Axel Ruoff

Axel Ruoff (born March 24, 1957 in Stuttgart ) is a German composer.

Life path

Ruoff studied a. a. at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart . His teachers included u. a. Milko Kelemen , Rolf Hempel , Diego Feinstein and Erhard Karkoschka . He graduated with "summa cum laude" in music theory and piano, and in 1984 in composition. With a scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Culture, he studied from 1985 to 1988 at Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music Arts with Hiroaki Minami and also completed master classes, a. a. at Isang Yun .

From 1983 to 1985 he was a lecturer in music theory at the Trossingen University of Music . Since 1992 he has been a professor at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, from 2006 to 2010 he was vice dean and from 2010 to 2014 dean of studies. From 2003 to 2008 he was also a lecturer in music theory at the Church Music College in Tübingen .

Works / compositions

(Selection)

Orchestral works

1982 procession
1986–1987 Night and Dreams
1988 “An inexpressible void ...” , for chamber orchestra
1993 guitar concert
1992 piano concerto
1995 cello concerto
2004 Belschazzar for organ and orchestra
2009 horn concert
2010 Three bizarre dances
2013 Sinfonietta

Religious music

1993 end of the world
1999 people go to God
1998–1999 Sermon on the Mount
2001–2002 Credo
2010 Missa brevis
2012 The Witch of Endor

Chamber music

1985–1986 String Quartet No. 1
1989 love stories
1990 Love Stories II
1991 satyr
1992 palimpsest
1994 About things happening ...
1996 Quirky sketches
1998 Toccata
2000 Credo
2012 NACHTMAHR
2015 PASSIONATO for 4 violas

Organ works

1985 Via dolorosa
1990 The night yawns like a mask behind it
1995 Bowls of Wrath - Toccata II
2003 Shirufa - Toccata III
2004 Seven biblical scenes
2007 How is the city so deserted symphonic fragments
2008 Rise up, gates of the world time! - Toccata IV
2013 Symphony No. 1
2014 O Jesus, you noble gift - chorale prelude
2014 Toccata for piano and organ
2015 deep silence
2015 sonata for horn and organ

Works for solo instruments

1991 In the Wind sung for solo transverse flute
1995 Schleift mich durch Lüfte (1995) - dance ritual for solo percussion
1996 Kenaz for marimba solo
1998 pamphlet for violoncello solo
2000 Baccanale for solo violin
2004 Ryoanji for treble recorder solo
2005 Three interludes for oboe solo
2012 Voces intimae for bass flute solo

Music theater - opera - oratorio

1985–1986 Die Matrone - musical theater in one prelude and two main roles - fragment, (text: Zsuzsanna Gahse)
1993 Leidlos for two actors, video, ensemble, (Text: Zsuzsanna Gahse)
1999 A Stranger in the City - Opera based on Wilhelm Hauff, (production: Ernst Poettgen)

Educational works

Family album of the millipedes , 10 small piano pieces for children
Empty strings full of music, I-III
Score playing
7 little fables for violin and piano
Sperenzchen for violin, violoncello and piano

Prizes and awards

(Selection)

1983 1st prize in the composition competition of the city of Vaihingen / Enz for orchestral works
1985 Scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Culture (Monbusho)
1985 Award at the 8th International Composition Competition "Valentino Bucchi" , Rome (Italy)
1987 2nd prize at the international composition competition "Ensemblia" of the city of Mönchengladbach
1988 Selected for the " Forum of Young German Composers , Berlin"
1988 1st prize at the 6th International Composition Competition in Turin (Italy)
1989 Composition Prize of the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg in the composition competition for choral works - grant of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation

1990 International Composition Competition "Pro Loco Corciano" , Perugia (Italy)

1990 Award at the 11th International Composition Prize "Valentino Bucchi" , Rome (Italy)

1990 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation

1991 Composition Prize from the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg

1992 1st prize at the international composition competition "Pro Loco Corciano" , Perugia (Italy)

1992 Composition Prize of the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg in the competition for choral and orchestral works

1996 European RTA Prize , Kassel

2002 In recognition of the artistic achievements in church music, the "Church Music Composition Prize" was awarded by the Archdiocese of Freiburg, the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the Evangelical Church in Baden, the Evangelical Church in Württemberg and the State of Baden-Württemberg

2011 1st prize at the 6th International Composition Competition of the City of Saarlouis

2013 Award at the 5th German Music Festival in Chemnitz with the special prize of the GEMA Foundation and the Federal Association of German Music Associations (BDMV)

2014 2nd prize at the 3rd international composition competition "Uuno Klami" (Finland)

2015 "Artist in Residence" at Aichi University of Arts and Music , Nagoya (Japan)

Discography

(Selection)

Palimpsest (1992), R & M Digitalmusic, 1992
Inferno (1990), Tirreno Gruppo Editoriale Milano, 1992
Satyr (1991), Antes Edition, 1996
Chimère 1986, Ambitus, 1996
Night and Dreams (1986/87), composer at the State University for Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, 1996
ZooMusik - MusikZoo (" family album of the millipedes "), kreuzberg records 1996

An Inexpressible Void (1988), Muzyka Centrum Kamerata Krakowska, 1997

Concert for guitar and orchestra (1995), Ambitus, 1999

Sermon on the Mount (1998/99), Ev. Total church community Stuttgart, 1999

Sung in the wind .... , Edition Mieroprint, Münster

Sinfonietta , 2nd German Wind Forum, Wasbe Selection, Bauer Studios, 2007

Axel Ruoff: Sacred choral and organ works , Strube Verlag 2010

GRAFFITO, "Drag me through the air ... ", Bauer Studios 2010

LONDON LOVE, (“ Lovestories ”), Aliud, DDD, 2010

NEW MUSIC FOR BRASS ORCHESTRA (“ Three bizarre dances ”), GEMA Foundation GENUIN recording group, 2014

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personal data
SURNAME	Ruoff, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and music teacher of classical sacred and secular music
DATE OF BIRTH	March 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stuttgart