Anton Plate

Anton Plate (born January 4, 1950 in Hildesheim ) is a German composer .

biography

Anton Plate studied school music from 1968 to 1972, then music theory (with Alfred Koerppen ) and composition (with Heinrich Sutermeister ) in Hanover. In 1976 he was a Rome scholarship holder at the Villa Massimo ; from 1982 to 2011 he taught as a professor of music theory at the Hanover University of Music and Drama . The opera Lisabetta and Lorenzo was written in 1983 based on the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio , staged by Jean Soubeyran , who collaborated on the text. Between 1999 and 2003, Plate wrote the orchestral works You Must Finish Your Journey Alone , Passing , Leaving , At The River and Abschied for the legendary New Year's Eve concerts "Who Is Afraid Of 20th Century Music?" On behalf of Ingo Metzmacher and the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra .

Awards

• 1976 Rome grant Villa Massimo
• 1979 Lower Saxony artist grant

Works

• FOUR AMERICAN SONATAS - piano solo (2016) ISMN M-700235-25-3
• ROMANZA SENZA SPERANZA - violin, violoncello, clarinet and piano (2011) ISMN M-700235-24-6
• TANGO N ° 2 - for clarinet and piano (2010) ISMN M-700235-27-7
• ROMANZE N ° 3 - for violin and string orchestra (2008) ISMN M-700235-23-9
• "ALLE YEAR AGAIN" - piano solo (2005) ISMN M – 700235–19-2
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR INGO (2007) ISMN M-700235-21-5
• FAREWELL (2004) ISMN M-700235-17-8
• AT THE RIVER (2003) ISMN M-700235-04-8
• LEAVING (2002) ISMN M-700235-03-1
• MEMORY OF MAURICE RAVEL - piano solo (2002) ISMN M – 700235-28-4
• PASSING (2001) ISMN M-700235-01-7
• YOU MUST FINISH YOUR JOURNEY ALONE (1999) ISMN M-700235-00-0
• AHAB (1995) ISMN M-700235-02-4
• DO TIMES REALLY CHANGE - piano solo (1993-1994) ISMN M – 700235–08-6
• THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF THE WORLD - SILENCE (1992) ISMN M – 700235–09-3
• “WHAT ELSE CAN MOVE YOU?” - Piano Solo (1989-1992) ISMN M – 700235–10-9
• THE SPINNER'S SONG (1984) ISMN M-700235-11-6
• LISABETTA AND LORENZO (1983)
• THE STING (1982) ISMN M-700235-12-3
• GREASY LUCK - 2 pianos four hands (1981) ISMN M – 700235–13-0
• KAMMERSINFONIE (1980) ISMN M-700235-14-7
• THE SLEEPER (1979) ISMN M-700235-16-1
• GOLDEN JUBILEE (1978) ISMN M-700235-05-5
• FAREWELL (1978)
• MOON A PALE IMITATION (1977) ISMN M-700235-15-4
• VARIATIONS ON A ROMANTIC THEME (1977) ISMN M – 700235-40-6
• STANDARD (1977) ISMN M-700235-39-0
• ROMANZE N ° 2 - Violin Solo (1977) ISMN M – 700235–06-2
• ROMANZE N ° 1 - Violin Solo (1977) ISMN M – 700235–07–9
• ASBAIN (1977)
• LION OF MIDNIGHT (1975)
• ROSE FOR EMILY (1974)
• SOLO (1974)
• THE HARNESSED VENUS (1974)
• QUARTET (1972)
• EPITAPH (1970)
• STRING TRIO (1970)

Web links

• German Music Council ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (list of works and short biography)
• EICHEN MUSIKVERLAG (complete list of works, discography)