Detlev Müller-Siemens

Detlev Müller-Siemens (born July 30, 1957 in Hamburg ) is a German composer and conductor . He lives and works in Vienna and Basel.

life and work

Detlev Müller-Siemens studied composition and theory at the Hamburg University of Music with Günter Friedrichs and György Ligeti (1973–80) and at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen (1977/78). He also studied conducting with Christoph von Dohnányi and Klauspeter Seibel .

After studying with Olivier Messiaen (1977/78), he returned to Paris in 1981 as an assistant conductor at the Opéra National de Paris for György Ligeti's " Le Grand Macabre " . From 1986 to 1988 he was Kapellmeister of the municipal theaters in Freiburg im Breisgau.

He has received numerous prizes and grants for his operas , orchestral and chamber music compositions , such as the Schneider Schott Music Prize in 1986 and the Rolf Liebermann Prize in 1990 for his opera “Die Menschen”. From 1991 to 2005 he taught composition and music theory at the Basel School of Music. Since 2005 he has been professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . His works are published by Musikverlag Schott , Mainz.

An examination of Beckett's work since 1999 has so far been reflected in his opera "Bing", "the space of a step" for orchestra as well as in the chamber music works "Light blue, almost white" and "called dusk".

Prizes and awards (selection)

1980/1982: Villa Massimo scholarship, Rome
1986: Schneider Schott Music Prize Mainz
1988: Rolf Liebermann grant
1990: Rolf Liebermann Award

Works (selection)

Under Neonlight II for piano, 1980–83
Under Neonlight I for ensemble, 1980/81
Piano concerto, 1980–1981
Viola Concerto, 1983–1984
Under Neonlight III for piano, 1987
Quatre Passages for orchestra, 1988
Horn Concerto, 1988–1989
The people , opera, 1989–1990
Carillon for orchestra, 1991
Double concerto for violin, viola and orchestra, 1992
Phoenix 1,2,3 for ensemble, 1993–1995
Maiastra for orchestra, 1995–1996
Cuts for alto saxophone and ensemble, 1996/97
Light blue, almost white for Ensemble, 1998
Bing , Music Theater, 1998-2000
String trio, 2002
The prospect for choir and ensemble, 2003/04
the space of a step for orchestra, 2003/04
distant traces (in memoriam György Ligeti) for violin, viola and piano, 2007
lost traces for piano quartet, 2007
... called dusk (in memoriam György Ligeti) for violoncello and piano, 2008
Kommos for large ensemble, 2008/09
Privacy (in memoriam Laszlo Polgar) for clarinet, violin and piano, 2010
... called dusk II for string quartet, 2011
Three piano pieces, 2012
... called dusk IV for orchestra, 2012/13
... called dusk III for ensemble, 2014
... called dusk V for violin solo, 2014
Subsong 1 for ensemble, 2015

see also: List of German composers

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personal data
SURNAME	Müller-Siemens, Detlev
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH	July 30, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg