Christian Minkowitsch

Christian Minkowitsch (born October 26, 1962 in Vienna ; † March 26, 2018 in Ebensee ) was an Austrian composer .

biography

Christian Minkowitsch received private piano lessons when he was seven and organ lessons from Franz Kollment when he was 15. He later studied composition with Dietmar Schermann , composition with Heinrich Gattermeyer and Erich Urbanner at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna . He lived in Vienna and has been teaching composition, composition and composition techniques of the 20th and 21st centuries at the Vienna Conservatory (now the Vienna University of Music and Art ) .

In 1988 he took part in the Darmstadt summer courses, from 1988 to 1992 he was keyboardist in the improvisation group "Things of NowNow" , which also included Lukas Ligeti , Friedrich Neubarth and Alexander Wagendristel . Until 2003 he worked as an organist in Greifenstein / Donau and parish Neusimmering, Vienna, and was particularly noticeable as an improviser because of his concerts . He was the composer of numerous chamber music, solo and orchestral works with performances at home and abroad.

On March 26, 2018, Minkowitsch was killed in a traffic accident in the Bartlkreuz tunnel in Ebensee, Upper Austria.

Works (selection)

• 1986 "Christ ist erehen" partita for organ solo
• 1989 "Im Dunkel des Lichts" for string orchestra ;
• 1989 "Maluma" for flute solo
• 1993 "From the secret life of KB" for trumpet a . String orchestra ,
• 1994/98 "the sixth sense" for flute , clarinet , violin , violoncello , piano ,
• 1994 "The unbearable moisture of glue II" for organ
• 1995 Maluma 2 for flute solo
• 1997 Nocturne f. piano
• 1998 "Superstition brings bad luck" for soprano a . piano
• 1998 "Die Zwei Leben des KB", for orchestra (2-2-2-2 / 2-2-2-0 / - / 12/10/8/6/4)
• 1999 "Café olé V" piano solo,
• 1999 "The sixth sense 2" for piano trio
• 2000 "Short stories" ( septet )
• 2002 "The Minimal Farm" for saxophone a . organ
• 2003 Café olé 8 for piano trio *
• 2004 "The Minimal Farm 2" for violoncello and piano
• 2005 "Quer durch den Brambach" for soprano and chamber ensemble
• 2005/2006 "Choral improvisations" for organ
• 2006 "Unceremonious Ceremonies" for 7 brass instruments and 2 percussionists
• 2006 "Don't feed the Trolls!" (for children Ensemble alto saxophone , tenor saxophone , drums , drum set , chimes , marimba , Vibraphon , accordion , piano Duet)
• 2007 "Maluma 3" for baritone saxophone
• 2007 "Café olé 10" for flute , violin and piano
• 2008/2009 "Choral improvisations" for organ
• 2009 the sixth sinn 3 for mallet ensemble
• 2010 "Unceremonious Ceremonies 2.0 for wind orchestra

Web links

• Music map of Austria
• Obituary of the Music and Art University of Vienna
• Christian Minkowitsch at Discogs (English)