Bruno Liberda

Bruno Liberda (born February 17, 1953 in Mödling near Vienna ) is an Austrian composer.

Life

Liberda began his musical training during his high school with Alfred Uhl at what is now the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . He then studied composition with his most important teacher Roman Haubenstock-Ramati , cello with Tobias Kühne and electroacoustic music with Dieter Kaufmann . He has received scholarships at several European studios for electronic music (works, inter alia, in Oslo on the first Buchla hybrid synthesizer in Europe); Computer music courses at the University of Urbana-Champaign USA, received twice the Rome scholarship, Sandoz Prize a. a. Awards, lived for a long time in London, Rome and New York.

Liberda teaches electronic music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He has given guest lectures in Greece ( Ionian University ), Holland (Berlage Institut Amsterdam), France (CCMIX Paris) and Rome.

Works (so far 5 commissioned operas, 3 ballets) at the opera houses in Frankfurt, Bonn, Karlsruhe, Amsterdam a. a .; at the Burgtheater Vienna, Marstalltheater Munich , Piccolo Teatro di Milano , Bern, Berliner Ensemble , Wiener Konzerthaus , Concertgebouw Amsterdam , in Zurich, Rome, New York and many more

With Valse triste (1977) he is the first to perform electronic music at the Vienna State Opera .

Liberda's music is characterized by the fascination of tracing Hoëné Wronsky 's definition ( music is the embodiment of the intelligence contained in the sounds themselves ) by combining traditional instruments with the electronic devices of the 3rd millennium. His scores, often the result of process-oriented, non-linear composing, are located in the field of tension between traditional notation, optical stimulation and the integration of graphic and verbal descriptions - as an attempt to describe sound directly.

Works

Stage works

Yerma, ballet (1977)
Valse triste, ballet (1978)
The End of the Circle, Opera (1981)
Shambhala, opera (1989)
The Northern Lights, ballet (1991)
Why does Mozart disappear on his trip to Prague ?, Opera (1999)
the little egg who wanted to become a detective, short opera (2007)
Celestina, fairy tale opera (2009)

Works (selection)

1974: Berenice
1974: Album sheets for the dead
1976: I put my stuff on nothing, string quartet
1977: A day of mourning falls from the bells
1979: Songs for Mizzi Traktor, mixed media
1978: Turn slowly, 2 pianos
1979:… con variazioni, piano
1980: A se stesso, tape music
1982: A small requiem, tape music
1982: Those Who Bear Heaven's Burden, 60-st. Women's and children's choir
1983: Sophisticated Atmosphere, room music for orchestras and brass bands
1985: Il solito, ma non troppo, piano
1986: Kyrie, choir and chamber orchestra
1986: Horoscopical Music, 8–16 instruments
1986: 100 Views of Mount Fuji 3rd Book / 2, Large Orchestra
1986: 100 views of Mount Fuji 1. Book / 1, Cel., Marima, Vibr., Klav.
1986: Remainder of two tragic scenes, 2 cellos
1987: 100 views of Mount Fuji 1st book / 5, 7–11 voices
1988: Good Feeling on Sunday Morning, 1 piano, 2 players
1988: String quartet on G and B
1990: 100 Views of Mount Fuji 2. Book / 2, Tape Music
1990: Capricci, concerto for 6 pianos, orchestra and tape
1993: 100 views of Mount Fuji 1st book / 11, voice and live electronics
1994: Small triptych, voice and live electronics
1994: Nach (t) laut, chamber ensemble and electronics
1995: In the quiet sun, sound installation
1996: Seven steps, concert for piano and tape
1999: Getsemani2000, sound installation
2001: in & visible (in & visible), exhibition
2003: NOW, mixed media
2004: IP Installation, TonArt Gallery Vienna ( PDF )
2007: colored nine times, piano, mixed media
2008: colored seven times, preliminary study for Medea (2008)
2010: a sphere of air is bound, trumpet and live electronics
2011: self portrait without self, zither and live electronics
2012: buddha cannot sit quietly anymore , voice, obi-gong and live electronics

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personal data
SURNAME	Liberda, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	17th February 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mödling near Vienna