Georg Schmitz (composer)

Georg Schmitz (* 1958 in Neuwied , Rhine) is a German composer and music teacher .

Live and act

Georg Schmitz attended the Johannes-Gymnasium of the Arnsteiner Fathers in Lahnstein, which he graduated in 1977 with the Abitur. During school he received lessons in guitar, piano and harmony. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory and at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . In addition to study visits to Hungary and Poland, Schmitz attended master classes with Konrad Ragossnig , Hubert Käppel and David Russell, among others . Several times he took part in the IRCAM summer academies in Paris. During his studies he taught at the Peter Cornelius Conservatory in Mainz, after completing his studies at the music school in Koblenz. He heads the plucked instruments department and teaches guitar and music theory.

In 1992 Schmitz initiated the International Whitsun Seminar, from which the Koblenz International Guitar Festival developed.

In 2001 Schmitz founded the music school's guitar academy together with Hubert Käppel , which prepares highly gifted students for their studies.

In 2007 the Koblenz International Guitar Academy was founded as a year-round facility of the Koblenz International Guitar Festival and is dedicated to the training and further education of young guitarists.

Works

• Incidental music for Don Camillo, Koblenz City Theater.
• Operation Hold Up, performance with Jiři Keuthen , premiered in Koblenz Castle in 1994
• Robot, performance with Jiři Keuthen, premiered at Teatr Ludowy Krakow in 1995
• La vieille Baleine for guitar solo, premiered by Tobias Kendung at the Musikhochschule Köln in 2000
• Fantasy for solo guitar, premiered in Rio de Janeiro 2003 by Hubert Käppel, published by Edition Margaux, Brühl
• Last Encore for guitar solo, premiered at Schloss Engers in 2005 by Volker Höh
• Last encores, premiered at the Koblenz International Guitar Festival 2009 by Aniello Desiderio , published by Chantarelle-Verlag, Heidelberg.
• Toccata and Elegie, 2011, published by Chantarelle-Verlag, Heidelberg

literature

• Georg Schmitz: Fantasy for guitar solo. Edition Margaux, Brühl, ISBN 978-3-7333-0387-7
• Anke Hoffmann: Koblenz Guitar Festival celebrates milestone birthday , Rhein-Zeitung from May 21, 2012, Mittelrhein-Verlag, Koblenz