (In the collection "Bless and protect us." Ed. Klaus Heizmann, ISBN 978-3-7957-4808-1 )
  • Salam, Shalom: Give peace to every heart! Text by the author. For acc. A cappella choir. Schott 2014, ISMN 979-0-001-19556-0 (search in DNB portal)
  • Wonderful white nights. Three Christmas mood pictures based on texts by Rilke and Morgenstern. For acc. Choir, flute and piano. Schott 2014, ISMN 979-0-001-20072-1 (search in DNB portal)
  • Lord, Lord, teach us! Variation on Psalm 150 for acc. Choir, organ and percussion . Schott 2015, ISMN 979-0-001-19971-1 (search in DNB portal)
  • So in passing. Cycle of 5 poems by Hermann Hesse for mixed Choir and piano . Schott 2016, ISMN 979-0-001-16176-3 (search in DNB portal)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The musicians. Freiburg Spielleyt: Ensemble for Early Music Freiburg, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Choir director. Chamber choir Müllheim, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bianca Flier: musician, head of administration, teacher. Badische Zeitung, October 17, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Haaf, Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau