Christoph Reiserer
Christoph Reiserer (* 1966 in Wasserburg am Inn ) is a German composer and musician .
Life
Christoph Reiserer works as a composer, sound installer , concept artist and saxophonist . He completed the university courses of musicology , music education and philosophy in Munich and Berlin . In his works and performances he repeatedly integrates self-programmed electronic music as a supporting medium , as most recently in 2010 in Some Work - Installation for music machines that take over the tasks of musicians during the course of the piece at the Munich Biennale for Music Theater.
As a saxophonist, the Munich Radio Orchestra and the Munich Ensemble for New Music piano possibile invited him to interpret works by Olivier Messiaen and Hanspeter Kyburz . He also plays freely improvised music. For the saxophone , especially the soprano saxophone , he developed special playing techniques.
Christoph Reiserer also emerged as an opera composer. B. 2010 with the music theater Die Nacht des Brokers based on a libretto by Ralph Hammerthaler .
His works were u. a. performed at the Munich Biennale , the Klangspuren Schwaz and the A • DEvantgarde -Festival Munich. Christoph Reiserer lives in Munich.
Prizes and awards
- 1997 Young talent forum for musicologists of the Society for New Music and the Ensemble Modern
- 2003 Artist in Residence at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow / Scotland
- 2009 Music Prize from the City of Munich
Selection of works
Opera
- and if ... - office opera for one singer and seven instrumentalists, 2007
- Die Nacht des Brokers - Chamber opera for 4 singers and 5 instrumentalists, libretto: Ralph Hammerthaler , 2010
- President Jekyll - Chamber Opera - Libretto: Frido Mann and Martina Veh , 2012
Orchestral works
- About the back and forth for accordion orchestra, percussion ensemble and speaker, 2008
Chamber music
- Clarinet quintet for one clarinetist and string quartet, 1999
- Six-finger music for woodwind quartet, 2000
- Differences for flute, vibraphone and electronics, 2005
- e-motion 2 for violin, viola, violoncello, double bass and sensor-controlled piano, 2005
- Expectation. Wish. Etc. for mezzo-soprano, 3 clarinets, violoncello and piano, 2008
Performances, installations, conceptual art
- flexible response for four instruments and electronics, Marstall Munich, 2009
- fluX 2008 Isar raft trip with music, 2008
- Some Work at Villa Stuck in Munich, Munich Biennale, 2010
- Tunnel end concert installation, Klangspuren Schwaz, 2010
Web links
- Homepage of the composer
- Jury statement for Some Work of the Scholarship for Young Art - New Media / Music 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reiserer, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wasserburg am Inn |