Ensemble diX

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The diX ensemble in St. Paul's Church in New York

The ensemble diX is a chamber music formation from Gera .

history

The diX ensemble consists of the solo woodwinds of the Altenburg Gera Philharmonic Orchestra . It was founded in Gera in 1999 and named itself “ensemble diX” in honor of the Gera-born painter Otto Dix .

The ensemble specializes in setting Otto Dix paintings to music and presenting chamber music in unusual formations. In combination with harp , drums , speaker, dance , choir and solo singing, it developed a series of concert projects, among others in collaboration with the Palucca School , Lutz Seiler , the Vocalconsort Leipzig , Mathias Kaden and the Liszt Prize winner Simon Bürki.

The ensemble has performed in the Frauenkirche Dresden , in the Gewandhaus Leipzig , in the Museum Gunzenhauser Chemnitz, in the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart , in the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle, at various national Bach festivals as well as internationally in Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Florence, Dublin, London and New York.

The ensemble was funded by the Music Fund, the Thuringian Cultural Foundation, the Thuringian State Chancellery , the Szloma Albam Foundation and the Initiative for New Music Berlin.

The ensemble has commissioned numerous works from contemporary composers and has produced several CDs.

Members

Commissioned compositions (selection)

To paintings by Otto Dix

  • Peter Kerekes (* 1948) - Warteraum [ERDE?] (1998) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon for the portrait of parents I by Otto Dix (1921)
  • Karl Heinz Wahren (* 1933) - Big City Amusement, three dances for four (2010/2011) for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon for the triptych Großstadt by Otto Dix (1928)
  • Stefan Ziethen (* 1971) - You're not a man (2011) for wind quartet and percussion for the portrait of the actor Heinrich George by Otto Dix (1932)
  • Steffen Schleiermacher (* 1960) - O, Anita (2011) for wind quartet and percussion for the portrait of the dancer Anita Berber by Otto Dix (1925)
  • Peter Helmut Lang (* 1974) - Vanitas (2010/2011) for flute, English horn, clarinet and bassoon for the portrait of Vanitas by Otto Dix (1932)
  • Wilfried Krätzschmar (* 1944) - Chamber Concert V, The Hymns from the Shine of Futility (2010/2011) for wind quartet and percussion to the portrait of the poet Ivar von Lücken by Otto Dix (1926)
  • Michael Riessler (* 1957) - KRALL 1923, for loudspeaker audience (2011) for wind quartet, xylorimba and orchestrion tape for the portrait of the jeweler Karl Krall by Otto Dix (1923)
  • Ezequiel Diz (* 1977) - The Triumph of Death (2012) for wind quartet and piano for the painting The Triumph of Death by Otto Dix (1934)
  • Kars Sebastian Keen (* 1969) - Tamara, Blues for wind quartet (2016) for the portrait of the dancer Tamara Danischewski with Iris by Otto Dix (1933)
  • Olav Kröger (* 1965) - Dix: Landschaft… lauter Bruchstücke (2019) for flute, English horn, clarinet, bassoon and piano for the painting Flanders by Otto Dix (1936)

On different topics

  • Ralf Kubicek (* 1959) - Trio La op.45,3 Mixed Choral Thoughts for alto flute, English horn and clarinet (2004)
  • Kars Sebastian Keen (* 1969) - Rockwood for wind quartet (2011)
  • Peter Helmut Lang (* 1974) - Dolphin or Butterfly Eight sentences from a childhood based on quotes from poems by Lutz Seiler (2013)
  • Rudolf Hild (* 1961) - who goes behind op.217 based on the poem of the same name by Lutz Seiler for wind quartet, speaker and live electronics (2013)
  • Johannes K. Hildebrandt (* 1968) - cable after the poem sundays I thought of god by Lutz Seiler (2013)
  • Thomas Stöß (* 1969) - The Schuldamsel Music for woodwind quartet based on a story by Lutz Seiler (2013)
  • Thomas Nathan Krüger (* 1986) - distil [k] ling based on the poem bols ballerina by Lutz Seiler for wind quartet and electronics (2013)
  • Henrik Albrecht (* 1969) - Much Ado About Nothing Symphonic poem based on William Shakespeare for 4 solo woodwinds and orchestra (2014)
  • Peter Helmut Lang (* 1974) - ... and she moved the words in her heart Chamber cantata to Untermhäuser Marien Altar for soprano and woodwind quartet (2016/17)
  • Lothar Voigtländer (* 1943) - Martin LUTHER'S 10 Commandments for soprano and four woodwinds (2017)
  • Thorsten Encke (* 1966) - Who am I? for soprano and four woodwinds (2017) Text: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Thomas Stöß (* 1969) - Christ was in death bands for soprano and four woodwinds (2017)
  • Johannes Wulff-Woesten (* 1966) - Hymn by Ugarit op.40 for wind quartet (2018)
  • Eres Holz (* 1977) - Colors of emptiness for woodwind quartet (2018)
  • Amir Shpilman (* 1980) - The White City for woodwind quartet (2019)
  • Ayal Adler (* 1968) - Fragmented Lines in Time for woodwind quartet (2019)
  • Schachar Regev (* 1992) - Legacy for woodwind quartet (2019)

Discography

  • 2006 entr'acte - chamber music from France and Spain for harp and woodwind, self-published
  • 2007 soli deo gloria - Choral variations by Johann Sebastian Bach for soprano and woodwind, arr. Hendrik Schnöke (first recording), self-published
  • 2009 jubiloso - Romantic chamber music by Karl Goepfart for wind instruments and piano (first recording), Querstand
  • 2014 concerto italiano - chamber music from Italy for harp and woodwind, Querstand
  • 2017 Pictures of the Year - Songs and Chamber Music by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Arr .: Andreas N. Tarkmann (first recording), Coviello
  • 2018 and she moved the words in her heart - chamber cantata for Untermhäuser Marienaltar by Peter Helmut Lang (first recording), Querstand

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 18th Philharmonic Palace Concert . In: Theater & Philharmonie Thüringen (Ed.): Season 2018/19 . 23 March 2018.
  2. ↑ a b annual pictures . In: Gewandhaus zu Leipzig (ed.): Program for the Mendelssohn Festival Leipzig 2015 . September 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Music for the Unterermhäuser Marien Altar. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Wounds of Memory. In: OTZ. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The White City. In: Initiative for New Music Berlin. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Tatjana Mehner: Music project of the city of Gera in honor of Otto Dix . Leipziger Volkszeitung / Thüringer Allgemeine / Ostthüringer Zeitung, October 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ Kamprad Publishing Group. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Kamprad Publishing Group. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
  9. ^ Coviello Classics. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Kamprad Publishing Group. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .