Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf

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Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (born October 22, 1962 in Mannheim ) is a German composer.

Life

From 1984 Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf studied musicology , philosophy and sociology at the Universities of Heidelberg, Freiburg and Frankfurt as well as composition with Klaus Huber , Emmanuel Nunes and Brian Ferneyhough . In 1989 he passed his philosophy exam with Jürgen Habermas . He received his doctorate in 1993 with a thesis on Arnold Schönberg . Ferneyhough's music had a lasting influence on Mahnkopf's musical thinking and, alongside the philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno, became a decisive source of inspiration for his own artistic work. Since the end of the 1980s, his work has been receiving ever greater resonance, which is reflected in performances at numerous international festivals as well as in the awarding of a number of prizes and awards (including Gaudeamus Prize 1990, 1st prize at the Stuttgart sponsorship competition 1993, Siemens sponsorship prize 1998 ; Scholarships from the Paul Sacher Foundation and the Heinrich Strobel Foundation; study visits to Venice and Rome / Villa Massimo ). From 1990 to 1996 and in 2002/03 Mahnkopf taught as a lecturer or professor at the Freiburg University of Music . In 2003 he moved to the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . In 2005 he was appointed professor of composition there, two years later he initiated the series of events Music & Contemporary . From 2016 to 2019 he was founding director of the Center for Contemporary Music. His complete works are published by Sikorski . The “Mahnkopf Edition” CD series has been released on the NEOS label since 2011.

In 1995 he founded the Society for Music and Aesthetics with Richard Klein and Ludwig Holtmeier. Since 1997 he has been the publisher of the magazine "Musik & Ästhetik" at Klett-Cotta . He is co-editor of the study series "sinefonia" and the book series "New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century" at Wolke Verlag. He is the author of numerous books and over 120 individual articles. He teaches in master classes and gives lectures at home and abroad. Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg since 2014.

He was married to the Jewish religious scholar Francesca Yardenit Albertini (1974-2011). He wrote the book Germany or Jerusalem about her life and her ideas . The short life of Francesca Albertini .

Aesthetic-philosophical approach

A characteristic of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf's musical oeuvre is that it is accompanied and supported by a philosophical and a music-historical reflection. Most important to him are the philosophy of the Frankfurt School , Jacques Derrida and Niklas Luhmann, as well as the tradition of constructive-expressive composition since the Renaissance. Important composers are: Josquin Desprez , Claudio Monteverdi , Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven and Alban Berg . Compositionally and artistically, he deals with questions about a second modernity in music, the complexity, expression, deconstruction, cultural content and with the coming to terms with the rupture of civilization in the 20th century. He sees his music in the Central European musical tradition and strives for an international style. He writes works in all genres. From 2001 to 2005 Mahnkopf worked intensively at the Freiburg experimental studio of the SWR .

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Krebs cycle (1985) for violoncello and piano
  • Monade (1985/1986) for oboe
  • coincidentia oppositorum (1986) for alto flute
  • Interpénétrations (1987) for chamber orchestra
  • différance (1987/1988) for violin (3 versions: différance I, II and III)
  • First string quartet (1988/1989)
  • Paralipomenon (1988) for string quartet
  • Rhizom (1988/1989) for piano
  • il faut continuer , Requiem for Samuel Beckett (1989/1990) for chamber ensemble
  • succolarity (1989) for flute
  • memor sum (1989) for viola
  • Pegasos (1991) for harpsichord
  • Medusa (1990–1992) for oboe and chamber orchestra
  • The Snakes of Medusa (1991) for clarinets (three versions)
  • Microtomy (1991/1992) for guitar
  • Stheno and Euryale (1992) for one or more harps (two versions)
  • Illuminations du brouillard (1992/93) for oboe and piano (three versions)
  • Wladimir (1993) for violin
  • Chamber symphony (1993/94) for chamber orchestra
  • Medeia cycle (1993–1996), poly work for chamber orchestra, string quartet, 30 solo strings and 2 harps
  • Wladimir 2 (1994) for violin
  • Meta Median (1994), serenade for 30 strings and 2 harps
  • Wladimir 2b (1995) for string trio
  • Chamber miniature (1995) for piano
  • Chamber piece (1995) for piano
  • Selig (1995) for violoncello and piano
  • Trio basso (1995) for viola, violoncello and double bass
  • Chamber concert (1995/96) for solo piano and ensemble
  • Second string quartet (1995/96)
  • Mon cœur mis à nu (1997) for 4 voices after Charles Baudelaire
  • Solitude-Sérénade (1997) for solo piccolo oboe and ensemble
  • Second Chamber Symphony (1997–1999) for chamber orchestra
  • Angelus Novus (1997–2000), music theater based on Walter Benjamin , for chamber orchestra
  • requiescant in pace (2000) for ensemble
  • deconstructing accordion (2000/2001) for accordion
  • Hommage à György Kurtág (2000/2001) for solo guitar and chamber orchestra
  • Death Music I (2001) for ensemble
  • Death Music II (2001) for ensemble
  • The Tristero System (2002) for ensemble
  • Hommage à Daniel Libeskind , Vol. I (2002) for violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe and clarinet
  • Hommage à Theodor W. Adorno (2003) for string quartet
  • Hommage à Thomas Pynchon (2003–2005) for ensemble, solo cello and live electronics
  • Prospero's Epilogue (2004) for piano and orchestra
  • Prospero Fragments (2005) for piano
  • Hommage à Frank Cox (2006) for piano, quarter-tone vibraphone and electric guitar
  • humanized void (2003–2007) for large orchestra
  • Chamber Symphony No. 3 (2007) for chamber orchestra
  • voiced void (2008) for choir / 24 voices
  • void - un delitto italiano (2009) for 6 voices
  • ... in memoriam ... (2009) for bass flute, piano, violoncello and double bass
  • Hommage à Wolfram Schurig (2010-) for saxophone, percussion and string quartet
  • Hommage à Daniel Libeskind, Vol. II (2010–2011) for 6 players
  • Hommage à Daniel Libeskind, Vol. III (2010–2012) for 6 players
  • void - kol ischa asirit (2010–2012) for large orchestra
  • Homage to Brian Ferneyhough (2012–2013) for an afu
  • Hommage à Klaus Huber (2013/14) for viola and three players
  • Fourth Chamber Symphony (2014) for chamber orchestra
  • Esé apie vandenis (2015) for male voice (baritone)
  • more water (2015) for choir
  • metalized void (2015/16) for percussion
  • Dov'è? (2017/18) for 5 voices and orchestra
  • 432 Park Avenue. Hommage à NYC (2018) for ensemble

literature

Fonts

  • At the beginning of the 21st century. Is the music still a mirror of the human being? Rome 1998.
  • with Peter Veale: The playing technique of the oboe. Kassel 1994.
  • Shape and style. Schönberg's First Chamber Symphony and its surroundings. Kassel 1994.
  • Criticism of new music. Design of music for the 21st century. Kassel 1998.
  • Critical Theory of Music. Weilerswist 2006.
  • The humanity of music. Essays from the 21st Century. Hofheim 2007.
  • Klaus Huber. From time to time. The overall work. Conversations with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf. Hofheim 2009.
  • Germany or Jerusalem. The short life of Francesca Albertini. Jump 2013.
  • with Francesca Yardenit Albertini: The vision of a different Judaism. Selected Writings. Hentrich & Hentrich, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-95565-056-8 .
  • From messianic freedom. World society - art - music . Weilerswist 2016
  • Philosophy of orgasm . Berlin 2019
  • Bernd Asmus and John Menke: Key works of music . Hofheim 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZfGM | "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Biography, albums on NEOS
  3. ↑ Egbert Hiller: "Past as Radical Present". Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf's opera project "void - archeology of a loss" . In: Ferdinand Zehentreiter (Ed.): The music of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf . Hofheim 2012, p. 199-216 .
  4. ^ Ferdinand Zehentreiter: Conversation with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf . In: Ferdinand Zehentreiter (Ed.): The music of Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf . Wolke, Hofheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-936000-95-5 , p. 319-334 .
personal data
SURNAME Mahnkopf, Claus-Steffen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim