David Philip Hefti

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David Philip Hefti (born April 13, 1975 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss composer and conductor .

Live and act

Hefti studied composition, conducting, clarinet and chamber music in Winterthur, Zurich and Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm , Wolfgang Meyer and Elmar Schmid. He also received important impulses from Cristóbal Halffter and Rudolf Kelterborn .

In addition to his compositional work, David Philip Hefti is a guest conductor in various orchestras and ensembles. As a composer and conductor he performs a. a. at the ultrasound festivals in Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , Heidelberg Spring , Musica de Hoy in Madrid, Wien Modern , Steirischer Herbst in Graz, Menuhin in Gstaad, Beijing Modern , Suntory in Tokyo, Dvorak Festival in Prague and as composer-in -residence at the Moritzburg Festival , at the Schlossmediale Werdenberg and at the Heidelberg Philharmonic . Concerts connect him with soloists such as Fabio Di Càsola, Thomas Grossenbacher, Viviane Hagner , Thomas Indermühle , Cornelia Kallisch, Wolfgang Meyer , Sylvia Nopper, Hartmut Rohde , Baiba Skride , Jan Vogler , Antje Weithaas and conductors like Douglas Boyd , Péter Eötvös , Howard Griffiths , Cornelius Meister , Kent Nagano , Jonathan Nott , Michael Sanderling , Jac van Steen , Mario Venzago , Ralf Weikert and David Zinman . Hefti's work leads to collaboration with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra , the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin , the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra , the German Radio Philharmonic , the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra , the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra , the Orchester symphonique de Montréal , the Tokyo Sinfonietta, the Leipzig String Quartet , the Amaryllis Quartet, the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart , the Ensemble Modern and the Collegium Novum Zurich . In 2018 Hefti represented Switzerland (SGNM / ISCM Switzerland) at the ISCM World New Music Days in Beijing.

Hefti's compositions are available from Edition Kunzelmann.

Honors & Awards

  • 2019: year of work for composition in the canton of St. Gallen
  • 2015: Hindemith Prize
  • 2013: Composers Prize from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
  • 2011: 1st prize at the Pablo Casals competition; Year of work for composition for the city of Zurich
  • 2010/11: 1st prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition (orchestra category); 2nd prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition (chamber music category)
  • 2009: 2nd prize at the Molinari Quartet Competition
  • 2008: 1st prize in the composition competition of the University of Bucharest ; 4th prize at the Kazimierz Serocki competition; Year of work for composition in the canton of St. Gallen
  • 2007: 2nd prize at the Witold Lutosławski competition; Finalist in the Pablo Casals competition; Special Jury Prize at the Gian Battista Viotti Competition; 2nd prize at the Ivan Spassov competition
  • 2006: Zollikon Art Prize
  • 2005: 1st prize at the George Enescu Competition; Finalist in the Dimitri Mitropoulos competition
  • UBS Cultural Foundation Awards (2003, 2006)
  • Prizes from the Swiss Tonkünstlerverein and the Federal Office of Culture (2004, 2005, 2010)

Composer-in-residence

  • 2016: Composer-in-residence at the Ittingen Whitsun Concerts
  • 2015: Composer-in-residence at the Brunegg Castle Whitsun Festival
  • 2014: Composer-in-residence at the Moritzburg Festival Dresden
  • 2013: Composer-in-residence (composer in focus) at Schlossmediale Werdenberg
  • 2011/12: Composer-in-residence (composer for Heidelberg) with the Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg
  • 2009/10: Composer-in-residence in London, Landis & Gyr cultural foundation

Catalog raisonné

Instrumental works

Chamber music

  • Diarium (1999) for violin. WP March 28, 2003 Zurich (Stefan Tönz)
  • Counterpoints on 'come, sweet death' (2000) for Clarinet Trio. Premiere May 16, 2001 Westenfeld (International Basset Horn Meeting, Ensemble Clarino)
  • O, star! (2003). Mosaic for clarinet solo. WP April 16, 2004 Madrid (Festival Musica de Hoy, Salvador Salvador [clarinet])
  • O, star! II (2004). Mosaic for saxophone solo. WP January 22, 2005 Baden (Kunstraum, Lars Mlekusch [saxophone])
  • Melencolia I (2004) for flute, percussion and piano. Premiere November 2, 2004 Los Angeles (Arnold Schoenberg Institute; Ensemble Toca Loca: Martin Huber [flute], Aiyun Huang [drums], Gregory Oh [piano])
  • Mondschatten (2006) for violin and marimbaphone. WP April 2, 2006 Munich (Philharmonie im Gasteig ; Rahel Cunz [violin], Jacqueline Ott Yesilalp [marimbaphone])
  • Shadow Sound (2006). Adagio for piano. Premiere May 2006 in China ( Oliver Schnyder )
  • Schattenspie (ge) l (2006). Piano trio. Premiere November 19, 2006 Zurich ( Tonhalle ; Trio Caleidoscopio: Primoz Novsak [violin], Thomas Grossenbacher [cello], Keiko Tamura [piano])
  • Rite (2007). 4 dance collages for violoncello. WP November 15, 2008 Basel ( Münster ; Thomas Grossenbacher)
  • Ph (r) asen (2007). String Quartet No. 1. Premiere November 13, 2007 Prague (EuroArt Festival, Merel Quartet)
  • Rosenblätter (2007) - see under vocal works
  • (T) raum-Ze (n) it (2008). Dialogue for 2 bass clarinets. WP June 13, 2008 Vienna (Petra Stump, Heinz-Peter Linshalm)
  • Guggisberg Variations (2008). String Quartet No. 2, premiered May 18, 2010 St. Gallen (Internat. Lake Constance Festival, Amar Quartet)
  • Poème lunaire (2008) for viola and piano. WP April 26, 2010 Zurich (spectrum concerts, Michel Rouilly [viola], Bettina Sutter [piano])
  • Rotations (2009). Mosaic for oboe solo. Premiere August 4th, 2009 Oaxaca (Festival Instrumenta, Thomas Indermühle [Oboe])
  • Relationen (2009) for violin, viola, cello and piano. WP April 25, 2010 Munich (Starnberger Musiktage, Rudens Turku [violin], Taia Lysy [viola], Wen-Sinn Yang [violoncello], Oliver Schnyder [piano])
  • Bergwärts (2010) - see under vocal works
  • Interactions (2010) for violin, viola, violoncello and piano.
  • Mobile (2011). String Quartet No. 3 WP April 16, 2011 Basel ( Leipzig String Quartet )
  • Sound fragments (2011) mosaic for solo cello.
  • con fuoco (2011). String Quartet No. 4. WP August 14, 2011 Gstaad (Menuhin Festival, Leipzig String Quartet)
  • Beethoven Resonances (2011). Piano piece No. 2. WP October 2, 2011 Winterthur (Beethoven cycle of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, Karl-Andreas Kolly [piano])
  • Canto (2012). for bass clarinet solo
  • Lights Hall (2012). Trio No. 2 for violin, violoncello and piano. Premiere October 16, 2012 London, Wigmore Hall (medeA trio)
  • Hamlet fragment (2013) - see under vocal works
  • On transparent threads (2013) - see under vocal works
  • Modules (2013). for flute solo. WP 10 December 2013 Heilbronn, Perspektiven concerts (Isabelle Schnöller)
  • Magma (2014). Klangfunken for violin, viola and violoncello. Premiere May 7, 2014 Geneva, Swiss Chamber Concerts (Esther Hoppe, Jürg Dähler, Thomas Grossenbacher)
  • Monumentum (2014). Music for string sextet. WP August 19, 2014, Moritzburg Festival (Timothy Chooi, Mira Wang, Roberto Diaz, Hartmut Rohde, Jan Vogler, Harriet Krijgh)
  • Danse interstellaire (2014). Funeral music for basset-clarinet and string quartet. Premiere October 3, 2015 Schwetzingen Mozart Festival (Nikolaus Friedrich & Amaryllis Quartet)
  • con anima (2015). Mosaic for viola solo. Premiere October 8, 2015, UdK Berlin, compulsory piece at the Max Rostal Competition
  • 12 Fantasies (2015). for flute solo. WP May 13, 2016, Ittingen Whitsun Concerts (Philipp Jundt, flute)
  • Poème noctambule (2016). for violin and piano. WP July 12, 2016, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival ( Baiba Skride , violin & Lauma Skride , piano)
  • Resonances II (2016). Piano piece No. 3, premiered December 10, 2016, Bonn ( Susanne Kessel , piano)
  • E las culurs dals tuns (2017) - see vocal works
  • Ritmico (2017). Piano piece No. 4. WP August 5, 2017, Davos Festival (Alexander Boeschoten, piano)
  • à la recherche ... (2017). for clarinet, viola and piano. Premiere October 25, 2017, Zurich, Swiss Chamber Concerts ( François Benda , clarinet / Jürg Dähler, viola / Gilles Vonsattel, piano)
  • On transparent threads (2018) - see under vocal works
  • Concubia nocte (2018). Music for the Second Night Watch (String Quartet No. 5). Premiere October 26, 2018 Engelberg (Festival Zwischenentöne, Merel Quartet)

Works for a larger ensemble / orchestra

  • PeRSIgNo (1997) for 10 clarinets (2 Eb clarinets, 3 Bb clarinets, 2 basset horns, 2 bass clarinets, 1 double bass clarinet). Premiere June 1, 1998 Zurich ( University of Music ; clarinet ensemble, conductor: Elmar Schmid)
  • SATOR cycle (2002ff.)
  • Part 1: SATOR (2002). Concerto for clarinet (also basset horn) and orchestra. Premiere March 28, 2003 Zurich (Valentin Wandeler clarinets, Zurich Chamber Ensemble, members of the Collegium Novum Zurich , conductor: David Philip Hefti)
Instrumentation: solo clarinet (+ basset horn) - picc.1.1.Eh.0.Bkl.1.Kfag - 2.1.1.1 - harp - percussion [5] - strings (3.3.3.2.1; max. 9.9.9.6.3 )
  • Part 2: AREPO (2004/05). Concerto for violin and orchestra. Premiere November 5, 2005, Megaron Athens (Antonis Sousamoglou [violin], Orchestra of Colors Athens, conductor: Miltos Logiadis)
Instrumentation: solo violin - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.2.0 - percussion [4] - harp - strings
  • Part 3: TENET (2003) - see under vocal works
  • Part 4: OPERA . Concerto for piano and string orchestra
  • Part 5: ROTAS (2009). Concerto for oboe (also oboe d'amore) and orchestra. Premiere April 26th, 2009 Augsburg (Thomas Indermühle [oboes], Augsburger Philharmoniker, conductor: Rudolf Piehlmayer )
Instrumentation: solo oboe (+ ob. D'amore) - picc.2.0.2.Bkl.2.Kfag - 4.3.3.1 - harp - percussion [4] - strings (12.10.8.6.4)
  • Wunderhorn-Musik (2008). 7 sound images for violin and ensemble. WP April 20, 2008, Winterthur (Rahel Cunz [violin], Ensemble Theater am Gleis Winterthur, conductor: Jac van Steen )
Scoring: solo violin - 1.1.2 (2. = clear) .0 - 1.0.0.0 - piano - percussion [2] - 0.0.1.1.1
Scoring: 2 (2. = Picc) .2 (2. = Egl) .2 (2. = Bkl) .2 (2. = Kfag) - 4.2.2.0 - harp - percussion [3] - strings
  • Gegenklang (2010). Concerto for violoncello and orchestra. Premiere March 26, 2011, Tonhalle Zurich (Thomas Grossenbacher [cello], Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich , conductor: David Zinman )
Scoring: Solo Vcl - 3 (3rd = Picc) .3 (3rd = Egl) .3 (3rd = Bkl) .3 (3rd = Kfag) - 4.3.3.1 - Harp - Percussion [4] - Strings
Scoring: 2 (2. = Picc) .2 (2. = Egl) .2 (2. = Bkl) .2 (2. = Kfag) - 4.2.2.1 - harp - percussion [3] - strings
Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - percussion [2] - strings
Instrumentation: strings
Scoring: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.0 - percussion [2] - piano - strings [1.1.1.1.1]
Scoring: 3 (3rd = Picc) .3 (3rd = Egl) .3 (3rd = Bkl) .3 (3rd = Kfag) - 4.3.3.1 - harp - celesta - percussion [3] - strings
Scoring: 3 (3rd = Picc) .3 (3rd = Egl) .3 (3rd = Bkl) .3 (3rd = Kfag) - 4.3.3.1 - harp - celesta - percussion [3] - strings
  • Arioso (2015). Relationships for orchestra. WP March 14, 2016, Mannheim (Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim, conductor: David Philip Hefti)
Scoring: 3 (3rd = Picc) .3 (3rd = Egl) .3 (3rd = Bkl) .3 (3rd = Kfag) - 4.3.3.1 - harp - celesta - percussion [3] - strings
  • As dark as night (2016) - see under vocal works
  • Chiaroscuro (2017). Contrasts for chamber orchestra. WP May 14, 2017, Bern ( CAMERATA BERN , director: Antje Weithaas )
Scoring: 2 (2nd = Picc) .2 (2nd = Egl) .2 (2nd = Bkl) .2 (2nd = Kfag) - 2.2.0.0 - percussion [1] - strings
Scoring: 2 (2nd = Picc) .2 (2nd = Egl) .2 (2nd = Bkl) .2 (2nd = Kfag) - 2.2.0.0 - percussion [1] - strings
Instrumentation: solo flute - 2 (2. + AFl.). 2 (2. = Egl) .2 (2. = bass) .2 (2. = Kfag) - 2.2.0.0 - harp - percussion [1] - Strings

Vocal works

  • TENET (2003). 4 songs for soprano and ensemble. Texts: Else Lasker-Schüler . Premiere October 28, 2006 Zurich (Else-Lasker-Schüler-Forum; Sylvia Nopper [soprano], Zurich Chamber Ensemble, conductor: David Philip Hefti)
Ensemble: 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0 - percussion [1] - piano - strings (1.1.1.1.1)
  • Rose petals (2007). Song cycle for medium voice and piano. Texts: Rose Foreigner . Premiere November 30, 2009 Zurich ( Tonhalle ; Judith Schmid [mezzo-soprano], Sarah Tysman [piano])
  • Uphill (2010). 3 physical states for soprano, flute, violin, violoncello and piano. Texts: Felix Philipp Ingold . Premiere May 27, 2010, Kultur & Kongresshaus Aarau (Sylvia Nopper [soprano], Ensemble Amaltea)
  • Hamlet Fragment (2013). for vocal ensemble. Texts: Friedrich Nietzsche . Premiere May 18, 2013, Schlossmediale Werdenberg (Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart)
  • On transparent threads (2013). for mezzo-soprano and violoncello. Texts: Kurt Aebli . WP June 9, 2013, Tonhalle Zürich (Andrea Del Favero [mezzo-soprano], Thomas Grossenbacher [cello])
  • As dark as night (2016). for an alto voice and orchestra based on a sonnet by Shakespeare . Premiere October 19, 2016, Biel (Soloist: Evelyn Krahe, Sinfonieorchester Biel Solothurn , Conductor: Andris Poga )
Scoring: alto part solo - 2 (2nd = picc) .2 (2nd = Egl) .2 (2nd = bass) .2 (2nd = Kfag) - 2.2.0.0 - harp - percussion [2] - Strings
  • Anna's mask (2015/16) - see under music theater
  • E las culurs dals tuns (2017). Song cycle for baritone and piano. Texts: Bibi Vaplan . WP August 5, 2017, Summer Music Days Hitzacker (Peter Schöne [baritone], Axel Bauni [piano])
  • On transparent threads (2018). for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. Texts: Kurt Aebli . WP April 19, 2018, Kolosseum Lübeck ( Maria Riccarda Wesseling , Mezzo-Soprano / Amaryllis Quartet)
  • The Snow Queen (2018) - see under music theater

Musical theater
Orchestral scoring: 2 (2. = Picc) .2 (2. = Egl) .2 (2. = Bkl) .2 (2. = Kfag) - 4.2.3.1 - Celesta / harpsichord [1] - Percussion [3] - Strings
Choir: S - A - T - B
Solos: Anna Sutter (Mez.) - Aloys Obrist (ten.) - Pauline (sop.) - Swoboda (ten.) - Baron Putlitz (bar.) - Inspector Heid (ten.) - Weitbrecht (bass) - Gustav (boys -Sop.)
  • The Snow Queen (2018). A musical story for soprano, 2 speakers and orchestra. Libretto: Andreas Schäfer, based on motifs by Hans Christian Andersen . Premiere November 11, 2018, Tonhalle Maag Zürich (Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, conductor: David Philip Hefti, director: Eva Buchmann, set design: Ruth Schölzel)
Orchestral scoring: 2 (2. = Picc) .2 (2. = Egl) .2 (2. = Bkl) .2 (2. = Kfag) - 2.2.2.1 - Celesta / harpsichord [1] - Percussion [1] - Strings
Room music "left": Hrn [1] - drums [1] - Vcl [1] / room music "right": Hrn [1] - drums [1] - Vl [1] / room music "behind" : KbKl [1] - Harp - Vla [1]
Solos: The Snow Queen (also the old woman, the young man, the robber woman) (Sop.) - Narrator / Gerda (speaker) - Kay / a crow (speaker)

Transcriptions

  • Three slow movements and three-part fugues KV 404a (2001). by WA Mozart. for clarinet, basset horn and bass clarinet
  • Musical sacrifice BWV 1079 (2000). by JS Bach. for clarinet, basset horn and bass clarinet
  • Ricercare a6 (1999). by JS Bach. for any 6 instruments

Discography

  • Magma - lights reverb - Beethoven resonances - Hamlet fragment - sound fragments - interactions - Adagietto; various artists, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart , Camerata Bern , David Philip Hefti, conductor (Musiques Suisses CTS-M 145)
  • Éclairs - Moments lucides - Changements - counter-sound - sound arc; Ensemble Modern , RSO Vienna , DSO Berlin , DRP ; David Philip Hefti, conductor (col legno WWWE 1CD 40407)
  • Ph (r) asen - Guggisberg Variations - Mobile - con fuoco; Leipzig String Quartet (MDG Gold 307 1773-2)
  • Collegium Novum Zurich; Rudolf Kelterborn: The Ear of the Inside; Conductor: David Philip Hefti (Musiques Suisses CTS-M 135)
  • Gegenklang - Uphill - Guggisberg Variations - Poème lunaire - Arch of Sound (NEOS 11120)
  • ROTAS - Wunderhorn music (NEOS 11016)
  • Schattenspie (ge) l - rite - rose petals (telos TLS 103)
  • Ph (r) asen (telos TLS 104)
  • TENET - shadow sound - moon shadow - O, star! II - Miroirs (telos TLS 126)
  • Diarium - O, star! - Melencolia I - SATOR (telos TLS 125)
  • O, star! (Musiques Suisses CTS-M-103)
  • Rose petals (SwissPan SP 51.728)
  • Counterpoints on "come, sweet death" - 5 canons (SwissPan SP 51.701)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Philip Hefti to ISCM WMD , musikzeitung.ch
  2. ↑ Swiss composers to the ISCM WMD , iscm-switzerland.ch
personal data
SURNAME Hefti, David Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Gallen