Bruno Strobl

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bruno Strobl (born February 26, 1949 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian composer and conductor . He has been President of the IGNM Austria Section since 2008 .

Life

Strobl studied clarinet and theory with Alois Jäger at the Klagenfurt Conservatory from 1968 to 1976 . From 1973 to 2003 he was a music teacher at the Federal High School Porcia Spittal an der Drau. From 1978 to 1981 he received private composition lessons from Nikolaus Fheodoroff . From 1983 to 1987 he studied clarinet , music theory and composition with Dieter Kaufmann at the Carinthian State Conservatory .

Since 1977 he has been chairman of the Carinthia section of the IGNM Austria. From 1978 to 1990 he organized the Carinthian master classes for contemporary music. From 1987 to 1995 he headed the vocal ensemble Vox Nova . Since 1988 he has been the conductor of the Ensemble Kreativ , with whom he premiered several pieces. Since 1991 he has been the initiator of the Expan festival in Spittal an der Drau. From 1993 to 1995 he worked at the creative workshop in Klagenfurt. He was several times head of the Klangspectrum Villach. Since 2002 he has been the project manager of NeueBühneVillach and since 2005 of MusikFabrikSüd. Since 2008 he has been President of the Austria Section of the International Society for New Music (IGNM).

His music has been performed at home and abroad a. a. at the Styrian Autumn Festival , at Wien Modern , at the Dresden Days of Contemporary Music , at aspects Salzburg and the IGNM World Music Days in Budapest. In July 2017 his church opera Hemma was premiered at the Carinthian Summer , which is subtitled A Woman Passion and traces the story of Hemma von Gurk . The libretto for the opera comes from the writer Franzobel . It was directed by Kristine Tornquist , the title role was sung by the French mezzo-soprano Juliette Mars .

Awards

  • 1983: Promotion price for music from the Carinthian provincial government
  • 1988: State grant for composition from the Republic of Austria
  • 1991: Prize of the Salzburg State Government at the Saalfelden Music Days
  • 1994: State grant for composition from the Republic of Austria
  • 2000: Appreciation award for music from the Carinthian provincial government
  • 2006: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
  • 2015: Culture Prize of the State of Carinthia

Fonts (selection)

  • O my Austria. Male choir based on a text by Kurt Tucholsky [advertising print] . In: NOEMA. Art + Criticism 3 (1985), pp. 80–88.

literature

  • Strobl, Bruno. In: Austrian Music Council (Ed.): Contributions '94. Austrian composers of our time . Bärenreiter, Kassel [u. a.] 1994, pp. 149-150. (= Contributions from the Austrian Society for Music , Vol. 9)
  • Bruno Strobl: "It's nice here". World premiere: June 19, Spectrum theater festival in Villach . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 50 (1995) 6, p. 410 f.
  • Strobl, Bruno. In: Bernhard Günther (Ed.): Lexicon of contemporary music from Austria. Composers of the 20th century with work lists, discographies, bibliographies and a bilingual introduction . Music Information Center Austria, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-901837-00-0 , pp. 1053-1055.
  • Alexander Rausch and Monika Kornberger : Strobl, Bruno. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
  • Strobl, Bruno. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 464.
  • Light-footed on the move. IGNM Austria today. IGNM board members in conversation with Daniel Ender . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 65 (2010) 6, pp. 30–32.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner's Musicians Handbook 2006, p. 464.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Lexicon of Contemporary Music from Austria 1997, p. 1053.
  3. ↑ Carinthian Summer: Church Opera World Premiere - Bruno Strobl: Hemma , accessed on October 12, 2017
  4. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Strobl, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt