Bernhard Haas

Bernhard Haas (* 1964 ) is a German organist , university professor and music theorist.

Life

Haas studied organ, piano, harpsichord, church music, composition and music theory at the music academies in Cologne, Freiburg and Vienna. He won numerous prizes at international organ competitions, such as the Bach Competition in Wiesbaden in 1983 and the Liszt Competition in Budapest in 1988. From 1989 to 1995 he taught organ and organ improvisation at the Musikhochschule in Saarbrücken . In 1994 he took up a professorship for organ at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart . In the 2012/2013 academic year he moved to the Munich University of Music and Theater , where he succeeded Edgar Krapp .

Concert tours and radio recordings have taken him not only to Europe but also to the United States and Japan. His main interests are the music of the 17th century, Johann Sebastian Bach , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , the 19th century and contemporary music. He has also released CD recordings with organ interpretations by Franz Liszt , Max Reger , Igor Stravinsky , Brian Ferneyhough , Morton Feldman and Iannis Xenakis .

As a music theorist he wrote a book on The New Tonality from Schubert to Webern. Listening and analyzing after Albert Simon as well as together with Veronica Diederen the two-part inventions by JS Bach .

Works

• The new tonality from Schubert to Webern: listening and analyzing according to Albert Simon . Wilhelmshaven: Noetzel 2004. ISBN 978-3-795-90834-8
• The two-part inventions by Johann Sebastian Bach: new musical theories and perspectives . Together with Veronica Diederen. Hildesheim: Olms Verlag 2008. ISBN 978-3-487-13654-7

Discography (selection)

• Liszt and Stravinsky in arrangements for organ
  • Franz Liszt: Sonata for Piano in B minor, p. 178; Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps. Transcriptions by Bernhard Haas.
    • Bernhard Haas, organ. Recorded in 1993 on the Kleuker Steinmeyer organ in the Tonhalle Zurich (Switzerland). Audits 20,009. 1 CD.

• Max Reger: Variations and Fugue, Op. 73, Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue, Op. 127
  • Variations and Fugue on an Original Theme in F sharp minor, op. 73; Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor, op.127.
    • Bernhard Haas, organ. Recorded in 1996 on the Rieger organ of the Konzerthaus Vienna (Austria). Audits 20,020. 1 CD.

• Max Reger: Organ Works Volume 1
  • Ten pieces op. 69; Preludes and Fugues, Op. 85, No. 1–3
    • Bernhard Haas, organ. Recorded in 1997 on the Link organ of the Evangelical Church in Giengen an der Brenz (Germany). Naxos 8.553926. 1 CD.

• Ferneyhough, Feldman, Scelsi, Xenakis: The Organ Works
  • Ferneyhough: Seven Stars; Feldman: Principal Sound; Scelsi: In nomine Lucis; Xenakis: Gmeoorh
    • Bernhard Haas, organ. Recorded in 2007 on the Rieger organ in Essen Cathedral (Germany). Zeitklang edition 35033. 1 CD.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Speakers and organists, photos, vita, texts, photos of the instruments. Albert Schweitzer Symposium October 1 - 3, 2011, accessed on February 22, 2013 . 
2. ↑ The organist Bernhard Haas becomes the new organ professor. University of Music and Performing Arts Munich , accessed on February 22, 2013 .