Benjamin Lang

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Benjamin Lang (born November 14, 1976 in Wetzlar ) is a German composer , musicologist and conductor as well as professor of music theory .

biography

Benjamin Lang studied at the Rostock University of Music and Theater , the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media , the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana in Lugano and the University of Edinburgh . His teachers include Adriana Hölszky and Johannes Schöllhorn in composition , Peter-Manfred Wolf, Martin Messmer, Hubert Moßburger, Andreas Gürsching and Florian Edler in music theory and Giorgio Bernasconi in conducting .

Benjamin Lang received a scholarship from the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst from 1998 to 2004 and from the International Theater Academy Ruhr in 1999 . From 2008 to 2011 he received the College Research Award for an artistic research scholarship at the University of Edinburgh.

Benjamin Lang also attended master classes with Martin Eybl on reduction analysis and seminars with Georges Aperghis , Reinhard Febel , Hans-Joachim Hespos , Klaus Huber , Hans Peter Kuhn , Dieter Mack , Thierry de Mey and the Ictus Ensemble .

In 2004 and 2005, Benjamin Lang took on his first pedagogical courses at the Deutsche SchülerAkademie Grovesmühle and the Deutsche JuniorAkademie in Meisenheim . This was followed by teaching positions at the Bremen University of the Arts , the Rostock University of Music and Drama , the Institute for Music at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences , the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media .

Benjamin Lang has been teaching at the Zurich University of the Arts since 2010 , where he was appointed professor for music theory and composition in 2014. In 2016, he was appointed professor for composition and music theory at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin . Since the 2018/19 winter semester he has been teaching as a professor of music theory at the Rostock University of Applied Sciences.

Works (selection)

Opera and musical theater

  • Kampf dem Drachen , chamber opera (completely revised new version) for soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello, 2003/07
  • Zein und Seit or The question of the horizon of being ; based on texts by Martin Heidegger; Concert for a solo speaker; Music theater in one act, 2006
  • Battle of the Dragon , version 1: Music theater etude for 6 orchestral musicians, 2003
  • The Red Shoes , chamber opera with dance ensemble; Joint composition with Julia Deppert, 2001/02
  • Millennium , Chamber Opera, 1999/2000
  • The Parzival , chamber opera; Joint composition with Wang Fei, Carsten Hennig, Holger Klaus, Jens M. Müller and Gerhard Veser, 1998/99

orchestra

  • Heavenly Spheres , 2017 for the pupil symphony orchestra of the Augustinerschule Friedberg
  • Piano concerto for piano and string orchestra, 2010
  • Symphony No. 1 , 2008

Chamber music

  • Clickimin Broch for percussion quintet, 2016
  • Old Scatness for saxophone quartet, 2015/16
  • Heart of Neolithic Orkney for saxophone, horn, trombone, piano, drums, electric guitar and violoncello, 2015
  • Skara Brae for flute, clarinet, piano and string quartet, 2015
  • Time Shifts (sopr'il Soggetto Reale) for clarinet, violin, viola, percussion and piano, 2015
  • Ben Nevis for guitar and piano, 2011
  • Gleaming Blur for flute (picc./fl.), Clarinet, piano, violin and violoncello, 2010
  • The well-tempered piano for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion and string quintet based on the original of the same name by JS Bach, 2010
  • Hazy Luster for flute, guitar and violoncello, 2010
  • Rays for clarinet, violin, viola and violoncello, 2008/09
  • String Quartet No. 1 , 2008
  • digs through my senses - from Robert Schumann for wind quintet, string quartet, piano and speaker, 2005/06
  • Collection of neuromusical plastinates , percussion quartet in three movements, 2002/03
  • Universum for concert guitar and concert grand piano, 2002

Solo works

  • Speed, Bonnie Boat for guitar, 2011
  • Fareweel for piano, 2011
  • Glistening Flurry for accordion, 2010/11
  • Flickering for violin, 2009
  • Squirrels for soprano, alto, tenor or baritone saxophone, 2009
  • All 'brucknerese for concert guitar, 2008
  • ABDucensparese or Xenoglossie for piano, 2001

Publications (selection)

  • In the vortex of times. Gérard Grisey's dedication to Helmut Lachenmann in "Vortex Temporum" , in: Lost in Contemporary Music? Analyze New Music, ed. v. Benjamin Lang, Regensburg 2017, pp. 145–171
  • Composition of contemporary art music in composition lessons , in: Music theory and composition - XII. Annual Congress of the Society for Music Theory Essen 2012, ed. v. Markus Roth and Matthias Schlothfeldt, Hildesheim 2015, pp. 197–206
  • “According to Bachian principles”. Some remarks on the choral setting in Johann Christian Kittel's organ school and the possibilities of methodical reception in theory lessons , in: Contra-Punkt. Composition and music theory at the Rostock University of Music and Theater, Volume 1, ed. v. B. Petersen, Georg Olms-Verlag, Hildesheim 2013, pp. 89-105
  • Aural Analysis of Contemporary Music - Ways to Creative Listening? , in: All ears? New Music in Ear Training, ed. v. Benjamin Lang, Regensburg 2013, pp. 91–155
  • Winter of Displeasure - A Commentary on Henze's Royal Winter Music , in: Phoibos. Zeitschrift für Zupfmusik, ed. v. Silvan Wagner, Verlag Karl Stutz, Passau 1/2013, pp. 31–39
  • Composing for guitar - In the field of tension between reproduction and negation , in: Phoibos. Zeitschrift für Zupfmusik, ed. v. S. Wagner and Y. Zehner, Verlag Karl Stutz, Passau 2010, pp. 117–130

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ musik21niedersachsen.de: Benjamin Lang - Biography (pdf) ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 27, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archiv.musik21niedersachsen.de
  2. ↑ hfm-berlin.de: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Lang - Biography ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 27, 2017  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hfm-berlin.de
  3. ↑ klassik.com: Hanns Eisler Benjamin Lang University of Music , accessed on February 27, 2017
  4. ↑ Klassik-heute.com: Current report from October 13, 2016 , accessed on February 27, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Lang, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musicologist, composer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzlar