Dominik Susteck

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Dominik Susteck (born October 3, 1977 in Bochum ) is an organist and composer .

biography

From 1998 to 2005 Susteck studied church music , music theory , composition and organ at the Folkwang University in Essen and at the music academies in Cologne and Saarbrücken . He passed the 2nd state examination for school music at the Wuppertal study seminar and taught for two years as a teacher at a grammar school in Overath. From 2002 to 2007 he taught music theory and organ at the Episcopal Church Music School in Essen, and in 2006 as a lecturer at the Folkwang University. From 2009–2012 he was a lecturer in music theory at the Robert Schumann University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf , in 2010 also at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar , and since 2016 he has been teaching at the University of Music and Dance in Cologne.

Since 2007 Susteck has been a composer and organist at the St. Peter Art Station in Cologne. As the successor to Peter Bares , he improvises a concert on the organs for new music every first Sunday of the month . Unlike Bares, which is based on Gregorian chant , Susteck incorporates the latest techniques into his improvisations , which he got to know from Nicolaus A. Huber in Essen, among others . In succession to Bares, Susteck organizes concerts of new music at Sankt Peter as well as the annual festival for contemporary organ music orgel-Mixturen . Susteck performs, among other things, the respective composition commissioned by the composer in residence at Sankt Peter. As an interpreter of new music, he played for the Saarländischer Rundfunk , WDR and Deutschlandfunk, among others .

Sound carrier

Recordings of own works:

  • CD Zeitfiguren - Tobias Aehlig on the organs of Paderborn Cathedral. Ambiente Audio 2017.
  • CD Musical Callygraphy with symbols for organ - Jun Hashimoto and Dominik Susteck on the Weimbs organ at Doshisha High School Kyoto. label harp 2018.

Books

Articles (selection)

  • There is something open about these organs . In: Michael Gassmann: Tools of Silence II . Cologne 2007, pp. 22-25.
  • Fire and music . Exhibition catalog Karin Kneffel - Fire. Cologne 2008.
  • Organ Mixtures 2007 . In: Musica Sacra. Issue 2/2008 and Forum Kirchenmusik. 4/2008.
  • Magician of Sounds. Zsigmond Szathmáry turns 70 . In: Music and Church . Kassel 2/2009.
  • Sounding architecture. About the structure of the organ instrument and the secret of its harmony . In: NZfM. 5/2011.
  • Between two worlds. The organ works of Wolfgang Rihm . In: organ 2/2012.

Published compositions

  • Quietste Hour (2001) for soprano, flute, piano and percussion. Dohr 12623.
  • Inner track (2004) for flute, oboe and bassoon. Bärenreiter 9317th
  • Zwischenwelten (2010) for brass sextet and organ. ARE 2064.
  • Color lights (2011) for organ. Dohr 11,424th
  • Zwischenklänge (2013) for organ. Bärenreiter 11,045th

Organ cycles:

Prices

  • 2000 scholarship from Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music
  • 2000 grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to participate in the Altenberg Organ Academy
  • 2002 winner of the orchestral composition competition of the Folkwang University
  • 2004 Third prize winner at the International Music Organ Competition in Saarn Monastery (Mülheim / Ruhr)
  • 2004 First prize at the International Aeolian Trio Composition Competition
  • 2008 first prize at the international composition competition of the Hanauer Kantorei
  • 2008 Klaus Martin Ziegler Prize, Kassel
  • 2010 first prize at the international composition competition “organ plus” of the University of Mainz
  • 2012 winner of the contemporary sacred music composition competition within the framework of the European Church Music Festival with his work "Zwischenklänge"
  • 2013 winner of the German Music Competition in Stuttgart
  • 2013 Prize of the German Record Critics' Best List 3/13 for the CD György Ligeti - Volumina - Organ Works. Two studies Harmonies & Coulée , Musica ricercata, Volumina, Sprachsignale (Wergo)
  • 2014 Second prize at the International Organ Composition Competition of the City of Saarlouis (first prize not awarded).
  • 2014 Award of the German Record Critics' Best List 4/14 for the CD Adriana Hölszky - ... like a sea of ​​glass, mixed with fire ... (Wergo)
  • 2018 Schneider Schott Music Prize of the City of Mainz

proof

  • Ingo Dorfmüller: Organ Mixtures 2008 . In: NZfM. 1/2009, organ. 2/2009.
  • Rainer Nonnenmann: New music as a search for God. Dominik Susteck, the new organist at the St. Peter Art Station in Cologne, speaks about his work . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . 27./28. September 2008. p. 26.
  • Rainer Nonnenmann: You will look for me and not find me. The art station Sankt Peter in Cologne and its special organ for new music . In: NZfM. 1/2009, organ. 2/2009.
  • Guido Krahwinkel: Without Sunday roast. Dominik Susteck organist at the St. Peter Art Station in Cologne . In: Music and Church. 3/2010.
  • Interpretation as a composition. The organist Dominik Susteck in conversation with Stefan Drees. In: Rope Dance No. 10, 4/2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Susteck, Dominik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum