Christiane Dénes

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Christiane Dénes 2017 as part of the Aachen Art Route

Christiane Dénes (born January 6, 1951 in Aachen ) is a German musician , writer and visual artist .

Live and act

After finishing school, Christiane Dénes studied piano and flute at the Aachen Department of the University of Music and Dance in Cologne , graduating in 1979 as a piano teacher and in 1981 as a concert flutist. From 1980 she appeared as a soloist in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France.

As early as 1979, Dénes received a teaching position for flute at the city music school in Aachen, which she continues to this day. In addition, from 1984 to 2008 she worked as a teacher at the Aachen department of the Cologne University of Music.

In addition to her concert and teaching activities, Dénes devoted herself to her literary work from the mid-1980s and she initially published lyric works and short stories in German and Swiss literary magazines and in various anthologies , including in “Am Ortsende der Zauberer” (1988), “ Hollywood am Mauergässchen ” (1989), “ Parecutin ” (1993) or in the “ Langenberger Texten ” (2000). From 1999 onwards she has written a theater play, a radio play and three novels.

In the meantime, from 1989, Christiane Dénes expanded her artistic work to include the field of fine arts . A large number of paintings, installations , slides and video films, as well as sound images with the flute solo, which she presents as part of a performance on various public cultural events , have been created to this day . In addition, Dénes has been represented with her works at numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad since 1990. Since 2011 she has been a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK).

In 2017 Christiane Dénes opened the Atelier Rad'art in Aachen together with her husband, the French artist Damien Ledoux .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • 1997: Art 12 , Espace Libergier, Reims (F)
  • 1997: Lüdinghausen Castle , Lüdinghausen
  • 1999: Galerie Hexagone, Aachen
  • 2000: Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen
  • 2002: Réciproque , Office de Tourisme, Reims (F)
  • 2004: DÜNN-HeUTIG , Aula Carolina , Aachen, together with the sculptor Damien Ledoux
  • 2005: Auf-Bruch , Galerie Hexagone, Aachen
  • 2006: Galerie du Cardo, Reims (F)
  • 2006: Galerie Marlies Calame, Vence (F)
  • 2007: Ancien Collège des Jésuites, Reims (F)
  • 2007: Stand de Tir, Reims (F)
  • 2008: Bäumler's Art, Aachen
  • 2009: Galerie du Cardo, Reims (F)
  • 2009: 20 years of Galerie Hexagon, Aachen
  • 2011: International Art Fair, Herzogenrath
  • 2011: Maison de la Vie Associative, Reims (F)
  • 2011: Dream Art Exhibition , Rolduc Abbey , Kerkrade (NL)
  • 2012: Rire et Pleurer , together with Damien Ledoux, as part of the 15th Aachen Art Route , Franco-German Cultural Institute, House Matthéy, Aachen
  • 2013: Babyfood , OSTRALE - International Exhibition for Contemporary Arts , Dresden
  • 2014: When stones fall - 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall , BBK Aachen
  • 2016: Dream Art Exhibition , Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade
  • 2016: Sheep at work (On the State of the Nation) , OSTRALE Dresden
  • 2016: Exhibition stand of the LDXArtodrome Gallery Berlin at the ART.FAIR Cologne
  • 2017: AR6 - 50 years city partnership Aachen-Reims together with BmZ, Eli Tiunine, Heinrich Hüsch, Damien Ledoux and Lazyt65, as part of the 15th Aachen Art Route , Franco-German Cultural Institute, House Matthéy Aachen
  • 2018: Lothringair exhibition together with Damien Ledoux, Gisela Klassen and Gabriele Prill, Atelier Rad'art

Works (selection)

Recordings
  • Works for flute and chamber orchestra by O. Respighi, W. A: Mozart, J. Sibelius, J. Haydn, Christiane Dénes and the Dreiländer-Kammerorchester, conducted by Marius Suciu, 1994
  • Zeitenspiegel , music for solo flute by Dinescu, Varèse, Jolivet, JG Tromlitz, E. Köhler, JS Bach, Ch.Ph. E. Bach, M. Suciu, 2003
Theater and radio play
  • Crow's feet , one-woman play, premiere: Ludwig-Forum Aachen, 1999
  • Lamparo , radio play, WP : WDR 3, 2005
Novels and short stories (selection)

Literature and Sources

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christiane Dénes and Damien Ledoux open a new studio , Aachener Zeitung from December 7, 2017
  2. ↑ Scenes from Incarnation
  3. ↑ Creative provocation in preserving jars , Aachener Zeitung from November 3, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Dénes, Christiane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician, writer and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen