Christian W. Petersen
Christian W. Petersen (* 1964 ) is a German composer and freelance horn player.
Petersen studied at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin with Kurt Palm Horn and at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater, culture and media management. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , he first worked as a personal advisor to the mayor of the state capital Schwerin and later in various media companies as a project developer and consultant in Germany, the USA and the Netherlands. Since 2005 Petersen has been working again in his first job as a horn player.
Petersen's compositions have been published by Pfefferkorn Musikverlag Leipzig since 2010 . His works include songs to texts by Theodor Fontane , chamber music works such as a Divertimento for horn and piano , a string quartet, premiered in 2014 in the chamber music series of the Konzerthaus Berlin , and a bassoon quartet as well as a concerto for viola and orchestra, which was performed in 2012 with Christian Beyer and the Leipzig Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Frank-Michael Erben was premiered.
Christian W. Petersen wrote the opera Nathan the Wise together with Christian Beyer .
Christian W. Petersen teaches horn at the Bela Bartok music school
Individual evidence
Web links
- Biography at Pfefferkorn Musikverlag
- Works by Christian W. Petersen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petersen, Christian W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and horn player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |