André Werner

André Werner (born June 4, 1960 in Bremerhaven ) is a German composer . He lives and works in Berlin .

Life

After studying classical guitar and oboe at the Musikhochschule Bremen (1980 to 1986), Werner studied composition from 1986 to 1992 at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Frank Michael Beyer . During his studies he started working in the studio for electronic music at the HdK Berlin and later at the TU Berlin ; In addition to various compositions for instruments and live electronics , he mainly developed initial approaches for researching psychoacoustic phenomena and their application in his own works. His work includes works for music theater , orchestral and chamber music as well as compositions for the voice (piano song or solo ).

Awards

• 1990: Winner of the Hitzacker composition competition
• 1992: Selection of the composition Descrizione Umoristica for the World Music Days 1993 ( Mexico City )
• 1993: Berlin Art Prize / Promotion Prize for Music
• 1993: Rome Prize German Academy Rome Villa Massimo (1995/1996)
• 1993: Composition Prize Stuttgart
• 1995: Venice scholarship at the German Study Center in Venice
• 1995: Production of a portrait CD by Edition Zeitgenössische Musik des DMR (published in August 1998)
• 1997: Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (1998)
• 2000: Villa Aurora Residence Scholarship (Los Angeles, 7–9 / 2001)
• 2001: Promotion Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
• 2005: Casa di Goethe Scholarship Rome
• 2008: Villa Serpentara scholarship from the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) in Olevano Romano

Works (selection)

Musical theater

• Tele-Vision Chamber Opera (1993/94) (Libretto: André Krellmann)
• Die Nachtblaue Fee / La Fata Turchina (1996/97)
  Chamber opera for children & adults (Libretto: Elisabetta Niccolini)
• Marlowe: The Jew from Malta Opera based on Christopher Marlowe (1998–2002) (Libretto: André Werner)
• Lavinia A. Opera based on William Shakespeare (2006) (Libretto: Gerd Uecker)
• Manifest 2 chamber opera based on a dossier from HA VIII for 4 voices, chamber ensemble, electro combo & banda (2015/16)

Orchestral works

• extinción for large orchestra (1990/91)
• IV, 1 for large orchestra (1995)
• Shadow grid for large orchestra (2007)
• Eye-Glances for Alto & Chamber Orchestra (2009)
• BlackNoise II for countertenor, chamber ensemble & live electronics (2015)

Chamber music

• Descrizione Umoristica (after Pier Paolo Pasolini ) for soprano & piano (1990)
• Veglia for Klar., Hn., Klav., 2 Vle., Vc., Kb. & Chamber Choir (1991)
• III, 1 for flutes & live electronics (1992)
• II, 1 for piano & chamber ensemble (1993/94)
• cante - grito for string quartet (1994)
• Serenata for violoncello solo (1994)
• Zarathustra I (after Friedrich Nietzsche ) for alto solo (1994)
• tu sombra (after P. Salinas) for alto & piano (1995)
• Disegni for piano four hands (1996)
• ..it wears, sir, as it grows ... for sub double bass flute & live electronics (1996)
• Dying Tiger (based on Emily Dickinson ) for female voice & tape (1996)
• Quintet 1998 for mezzo-soprano, harp & string trio (1998)
• Jahnn-Lieder (after Hans Henny Jahnn ) for counter tenor & piano (1999/00)
• 7 piano pieces (2004/2005)
• Petrarca-Lieder (after Francesco Petrarca ) for baritone & piano (2005/06)
• Weltgeheimnis (after Friedrich Rückert ) for mezzo-soprano & piano (2008)
• At midnight (based on Eduard Mörike ) for baritone & piano (2009)
• Secret love (after Eichendorff ) for mezzo-soprano & piano (2010)
• recuerdos for two pianos tuned quarter-tone apart (2011)
• 3 songs based on poems by Storm (based on Theodor Storm ) for bass & piano (2012)
• Nachtlied for viola solo (2013)
• ophelia upon the brook for piano solo (2013)
• L'Estate (based on 2 poems by Eugenio Montale ) for soprano & piano (2013/14)
• ... from flying ... for alto voice, chamber ensemble, playback tapes, actors & 2D / 3D projections (2015/16)
• white deserts for guitar solo (2016)

Incidental music

• Stella (1999) acting composition ( Schaubühne Berlin, director: Andrea Breth )
• The Seagull (2001, Staatstheater Kassel , director: Roland Schäfer )
• Don Juan comes out of the war (2002, Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, director: R. Schäfer)

Web links

• Works by André Werner in the catalog of the German National Library
• André Werner's website