Alexander Moosbrugger

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Alexander Moosbrugger (born August 21, 1972 in the Bregenzerwald ) is an Austrian composer .

Live and act

Alexander Moosbrugger studied organ and harpsichord at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory , philosophy at the University of Vienna and at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart . He has lived in Berlin since 2001.

Compositions

Moosbrugger composes pieces mostly for chamber ensembles, especially for string quartet . In the run-up to a composition, Moosbrugger interweaves auditory and non-auditory sources. He develops his own intonation systems based on " reconceived instrumental practice". Playing techniques manifest the “language part” of musical structures and emerge fresh with each piece, each group of works.

His compositions are performed internationally, for example at Konzerthaus Berlin , King's College Cambridge , in 2013 at the London Ear Festival, Forum Neue Musik Luzern and in ensemble cycles. Performers include Klangforum Wien , ensemble recherche , Ensemble Phoenix Basel , Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin , Ensemble Cairn Paris, musikFabrik , Ensemble L'arsenale , the Arditti String Quartet , Pellegrini Quartet , Herbert Henck .

Research and curatorial activity

Moosbrugger researches aspects of hearing. For the Orpheus Instituut in Ghent, he conducted “Conversations to Hear” with Rebecca Saunders , Georg Friedrich Haas and Salvatore Sciarrino . Lecturer and guest lectures at the Anton Bruckner Private University and University of the Arts Berlin . He initiated and directed the "0 - Days of Art" series from 2000 to 2008, and has been the curator of the Bludenzer Days of Contemporary Music since 2007 .

Prizes and awards

  • International Lake Constance Prize, Contemporary Composition
  • Austrian State Scholarship for Composition
  • Composition grant from the state of Vorarlberg.
  • Artist in Residence in the Domus Artium near Rome
  • Artist grant at the Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani .

Works

  • Fund, chess, bazaar for six or seven players. Flutes, (double) bass clarinet in Bb, percussion, fund, record player, piano, violin, violoncello. 2013.
  • Two quartet movements - syllables, scales, night and light, bridge. Revised 2012.
  • Speaking piece after Nietzsche for seven voices and text projectors. 2001 to 2011.
  • de Grigny , hymn “Ave maris stella” from “Premier livre d'orgue” by Nicolas de Grigny , arranged for ensemble (oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, tuba, string quartet). 2010.
  • 4 organ pieces for Paris. Conservatoire - Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant - Saint-Sulpice - La Trinité. 2010.
  • Syllables, scales, night for bass clarinet in Bb, piano, violin, violoncello. 2009.
  • Selinunte for large orchestra, second movement. 2007 to 2010.
  • Scales, texts, measures for flute, bass clarinet Bb, violin, violoncello. 2009.
  • Someone says "stay!" , Suite in five thoughts for two bass clarinets in Bb and confetti cannons. 2008.
  • Sequence, scales, text for bass clarinet Bb, two violins, violoncello. 2008.
  • Two lines for violin and violoncello. 2007.
  • hypnos eros mache for flute / piccolo, (double) bass clarinet Bb, violin 1, violin 2, violoncello, percussion, 8 medicine ball players. 2007.
  • In Perfection for videotape / piano. 2006.
  • books - Encore for piano. 2005.
  • Complexion for oboe / english horn (ad lib), bass clarinet in Bb, violin, violoncello (scordature C / G1), percussion. 2005.
  • Light, bridge , intonation music for string quartet. 2004.
  • Tunnel music for violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello. 2001.
  • F 'U' R - Hang music - baroque cello, baroque violin, harpsichord / organ / piano, flute, soprano, clarinet in Bb, percussion, church bells (St. Gallus, Bregenz), ensemble with old instruments (natural trumpet, violin, viola, violoncello, Theorbo), ensemble from twelve (flute, oboe, bassoon / contrabassoon, horn in F, zinc, trombone, percussion, violin 1, violin 2, viola, violoncello, double bass), organ pipe D 32 '(continuously MIDI controlled). 2001.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Music Information Center Austria
  2. ↑ London Ear Festival ( Memento of March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Ensemble Phoenix Basel
  4. ↑ Orpheus Instituut ( Memento from June 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ^ Fest-Neue-Musik Anton Bruckner Private University Linz ( Memento from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Klangzeitort, focus on intonation
  7. ↑ Director Biography BTZM ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ German Study Center

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personal data
SURNAME Moosbrugger, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenzerwald