Erwin Kiennast

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Erwin Kiennast

Erwin Kiennast (born September 2, 1955 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer , producer and performance artist.

Life

Erwin Kiennast received his musical training at the Vienna Conservatory in the subjects of piano, conducting and composition. At the beginning of his career he worked as a composer , arranger , répétiteur and musical director in almost all music theaters in Vienna, including the State Opera and the Burgtheater .

In the late 1970s, Kiennast switched to the pop business. He produced, composed and played for representatives of the Austrian and international music scene, including Georg Danzer , Rainhard Fendrich , Jose Carreras , Stefanie Werger , Ludwig Hirsch and Shirley Bassey . From 1992 a seven-year collaboration with the Australian singer Sandra Pires followed .

In 1992 he began working on his own projects and founded the music and event production company OPERATOR together with Norman Weichselbaum . In 1995 this partnership resulted in the Kiddy Contest format , which is one of the most successful music formats in Austria with 1.4 million records sold.

He is also the composer of over a hundred film, stage and event productions. This is how u. a. the musical CERUBIM, which premiered in 2015, based on a libretto by Gabriel Barylli .

Since 2003 Kiennast has traveled the globe several times for his film music projects. With his multinational orchestra "Surprising Art", founded in 2008, he is considered a specialist in large-scale music and dramatic projects. Kiennast appears live with his high-tech piano "CLAVITAR", which he developed, and as a theremin performer.

In 2015 Erwin Kiennast was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria for his work .

Compositions

  • Concert der Mythen , orchestral work (first performance in 1996 as part of the Lower Austrian Danube Festival; 1999 performance in the Votive Church )
  • Film music for Felix Mitterer 's two-part TV series All for the Mafia (1997)
  • Title song for the TV series Schlosshotel Orth (1997)
  • Music for the movie The 3 Mail Robbers (1998)
  • In the intoxication of metamorphosis , orchestral work (1999)
  • Odyssey 3001 , multimedia stage play (2000)
  • Compositions for numerous national and international series ( ORF , BBC and National Geographic )
  • Multicultural concert Crossover Austria for the opening of the Vienna City Festival with local and international artists (2001)
  • Crossover - Music for all the senses , solo program (2004)
  • Musical direction and commissioned composition for the EU expansion event Tridentity in Hohenau (2004)
  • Film music SOKO Kitzbühel : The Ring of the Dead (2004)
  • 50 years Austria in the Belvedere Palace , musical direction and commissioned composition (2005)
  • Timelight Symphony - a music station melodrama (world premiere at the opening of the European Football Championship 2008 with 220 artists on Karlsplatz in Vienna )
  • Fatura , Pop Tale (2008)
  • New Horizon , crossover orchestral piece (world premiere 2009 in Cape Town with over 66 musicians from South Africa)
  • Der Silberberg , film music, ORF universe documentary, director: Manfred Corrine (2010)
  • Der Arlberg , film music, ORF Universumdoku, director: Heinz Leger (2010)
  • In the pulse of the moment (2010, Surprising Art)
  • Baked Beans , score, director: Gabriel Barylli (2011)
  • 5 degrees plus , film music, ORF universe documentary, director: Waltraud Paschinger
  • The Sherpers Quest , film music, director: Heinz Leger
  • Scenes of a passion , incidental music (commissioned 100 years of Nivea)
  • Winnetou and I , incidental music, open air with Pierre Brice and a 60-piece orchestra
  • Sleeping Beauty , incidental music, with Frank Hoffmann and Jose Feliciano

Awards

  • 1994 Platinum for the production / composition of the Birthday Song
  • Austrian Musical award for rails
  • 1996/97 gold for production and co-development of the ORF show format Kiddy Contest
  • Number 2 in the Austrian charts with the title Siegerstraße by Taxi Orange
  • 2003 Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the category of best producer
  • Double platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 10
  • 2006 double platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 11
  • 2nd prize at the Austrian Event Award for operator production: The secret of the rose .
  • Double platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 12
  • Austrian State Prize for Music for the TV Spot: Let's give the language back to the children
  • Triple platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 13
  • Triple platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 14
  • Double platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 15
  • Double platinum award for Kiddy Contest Vol. 16

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personal data
SURNAME Kiennast, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer, producer and performance artist
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna