Alfred Huber (composer)

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Alfred Huber (* 1962 in Linz ) is an Austrian composer who has also established himself as a festival director through the networking of new music and neurocognitive research.

Life

Alfred Huber initially studied medicine at the University of Vienna from 1981 to 1987. In parallel to his training as a neurosurgeon at the Upper Austria Regional Nerve Clinic, from 1990 to 1992 he studied composition and composition with Gunter Waldek at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz. From 1992 to 2000 he studied composition with Herbert Willi at the State Conservatory in Feldkirch. His works were broadcast by the radio stations Radio ORF, RAI, Bayern 4 Klassik and SWR 2.

In 2009 he founded the festival “Emotion and meaning in music”, which took place in Kempten im Allgäu in 2009 and in Feldkirch / Vorarlberg in 2010, and lectured by Eckart Altenmüller , Stefan Koelsch and John Sloboda. The focus of the festival is the question of which neurocognitive processes occur in the perception of especially contemporary music, with the aim of networking art and science.

Works

Alfred Huber's list of works includes symphonic works as well as chamber music and works for dance and music theater. His works were u. a. Performed in the Wiener Musikvereinssaal, at the European Weeks in Passau, at the Kuhmo Chamber Festival, at the Enoarmonie Cividale, in Ljubljana, Florence and Bregenz as well as in the USA. Collaboration with Alexej Kornienko, Elena Denissova, Philippe Entremont , James Judd, Alisja Mounk, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Andrea Rucli, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Othmar Müller , Gerlinde Illich, Catherine Dubosc, Niek de Groot, Katharina Gross, Dan Zhu, Artis-Quartet , Enesco Quartet Paris, Slowind Ljubljana, Voces Quartet Romania, Camerata Quartet Vorarlberg and the Wiener Concertverein. Vychod ... lights show the day, Op. 21 was commissioned by the European Weeks in Passau 2012.

List of works

Chamber music

  • 4 pieces for violin solo based on texts by Ingeborg Bachmann Op. 1
  • “Notte e giorno faticar” String Quartet Movement Op. 2
  • 2 choral pieces for 4-part choir to texts by Ingeborg Bachmann and Salvatore Quasimodo Op. 3
  • Brass quintet Op. 4th
  • Hommage a Bartók, 2 piano pieces Op. 5
  • Woodwind Quintet Op. 6th
  • A night music for string quintet and soprano based on texts by Pablo Neruda Op. 10
  • 4 songs for soprano and piano based on texts by Francois Villon in the adaptation of Paul Zech Op. 12
  • Intermède Sonata for Viola and Piano Op. 13
  • 2nd string quartet Op. 14th
  • Cognition I, piano quintet Op. 17th
  • (Re) actio, Duo for violin and double bass Op. 18th
  • Cognition II, Sextet for Woodwind Quintet and Piano Op. 19th
  • Impossibile, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano Op. 20th
  • Enigma II, Study for Organ, Violin and Percussion, Op. 24
  • Contrattempo, Fantasy for Violin and Organ, Op. 25th
  • Dioskouroi I, Op. 26a, string sextet version of Op. 26th
  • PHI, Op.27, Sonata for double bass and piano
  • Arrived, Op.28, 13 pieces for guitar, double bass and speaker to poems by Reiner Kunze
  • as time, Op.29, Fantasy for piano, marimba and percussion
  • Ver sacrrum, Op.30, string quartet no.3
  • PI, Op.32, Sonata for violin and piano

Orchestral works

  • Miserere for trumpet and chamber orchestra Op. 7th
  • The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters, Concerto for Orchestra Op. 8th
  • Primus inter pares for viola and chamber orchestra Op. 15th
  • Vychod ... Lights show the day for symphony orchestra, choir and soloists Op. 21st
  • Enigma I, Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 23
  • Dioskouroi, Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 26th
  • -ktur, Op.31, concerto for violin and string orchestra
  • Faustus, Op.33, concerto for organ and chamber orchestra
  • iDu, Op.34, Concerto for 2 Double Basses and Chamber Orchestra

Dance theater

  • Receiver moved, Suite for Clarinet, Marimba and Percussion Op. 16

Web links and sources

personal data
SURNAME Huber, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz