Christian Auer (composer)

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Christian Auer (* 1958 in Ortenburg near Passau ) is a German composer , pianist , musical director and performer.

Life

Christian Auer studied music teaching and composition for film and television with Enjott Schneider at the Munich University of Music . In 1999 he founded and directed the Valentin-Karlstadttheater in Munich until 2006. From 2002 to 2008 he founded and directed the Theatertage Schloss Ortenburg, in 2006 he founded the artist collective Kurzweil & Wohlklang together with Karl-Heinz Hummel and Benjamin Sahler .

Auer composed some stage music, the Bavarian operetta Der Kaiser im Rottal as well as operas and musicals ( Luther - Rebell Gottes ). He also arranged and directed various CD productions for the Bavarian Radio with Wolfgang Aschenbrenner .

From 2015 to 2017 he was a lecturer in songwriting and orchestral arrangements at the HG Berlin.

Works

  • The Kaiser in the Rottal . Operetta. Libretto : Karl-Heinz Hummel . Premiere February 10, 2007 Theater an der Rott Eggenfelden
  • The Brandner Kasper . Opera. Book: Karl-Heinz Hummel. Premiere July 6th, 2012 Gut Immling Opera Festival
  • The Nutcracker . Music fairy tale. Book: Karl-Heinz Hummel after ETA Hoffmann. Premiere 2012 Ortenburg
  • Cyrano - longing insatiable . Musical. Book: Karl-Heinz Hummel. Premiere October 31, 2013 BR Munich
  • Luther - rebel of God . Musical. Book: Nina Schneider . Premiere 2017 Stadttheater Fürth

Awards

  • Culture award of the district of Passau
  • 1st prize in the competition "First Operetta of the 21st Century" for the operetta Der Kaiser im Rottal (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vita Christian Auer
personal data
SURNAME Auer, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES VonderAu, Christian (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Ortenburg , Germany