Daniel N. Seel

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Daniel N. Seel (born November 11, 1970 in Saarbrücken ) is a German pianist , composer , theologian and Protestant parish priest .

Vita

Seel first studied as a preschooler majoring in piano, then from 1989 to 1998 as a full student at the State University of Music in Karlsruhe , as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation at the Seoul National University in Seoul (South Korea) and as a master class student at the University of the Arts in Berlin piano, composition, music theory and traditional Korean music (with Günter Reinhold, Wolfgang Rihm , Walter Zimmermann and Sukhi Kang, among others ) and worked as a freelance pianist and composer from 1998 to 2014 .

From 1999 to 2000, Seel organized a series of concerts and readings in Berlin and Saarbrücken with new music and Swiss literature sponsored by Pro Helvetia and the Ernst von Siemens Cultural Foundation. From 2003 to 2004 he taught composition major and score playing minor at Seoul National University , Sangmyung University and Sungshin Women's University in Seoul. In 2004, Seel and Matthias R. Entreß were responsible for the conception and artistic direction of the festival and the concert tour “urban + aboriginal XVI: old and new music from korea” with over 30 events in Berlin, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Leipzig.

In the fall of 2009, Seel began studying at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, which he completed in 2014 with a diploma and the first theological exam. After the vicariate in Zweibrücken-Mitte and the second theological exam, Daniel Seel was appointed as parish priest in the monastery town of Hornbach on March 1, 2017 by the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate (Protestant regional church) .

Awards and scholarships (selection)

Scholarships and a. the German National Academic Foundation , the Heinrich Strobel Foundation of Südwestfunk, the Berlin Academy of the Arts and the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris . Prices and a. the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music (Buffalo, New York), the Ernst von Siemens Foundation and the International Stefan Wolpe Society (New York).

Works (selection)

I. Guitar (20.V.1992)
II. Violoncello (1992–1994)
III. Gayageum , harpsichord , lute , (baroque) cello and / or harp (since 2002)
IV. 12 double basses and solo double bass (1993/94)
I. for piano
II. For computer-controlled grand piano or player piano
  • Wind quintet "Vom Äüßsten" (1993/94)
I. Oracle (Tibetan)
II. Vomitones
III. Sound tapeworm
IV. 67 Lasts
  • Kakosymphonie (1993, rev. 1996) Concerto for orchestra
  • Walk-men (1993–1995) for 5 acting instrumentalists
  • Germany (since 1994) opera
  • Fetishes (since 1996)
I for flute and piano (1996) (The occasion is always the random)
II for piano, violoncello and percussion (since 1996) (Memories / Melodies)
III for violin and piano (2005/2006)
  • 60 Minute Waltzes (since 1997)
1st book 19 Minute Waltzes for trombone
2nd book 10 Minute Waltzes for violin
3rd book Minute Waltz for player piano
a. Version for speaker, flute, violin, trombone and percussion (1999/2000)
b. Version for speaker, violin, violoncello, percussion and concrete instruments (1999–2002)
I. for accordion and violoncello
II. For accordion and trombone
III. for trombone and violoncello
IV. For accordion, trombone and violoncello

Discography (selection)

  • Four Generations - (has [now] ART 139) with works by Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman, Walter Zimmermann and Daniel N. Seel (night pieces), Daniel N. Seel, piano

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personal data
SURNAME Seel, Daniel N.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken