Alois Bröder

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Alois Bröder (born January 20, 1961 in Darmstadt ) is a German composer .

Life

He took his first guitar lessons (since 1977) and composition lessons (from 1983 to 1985) with Cord Meijering . While he deepened his composition lessons with Dietrich Boekle , he began his guitar studies with Olaf Van Gonnissen at the Darmstadt Academy of Music in 1982 , which he completed in 1986. In 1985 he began studying composition with Toni Völker, also in Darmstadt, which he finished in 1989. In 1993 he continued his composition studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf with Manfred Trojahn . From 1995 to 1999 Alois Bröder studied electronic composition with Hans Ulrich Humpert at the University of Music in Cologne .

His list of works currently includes around 110 works for a wide variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles , with compositions for orchestra and chamber music for guitar emerging as the focus of his work .

Artists its orchestral music have included the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (Conductor Michiyoshi Inoue), the Radiophilharmonie Hannover of the NDR (Conductor Johannes Kalitzke ), the RTV Slovenija Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana (Conductor Lior Shambadal ) which Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (Conductor Ari Rasilainen ) and the Bielefelder Philharmoniker (conductor Peter Kuhn ). Interpreters of his guitar music were among others Olaf Van Gonnissen, Tilman Hoppstock , Jürgen Ruck, Christoph Jäggin, Christopher Brandt and Maximilian Mangold.

In 1998 he received a scholarship for the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris , in 2003 the Moldavian scholarship for a stay at the Egon Schiele Art Center in Český Krumlov and in 2011 the scholarship for the German Study Center in Venice . For his compositions he won the 1993 “Contest for orchestra works to commemorate the semicentennial of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government” for “Îsôt als blansche mains” and in 1992 for the “1. International Composition Competition for Guitar and Strings Berlin ”for“ Jumps ”.

His works have been published by the following publishers, among others: Edition Gravis Berlin , Verlag Neue Musik Berlin, Heinrichshofen's Verlag Wilhelmshaven and Edition Tonger Cologne / Karlsruhe . In 2000 a portrait CD was released by the Melisma Wiesbaden label , and in 2008 by Dreyer.Gaido the CD chamber music with guitar .

Works (selection)

Opera

Orchestral music

  • Îsôt als blansche mains (1989/90) for large orchestra ( ad lib. With female choir )
  • Left Silence (1996/97) for mezzo-soprano and large orchestra, based on texts by Richard Exner
  • Sept Variations (1998/99) for orchestra
  • Sredi Polnoči / Mitten um Mitternacht (2000/01) for large orchestra, soprano , mezzo-soprano and male choir , text: Srečko Kosovel
  • Laugh. Cry. Blooming. Offense. (2003) Music for mezzo-soprano and large orchestra based on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Vingt Moments (2003) for orchestra
  • 1st Symphony (2005/06) for large orchestra
  • 18 Signals (2008) for orchestra
  • 20 Signals (2010) for orchestra
  • Sept Nouvelles Variations (2012) for orchestra
  • ADAGIO (2013/14) for orchestra

Music for ensemble

Chamber music

  • sätze (1986) for string quartet
  • Subimago (1987) for viola and piano
  • Eros (ion) (1988) six pieces for snare drum and tenor drum (two players)
  • R (1990) for flute , clarinet and piano
  • Flowers laying (1992/93) for wind quintet
  • Her-z-eigen (1995) for violin , horn and piano, in memoriam Johannes Brahms
  • Three new games (1999) for alto saxophone , violoncello and piano
  • Tema (2001) for alto flute , violin, percussion and piano
  • Imitations (2004) Trio for tenor , bass and large bass recorder
  • Singing, swinging. (2004) Trio for clarinet, alto saxophone and piano
  • Anlaufen (2007) for alto flute, English horn and bass clarinet
  • A la polacca (2011) for alto saxophone, vibraphone , violoncello and double bass
  • Feuer: Brandstellen (2011/12) a songbook with 10 times 10 songs for 2 baritones with 10 percussion instruments and 2 pianists with one piano, text: Sabine Bergk
  • Späte Sonnen (2012) 3 songs for soprano and piano, text: Sabine Bergk
  • Chant funèbre (2014) for piano solo
  • 13 obituaries (2014) for countertenor and alto saxophone
  • Drei Bilder (2015) for mandolin and vibraphone
  • 13 personals (2015) for soprano, mandolin and guitar
  • Trois Scènes (2015/16) for art harmonium and piano

Music for guitar

  • Erdferne (1987/88) for solo guitar
  • Core.column. (1991/92) for treble recorder and guitar
  • Sprünge (1992) for violoncello and guitar
  • … No track remains behind (1994) for two guitars, with a text by Sami no Mansei
  • 14 Haiku (1994) for voice and guitar
  • Abbozzi (1995) for guitar and piano
  • Drei Spiele (1996) for baritone saxophone , guitar, violoncello and piano
  • Circulations (2003) for flute, viola and guitar
  • 14 new haiku (2005) for vocals and guitar
  • Rondes (2007) for guitar and harp
  • 33 Gesten (2010) for guitar and harp
  • Rays. Light. (2011) for guitar solo
  • ... volante ... (2015) for two guitars
  • Night Dreams (2015) for guitar solo

Electronic music

  • Pizzflaggliss (1995) for violoncello and tape
  • Im Irrenhaus (1996/98) for tape , based on a text by Heinar Kipphardt
  • Traumgefieder (1999/2000) for tape, with a text by Friedrich Rückert
  • La Donna (2005) audio piece in seven parts based on a movement by Francesco Maria Piave
  • The awakened Tiger (2010) for tenor recorder , double bass and tape, with nine anonymous threatening phone calls and a text by Adalbert Stifter
  • The beautiful counterbalance of the world (2013) an audio tour through Venice with texts by Rainer Maria Rilke

Music for children and teenagers

  • Schattenlicht (1992) six “much too difficult” pieces for a young pianist
  • … Keine Stille… (1998) for four guitar orchestras and tape
  • Five Haiku (1998) for a young choir with a clarinetist
  • Five Verses (2002) for solo guitar
  • Jouer ↔ Parler ↔ Ecouter (2003) 13 very easy trios for young guitarists
  • Pisces never have no knees (2007/08) First making music on the guitar in groups or classes with texts by Joachim Ringelnatz ; Joint work with Martin Schumacher
  • Connexions (2009) for four trumpets in Bb, four trombones and a percussionist (3 tom-toms, 1 tam-tam )
  • Cycles (2009/10) for guitar, string and woodwind ensembles with 1 tam-tam
  • How the elephant got its trunk (2011), a musical story by Alois Bröder based on a story by Rudyard Kipling for speaker and small orchestra
  • Five new verses (2012) for guitar solo

Organ music

  • Triptych (2008) for organ

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personal data
SURNAME Bröder, Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt