Claudius of Wrochem

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Claudius von Wrochem (born April 24, 1965 in Berlin (West)) is a German cellist from Berlin.

Life

Wrochem studied cello from 1978 to 1984 with Peter Mann in Berlin and from 1987 to 1990 with George Neikrug in Boston (USA). He took master classes with George Neikrug, Uzi Wiesel and Werner Thomas . From 2000 to 2009 he took singing lessons with Juliane Gabriel in Berlin.

He is particularly interested in chamber music and contemporary music. From 1983 to 2006 he played in the duo von Wrochem with his father, the pianist Johann Gottlob von Wrochem . He dedicated himself to new music as a member of the ensembles work in progress - Berlin (1991–1998) and UnitedBerlin (1995–1998), since 2016 in the Ensemble Xenon . Together with his wife, the musicologist and violist Simone Heilgendorff , he founded the Kairos Quartet ( string quartet ), which specializes in music after 1950 . Since 1993 he has been engaged in the performance practice of baroque and classical music, mostly with changing line-ups; he uses a cello by JG Thumhart, 1780.

As an improviser he works both freely and in the sense of conceptual improvisations , often in the context of silent films, readings, exhibitions or in educational contexts.

In the function of artistic director he led the development phase of the IZZM (International Center for Contemporary Music) in Carinthia / Austria in 2009/10 .

Concert tours have taken him through Europe , the USA , East Asia and South America .

He lives as a freelance musician and instrumental teacher in Berlin.

repertoire

In addition to the standard repertoire for cello and piano as well as some newer duo works such as Feldman's Untitled Composition / Patterns in a Chromatic Field, Wrochem played the Bach Suites IV, a Reger Suite and solo works by Bloch , Hindemith , Ligeti and many other contemporary composers. His extensive repertoire of string quartets can be found on the homepage of the Kairos Quartet . Of the more than 120 world premieres in which he was involved, more than half were performed by the Kairos Quartet, the other by the NM ensemble, duos and solo works.

Teaching

Since 2013 instrumental teaching in cooperation with Berlin schools using the ColorStrings methods and the principles of Demetrious Constantine Dounis and George Neikrug.

2010–12 Wrochem was a lecturer for new music and its mediation in ensemble practice and concept improvisation at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt

He gave workshops and master classes at various universities in Germany and abroad (including Poland, USA, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Germany), at the Mozarteum Salzburg and at the conservatories in Shanghai and Guangzhou on questions of notation and string quartet composition.

Since 2010 he has been conducting NM mediation workshops at secondary schools, often in Carinthia and supported by KulturKontakt Austria.

Various jury activities such as Jugend Musiziert (1996), John Cage Prize for the Interpretation of New Music, Zeitklang 2011 - Intern. Composition competition f. SQ.

1992-2008 cello teacher at Berlin music schools, also in preparation for studies (StuVo).

Discography, productions

  • 2015 Marina Khorkova 'Klangnarbe' u. a. String Quartet [2010] (WERGO)
  • 2013 mientras A. Schönberg Second String Quartet, Sabine Panzer mientras for string quartet and soprano (Kairos Quartet and Angelika Luz)
  • 2012 Stepha Schweiger visionmusique (including a live recording of the premiere of Skira for flutes, accordion and cello, 1997) little salt 12012
  • 2012 Knut Müller portrait of Thorn, Zeug (string quartets) Edition Zeitklang / DeutschlandRadio
  • 2009 Jay Schwartz portrait ( Music for five stringed instruments ) (WERGO / Deutscher Musikrat / DeutschlandRadio)
  • 2008 Helmut Zapf The Golden Calf Ballet for solo trumpet, voice and ensemble (Ensemble Mosaik)
  • 2008 Thomas Hummel from Trachila. A hyper-realistic recording - for speaker and ensemble (Neos 10804)
  • 2007 Against the Grain - Music in Germany: Orm Finnendahl Fälschung (BMG)
  • 2005 Enno Poppe portrait ( animal for string quartet) col legno / DeutschlandRadio
  • 2004 Artist portrait of the Kairos Quartet: Georg Friedrich Haas (String Quartets No. 1 + 2) Edition Zeitklang / DeutschlandRadio
  • 2001 Artist portrait of the Kairos Quartet with György Kurtág op. 1, Julio Estrada Canto mnémico , Knut Müller Thorn , Luciano Berio Sincronie (CD first recording) Edition Zeitklang / DeutschlandRadio
  • 2000 Ensemble UnitedBerlin: Conrado del Rosario Twines , Helmut Zapf Abendklänge edel records
  • 1999 Viera Janárčeková portrait (string quartet No. 5) Domowina-Verlag / Hessische Rundfunk
  • 1997 Luigi Nono Canti at 13 with the Ensemble UnitedBerlin (WERGO 6631-2)
  • 1997 New Music in Rheinsberg Matthias Jann mouvement de silence (NCA / MA 9809838) (UnitedBerlin)
  • 1996 Juro Metsk portrait Canti per cello e piano, syndrome, contraction (Domovina-Verlag / Kreuzberg Records ) (UnitedBerlin)
  • 1996 Samples recorded for “The Virtual Orchestra”, an NM sound database
  • Since 1996 numerous concert recordings: BBC London, various ORF studios, RAI (Italy), Danske Radio, German Radio Switzerland, Slovenian Radio, almost all German public law. Broadcasters
  • 1995 New Saxophone Chamber Music Kyburz Cells (col legno) (UnitedBerlin)
  • Since 1990 studio activity for theater music, radio plays, playback tapes or sound installations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Home | Kairo's Quartet. Retrieved September 24, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Wrochem, Claudius of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cellist
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin