Andreas Aigmüller

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Andreas Aigmüller (born November 9, 1952 in Magdeburg ) is a German- Austrian musician and composer .

Life

Andreas Aigmüller studied from 1969 to 1974 in the subject of timpani and drums at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin . During his studies he dealt intensively with jazz music and worked with well-known jazz musicians. From 1974 to 1978 he was the principal timpanist in the Rostock Philharmonic Orchestra . At the same time he completed a composition course at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin . Andreas Aigmüller was a founding member of a drum-piano duo and the “Organ & Percussion” ensemble. During his activity as a solo timpanist with the Staatskapelle Berlin (from 1978 to 1985) and as a composer, concert tours took him to many music centers in Germany and abroad.

As a master student of Siegfried Matthus , he worked for two years at the Academy of Arts of the former GDR. In 1985 he was engaged as a solo timpanist with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, a position that Aigmüller still holds today. From 1989 to 1991 he expanded his knowledge by studying conducting with Otmar Suitner in Vienna.

Awards

  • In 1981 he received a prize at the international Gaudeamus interpreter competition for contemporary music in Rotterdam .
  • 1982 the culture award of the city of Reinbek.
  • 1983 an award from the Dresden Music Festival .
  • The Republic of Austria later awarded him several state scholarships for composers.

Film music

Press review

Excerpts from press comments:

  • "[...] Aigmüller is not an embittered sound tinkerer, more of a carefree emcee who juggles with melodic phrases and rhythmic set pieces. His idiom ranges somewhere between Mahler and Stravinsky, between amber, jazz and bolero. [...]"
  • "[...] The role of the timpanist in the orchestra is mostly underestimated by laypeople. He has to listen very carefully to the timbres and develop a sense of volume proportions. Orchestra - this intimate craftsmanship becomes tangible. Instrument combinations emerge that would hardly occur to a composer who assesses an orchestra primarily from the audience's perspective. [...] "
  • "[...] He is a master of instrumentation. [...]"
  • "[...] Trained in Berlin, seven years solo timpanist of the Staatskapelle Berlin, since 1985 in Salzburg, Andreas Aigmüller wrote works for music, spoken and dance theater, for orchestra and chamber music. He formulates his thoughts in one of the performing musicians and orchestral language stimulating the listeners. [...] "

Works

Andreas Aigmüller's catalog of works includes compositions from various genres such as film, drama, ballet and chamber music, as well as symphonic works, an opera and a dance show, a combination of ballet, drama and musical. His works have been performed by the Berlin Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Berlin , at the Leipzig Opera , the Kleist Festival in Frankfurt (Oder) , the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, the State Orchestra Frankfurt / Oder, the Philharmonica Hungaria and the Staatskapelle Weimar listed .

Catalog of works (selection)

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  • Toccata op.12 (1974)
  • FANTASY AND FUGE op.15 (1975)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC I op.16 (1975)
  • CONTRASTS op.18 (1976)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC op.19 (1976)
  • "A LITTLE SUITE" op. 20 (1977)
  • DIALOG op. 22 (1977)
  • "THE NAUMBURG MASTER" op. 23 (1978)
  • "FREE SOUND FOR TWO" op. 24 (1978)
  • "TEOTIHUACAN" op.25 (1978)
  • IMPROMPTUS op. 26 (1979)
  • "RING FREI" op. 29 (1979)
  • PRELUDE & BALLAD op. 30 (1980)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC II op.31 (1980)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC IIIa op. 32 (1980)
  • DOUBLE CONCERT op.33 (1981)
  • "MEMORY OF A PLANET" op. 34/35 (1981)
  • STRING QUARTET op.36 (1982)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC IIIb op.37 (1982)
  • "GIURAMENTO" (conjuration) op. 38 (1983)
  • "DON QUIXOTTE" op. 41 (1984)
  • SECHS STÜCKE for percussion op. 39/44 (1984/85)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC IV op.42 (1984)
  • MUSIC FOR SOLO PERCUSSION op.43 (1984)
  • "OBLOMOW" op. 47 (1986-89)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC V op. 48 (1987)
  • "THE EISENHANS" op. 49 (1987)
  • MONOLOG for flute op.50 (1987)
  • BALLAD for harp and bongos (ad lib.) Op.51 (1988)
  • DUET for flute and harp op.52 (1988)
  • CHAMBER MUSIC VI op.54 (1989)
  • BASSOON QUARTET op.55 (1989)
  • "LIFE OF GALILEO" op. 56 (1990)
  • "THE BRICK GANG" op. 57 (1990)
  • "TARGET DISC MAN" op. 58 (1990)
  • "SECHSACHTEL" op. 59 (1990)
  • DIALOG op. 60 (1990)
  • DIALOGUE op. 60a
  • MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA op.61 (1991)
  • "PAS DE DEUX" op. 62 (1991)
  • "ALLEMANDE" op. 63 (1992)
  • "RHYTHM AND BLUES" op.64 (1992)
  • "RHYTHM AND BLUES" op. 64a
  • CONCERTO GROSSO op.65 (1993)
  • "KLEISTIANA" op. 66 (1993)
  • "TANGOZOLLA" op. 6 / (1993)
  • "BASSARIMBA" op. 68 (1994)
  • CONCERT FOR BASSOON AND ORCHESTRA op.69 (1995)
  • IL TEMPO DI CAMBIAMENTO (Time of Change) op.70 (1996)
  • HÄSCHEN HOPPEL (Bunny Tales) op.71 (1997)
  • MUSIC FOR SOLO PERCUSSION II op.73 (1998)
  • SANT MAT op.74 (2000)
  • A LITTLE TIN MUSIC op.75 (2000)
  • MARIMBACH QUARTET op.76 (2000)
  • CADENZA op.77 (2001)
  • AQUA-TONIE op.78 (2001)
  • DUET op.79 (2003)
  • "TIMPANISSIMO" op. 80 (2004)
  • "In the sphere of activity of Sarastro" op. 81 (2006)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Märkische Allgemeine , September 9, 1997
  2. ^ R. Kriechbaum, Salzburger Nachrichten , October 21, 1999
  3. ^ R. Kriechbaum, Salzburger Nachrichten, October 28, 2002
  4. ^ R. Wolf, Salzburger Volkszeitung , October 21, 1999
personal data
SURNAME Aigmüller, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Magdeburg