Caspar de Gelmini

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Caspar de Gelmini (* 1980 in Berlin ) is a German-Italian composer and music researcher.

Life

Gelmini studied composition at the Kreuzberg Music School (now Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg ) and was an intern at the Deutsche Oper Berlin . He then studied composition and theory at the music academies in Rostock (Rostock University of Music and Theater ), Weimar ( Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar ), Stockholm ( Royal University of Music Stockholm ), Basel ( Basel Music Academy ), Salzburg ( Mozarteum ), Stuttgart ( University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart ) and Paris ( IRCAM ) and ( Paris Conservatory ). Since 2017 he has been doing his doctorate atUniversity of the Arts Berlin . His teachers are and were: Helmut Zapf , Peter Manfred Wolf , Michael Obst , Annette Schlünz , Pär Lindgren, Georg Friedrich Haas , Michel Roth , Tristan Murail , Marco Stroppa , Frédéric Durieux and Hèctor Parra. He attended composition courses in Darmstadt (holiday courses), Donaueschingen (Next Generation), Graz (Impuls), Paris (IRCAM) and Strasbourg (Musica) with Helmut Lachenmann , Mauricio Kagel , Dieter Schnebel , Philippe Manoury and others. Since 2010 he has been working on radio plays with the author Jan Decker : Japanische Miniatures (2012) and Leipzig Noir 1914 (2014).

Gelmini received prizes at the composition competitions of the Weimar Spring Days for contemporary music (chamber music, 2007), the Musica Viva (Munich) for orchestral music (2008 and 2010) and at the Reading Panel of the IRCAM / Center Pompidou Paris (Manifeste 2012, Cursus 2014, Forum Event 2020). There he worked with Lucas Vis and Lothar Zagrosek . He was a scholarship holder of the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service and the German National Academic Foundation. Caspar de Gelmini has written compositions for various instruments and line-ups. Portraits and factory broadcasts were u. a. in ARD Alpha, Deutschlandfunk, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Bayern Klassik, MDR Figaro, Radio Ö1, Saarländischer Rundfunk and SWR.

He also works in the field of sound art. His video works were among others. shown and awarded in Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, England, Spain, Greece, Poland, Switzerland, France and the USA.

Works and performances (selection)

  • Cargo (2008) for ensemble - premiere of the Staatskapelle Halle under the direction of Hans Rotman for the Festival Impuls 2009, Neues Theater Halle
  • Farben (2007) for orchestra with four speakers - premiere of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Lothar Zagrosek with the ensemble “Die Maulwerker” 2008 - Residenz, Munich
  • Nightline (2009) for orchestra - Premiere Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lucas Vis, Premiere 2011, Munich Residence
  • Mosaik (2010) for violin, percussion and piano World premiere 2010 Clermont-Ferrand (France), Festival Musique démesurées
  • Kaktus (2006) for guitar, accordion and cello - Klangwerkstatt Weimar for the Weimar Spring Days 2007, Neue Weimarhalle
  • Hachiko (2010) for ensemble with video and electronics based on a radio play by Jan Decker
  • Limes (2011) for ensemble, Musica Vitae, Växjö, Sweden
  • Holz (2011) for ensemble, Work in Progress Berlin, Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom, Forum Zeitgenössische Musik Leipzig
  • Slow Motion (2011) for double bass, Randfestspiele Zepernick; Matthias Bauer
  • Miroir (2011) for small orchestra with electronics, commissioned for Festival Impuls
  • Une trace dans le Ciel (2011) for small ensemble
  • Japanese miniatures (2012) for small ensemble based on a text by Jan Decker , commissioned by Konzerthaus Berlin and Work in Progress under the direction of Gerhardt Müller-Goldboom
  • Ys (2012) for Ensemble, Ensemble Intercontemporain, conduction: Pascal Rophe, Manifeste Paris 2012
  • Alpha Centauri (2013) for large orchestra
  • Players Paradise (2013) for wind ensemble and percussion, Festival Impuls Sachsen-Anhalt, Direction: Nurhan Arman
  • Paysage Urbain (2014) for string trio and piano, Ensemble Recherche, Stuttgart
  • Leipzig Noir 1914 (2014-15) Contemporary Ensemble for, speakers and electronics, Music Forum, Leipzig, conducted by Gerhardt Müller-Gold Boom, on a text by. January Decker ; Coda for flute and electronics, Rafal Zolkos, IRCAM Paris
  • Match (2015-) cycle, No. 1 for percussion, piano and 17 strings, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; No. 2 (2016) for two percussion and two pianos, Festival Musica Strasbourg; No. 3 for ensemble with video and electronics (2018)
  • Objects and Cells (2015-), cycle for solo instruments, No. 1 for alto saxophone (version with video, Forum Event, IRCAM Paris), No. 2 for flute, Rafal Zolkos, No. 3 for violin, electronics and video for Tiefschoen2, Udk2030 and Digital Art Festival Sofia, No. 4 for Disklavier, Electronics and Video, for the Udk2030 event
  • Life in the future (2020), video for Kino-Club Helsinki, Finland

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "What moves you at the UdK Berlin?" In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . July 25, 2018, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed August 12, 2018]).
  2. ^ Munich: orchestral work "Nightline" premiered . In: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom . ( freiheit.org [accessed September 16, 2018]).
  3. ^ Zentenarium of New Music: The IMPULS Festival in Saxony-Anhalt | nmz - new music newspaper. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ fzml: FZML. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
  5. ^ Leipzig Noir 1914, Caspar de Gelmini - Resources. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Caspar de Gelmini - Festival Musica. Retrieved September 16, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Digital Art Festival | Video Art | Caspar del Gelmini. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Information sessions, workshops, artistic interventions - Berlin University of the Arts. Retrieved October 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Caspar de Gelmini. Accessed July 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gelmini, Caspar de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Italian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin