David Hahn (composer)
David Hahn (* 1956 in Philadelphia ) is an American composer, guitarist and lutenist.
Hahn studied at Brown University until 1978, at the New England Conservatory of Music from 1980 to 1983 and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. In 1993 he received a PhD in music history from Stanford University . He has performed as a guitarist, lutenist and mandolin soloist with ensembles such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra , the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra , the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Musica Viva , and has taught at the New England Conservatory, where he co-founded the Boston Renaissance ensemble was. In 1995 he founded the ensemble ConneXions with musicians from the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb .
As an interpreter of early music, Hahn received the Noah Greenberg Award from the American Musicological Society . He has also received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts , the Soros Foundation , Seattle's Artist Trust, and the Jack Straw Foundation .
Works
- Deaf, Gun, And Blind for orchestra (2010)
- What Is The Word after Samuel Beckett for choir (2010)
- Dying City Remix for Electronics (2010)
- What The People Want for electronics and guitar (2010)
- Tautologies for flute and stereo playback (2010)
- Journey To Love for guitar (2010)
- Virus Cosmos: Introduction after Andrea von Ramm for two storytellers and eight loudspeakers (2009)
- Augury for Electronics (2007)
- Concerto Anatolia for solo guitar and orchestra (2007)
- Ruinations # 2 for electronics and guitar (2007)
- The Mask Of Sanity for electronics and guitar (2006)
- this is the garden by EE Cummings for choir, clarinet, bassoon, horn, viola, cello and bass (2006)
- America is Now Awakening! for electronics (2006)
- Kindergarten Word Ring for loudspeaker system (2005)
- Talons for electric guitar and electronics (2005)
- Apocalypse Cow for Electronics (2004)
- Ostraka , song cycle based on ancient Greek poets for voice and guitar (2004)
- Ooka Fookoo , pop song (2004)
- Passionate Isolation for mandolin and guitar (2004)
- W Is For Weasel for violin and guitar (2003)
- Chaconne for guitar quartet (2003)
- Zoological Bagatelles for mandolin and guitar (2003)
- Concerto alla Barocco for guitar quartet and strings (2003)
- De omnibus apostolis for choir (2003)
- Enlightened for Electronics (2002)
- Blaak Acyd for electronics (2002)
- Goo me! for electronics (2002)
- Don't Fuck Giraffes! for electronics (2002)
- Corporate Coitus for Electronics (2002)
- Be So Sweet for Electronics (2002)
- The Ants [The Ants] , musical, text by Andrea von Ramm (1999)
- Skrewtzi, King of the Newtzis , rock musical comedy (1996)
- Mbira for percussion sextet (2000)
- The Frog Galliard for flute and guitar (2000)
- Aria Anum J for soprano, cabasa and piano (1999)
- Tirlee! Tirlo! , Christmas carol for choir (1998)
- It Fama Per Urbes [Rumor Traverses the Cities] for guitar (1998)
- Four Short Pieces for guitar (1997)
- Three Songs from Ariel after Sylvia Plath for high voices (1997)
- Bosna for soprano, alto saxophone and electric guitar (1996)
- Hands for soprano, alto saxophone and electric guitar (1996)
- Blood Will Have Blood based on William Shakespeare for soprano, alto saxophone and electric guitar (1996)
- Newt, Reagan, God for speaking choir, guitar, bass and percussion (1996)
- Turkey, Turkey for whispering choir, percussion and piano (1996)
- Death Within Death for soprano, alto saxophone and piano (1995)
- Like you thought ... for soprano, alto saxophone and piano (1995)
- Old Dog for soprano and electric guitar (1995)
- Dona Nobis Pacem for soprano and electric guitar (1995)
- Five Short Pieces (1995) 7 '
- Goga Subtiliora for two guitars, organ and cymbals (1994)
- ʼTis Of Thee for alto saxophone and electric guitar (1994)
- Lullaby for two guitars (1994)
- E / Gone (In Memoriam Egon Scotland ) for two cellos and tape (1993)
- World Circus News for alto saxophone, electric guitar, accordion, percussion and tape (1993)
- Magnetic Tangents for electronics and guitar (1993)
- Solitude for electronics and guitar (1993)
- Star Talk for electronics and guitar (1993)
- Ants for electronics and guitar (1993)
- Ambient Trio for electronics and guitar (1993)
- Start Spreadin 'The News for guitar, 1993
- Chernobyl for electronics and guitar (1992)
- Are You Sleeping, Now? for electric guitars and voice (1992)
- Charon Crosses The Styx for electronics and guitar (1992)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hahn, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer, guitarist, lutenist and mandolinist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia |