Franz Hummel
Franz Hummel (born January 2, 1939 in Altmannstein ) is a German composer and pianist .
Career
Discovered and supported by Richard Strauss , Eugen Papst and Hans Knappertsbusch as a child , Franz Hummel studied piano and composition in Salzburg and Munich and was initially known as a pianist. He gave concerts all over Europe and made over 60 records with almost the entire classical-romantic repertoire and a lot of contemporary music. Since the early 1970s, Hummel has devoted himself almost exclusively to composing. For the 250th year of Beethoven's birth in 2020, he turned Ludwig van Beethoven's second piano concerto into a violin concerto.
Compositions
Instrumental music
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Symphonies
- Symphony for violin and orchestra (1994)
- Hativka (1998)
- Fukushima (2011)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1994)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 1 "Archeopteryx" (1987)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra No. 2 "Poème in memoriam Max Reger" (2016)
- Chamber music
- Piano music
The second violin concerto was premiered by Elena Denisova , who also recorded Fukushima .
Stage works
- King Ubü . Opera in 11 scenes. Libretto : Roland Lillie based on ( Ubu roi by Alfred Jarry ). Premiere March 11, 1984 Salzburg
- Bluebeard . Chamber opera. Libretto: Susan Oswell. Premiere October 13, 1984 Frankfurt am Main
- Lucifer . Opera. Libretto: Christian Martin Fuchs . WP 1987 Ulm
- Gorbachev . Chamber opera farce. Libretto: Thomas Körner . WP June 6, 1994 Bonn ( Bundeskunsthalle )
- The directors . Chamber opera. Libretto:?. WP Bonn
- On the beautiful blue Danube . Chamber opera. Libretto: Elisabeth Gutjahr. WP 1994 (?) Klagenfurt
- Gesualdo . Opera in 2 acts. Libretto: Elisabeth Gutjahr. WP January 14, 1996 Kaiserslautern
- Beuys . Opera. Libretto: Elisabeth Gutjahr. WP 1998 Vienna (Festival Weeks; co-production with Düsseldorf)
- Ludwig II. - Longing for Paradise . Musical about the Bavarian fairytale king . Libretto: Stephan Barbarino . Premiere April 7, 2000 Füssen ( musical theater )
- Styx . Scenic Adagio (opera) 4 scenes (about Georg Friedrich Handel and the Orpheus myth). Libretto: Elisabeth Gutjahr. Premiere February 23, 2001 Karlsruhe ( Badisches Staatstheater / Handel Festival )
- The Lord of the Ring . A romantic musical drama (via Richard Wagner ). Libretto: Susan Oswell. 2006
- Original sin . Folk musical. Libretto:?. 2006
- The judge and his executioner . Opera in a prelude and 12 scenes. Libretto: Sandra Hummel (based on the novel ofthe same name by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ). Premiere November 8th, 2008 Erfurt
- Joseph Fouché . Drama opera. Libretto: Sandra Hummel. Premiere January 9, 2009 Linz (Posthof; as part of Linz 2009 - European Capital of Culture )
- Opera about Richard Wagner (2009), not yet performed
- Zarathustra . Opera in 12 scenes. Libretto: Sandra Hummel. WP April 24, 2010 Regensburg ( Stadttheater am Bismarckplatz )
- "Chief Evening Wind". Salon operetta in 1 act. Libretto: Sandra Hummel after Johann Nestroy. WP November 10, 2010 Wels ( City Theater )
- Witches 1x1 . Children's opera. Libretto: Ursula Galli. WP March 19, 2011 Augsburg ( State Textile and Industry Museum )
- Opera about Anton Bruckner, not yet performed
literature
- Theresa Kalin, Franzpeter Messmer (ed.): Franz Hummel (= composers in Bavaria. Vol. 57). Hans Schneider, Tutzing 2014, ISBN 978-3-86296-082-8 .
Web links
- Works by and about Franz Hummel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Hummel in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Franz Hummel in conversation with Wolfgang Binder, last accessed on November 14, 2015
- Franz Hummel at Klassika last accessed on November 14, 2015
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hummel, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pokorny (pseudonym); Anatol Miljutin (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altmannstein , Germany |