Alexander Maria Wagner

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Alexander Maria Wagner (born March 31, 1995 in Straubing ) is a German composer and pianist .

Life

At the age of four, Alexander Maria Wagner, who grew up in the Traitsching community, received his first piano at his own insistence. At the age of six he showed his extraordinary ability to improvise. His teacher wrote his first compositions for him when he was seven. At the age of fourteen he composed his first orchestral work. For this he received the recognition award from the Regensburg Cultural Foundation of REWAG . It was recorded on CD in Sofia by the Bulgarian National Philharmonic, under the direction of Alexei Kornienko , at his instigation.

Wagner began studying piano and composition privately with Franz Hummel in 2007 and continued his studies at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2013 . He received further artistic influences from Theodor Breu ( Conservatoire Rachmaninoff , Paris ) and Pavel Gililov (Mozarteum Salzburg).

In autumn 2013 he wrote the incidental music for Wagner's brain, a piece about Richard Wagner . The play by Solveig Palm was repeatedly on the drama stage of the Bonn Opera listed. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Georg Trakl's death , the choral work Es cries the night, composed especially for this, was performed based on texts by the Salzburg poet. In January 2016 he made his solo debut in the Herkulessaal in Munich . Shortly thereafter, he performed with the Bohemian Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice under Marko Ivanović at Prague Castle in the Spanish Hall , the largest hall in the castle, which is usually not open to the public. In addition to numerous other concerts in Germany , his engagements have taken him to Austria , the Czech Republic , France and Switzerland, among others .

Catalog of works (excerpt)

Works for piano

  • The Chernobyl Children (2009)
  • First Sonata for Piano (2010)
  • Five piano pieces (2012)
  • Les-Adieux Burlesque (2013)
  • Inferno (2014)
  • Intimate Letters (Fantasy after Janáček's 2nd String Quartet) (2014)
  • Rhapsotude for piano (2016)

Orchestral works

  • First symphony “Kraftwerk” (2009) for large orchestra
  • Second Symphony (2016) for large orchestra

Vocal, instrumental and other works

  • “Es weint die Nacht” (2012) for mixed choir based on texts by Georg Trakl
  • Incidental music for “Wagner's Hirn” (2013), play by Solveig Palm about Richard Wagner
  • First string quartet "The Disgruntlement of the World" (2014)
  • Die Sonne sinks (2014) for six votes based on a text by Friedrich Nietzsche
  • "Suite comique" for various casts (2016)

Discography

  • Alexander Maria Wagner - Symphony No. 1 "Kraftwerk" a. a. - OehmsClassics 2012 (OC858)
  • Bach, Schumann, Wagner - Alexander Maria Wagner - TYXart 2014 (TXA14040)
  • The Moscow Recording - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23; Alexander M. Wagner: Symphony No. 2 - TYXart 2017 (TXA17096)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Alexander Maria Wagner - a portrait" . Retrieved December 12, 2016
  2. ↑ "Found a four-year profession" . In: IDOWA - online edition of the Straubinger Tagblatt / Landshuter Zeitung media group from February 7, 2014
  3. ↑ "Acknowledgment Prize of the Cultural Foundation" . In: Current announcement from REWAG - Regensburg, February 16, 2011
  4. ↑ "New Symphony Orchestra - Miracle Teenager Alexander Maria Wagner" . In: 3sat Kulturzeit, January 31, 2013 / Angelika Kellhammer ("Capriccio", BR)
  5. ↑ "The hard way to the top of the world" . In: Mittelbayerische (newspaper), issue of September 18, 2015
  6. ↑ "Wagner's Brain - A Tetralogy in One Evening" . In: Ludwig van B. - Network for Musical Youth Work Bonn eV
  7. ↑ ": it cries the night ... concert for the Georg Trakl year" ( Memento from December 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Passau
  8. ^ "Biography on the homepage of Alexander M. Wagner" .
  9. ↑ "Prague Castle - Spanish Hall (Španělský sál)" .
personal data
SURNAME Wagner, Alexander Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Straubing