Gerd Lisken

Gerd Lisken ( April 19, 1928 in Moers - May 26, 2018 in Bielefeld ) was a German pianist , composer , music teacher , improvisation musician , singer and pioneer of the style of new improvisation music . His sister is the singer Emmy Lisken .

Life

Gerd Lisken studied school music and composition with Helmut Degen at the Trossingen and Cologne universities of music . In 1960 he came to Bielefeld and first taught as a lecturer, from 1972 to 1993 as a professor for music education at the Bielefeld University of Education , which became part of Bielefeld University in 1980 . There he was Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Geography, Art and Music from 1987 to 1989 .

In the early 1970s he got to know the improvisation music pioneer Lilli Friedemann and received important impulses for his artistic and educational work from her. Since then, improvisation has played a central role in his work. The Trio Dekadenz , which he founded in 1970 with Willem Schulz and Anke Züllich-Lisken , was active until his death in 2018, making it one of the longest- standing ensembles in the improvisational music scene.

As a university professor, he initiated and led instrumental and vocal ensembles for improvisation, in which several generations of students experienced practical experimental approaches to making music and listening. In the circle around Lilli Friedemann, he was also a long-time member of the Ring for Group Improvisation, which was founded in 1964 and which conducts practical and theoretical research on improvisation and organizes concerts and congresses.

From 1989, Lisken and some colleagues, including u. a. Willem Schulz, Anke Züllich-Lisken, Georg Krieger , Anna-Christine Rhode-Jüchtern and Edith Murasov , the cultural life of Bielefeld with the establishment of the association Cooperativa Neue Musik , which organizes a regular series of concerts and talks for new music. From 1989 to 2018, there were more than 100 concerts and monthly lectures and discussion concerts as part of a jour fixe . Lisken was chairman for a long time and was a member of the Cooperativa program advisory board to the end.

In 2014 he and other long-time Cooperativa members - instrumentalists, sound artists, singers and speakers - founded the Cooperativa Ensemble , an ensemble for new music in which Lisken worked as a pianist and composer until his death.

His compositional work mainly includes chamber music and choral works. He performed some song compositions in his solo program “In den Ageless Seen” and published them on the CD “Meine Lieder”. His works have been published by Hans-Sikorski-Verlag . In 1999 he received the Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize from the University of Oldenburg for his choral work … dein aschenes Haar .

In 2009, Gerd Lisken was honored with the City of Bielefeld's Culture Prize for his diverse cultural activities and his commitment to the city, university and culture .

Lisken died in 2018 at the age of 90 and was buried in the cemetery in Bielefeld- Schildesche .

To commemorate Lisken, a 5-hour memorial concert was held on March 2, 2019 in the Bielefeld jazz club Bunker Ulmenwall with over 50 participants - mostly long-time musical companions, but also former students.

Prizes and awards

• Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize of the University of Oldenburg 1999
• Culture Prize of the City of Bielefeld 2009

Ensembles

Professional ensembles:

• Trio Dekadenz with Anke Züllich-Lisken and Willem Schulz , improvisation ensemble
• Cooperativa Ensemble , ensemble for new music, with Edith Murasova, Anke Züllich-Lisken, Heidemarie Bhatti-Küppers, Reinhold Westerheide, Stefan Kallmer, Willem Schulz , Angelika Höger, Peter Schwieger, Marcus Beuter
• Trio WEGULI , with Reinhold Westerheide and Andreas Gummersbach
• The-longer-the-better , duo with Anke Züllich-Lisken
• Duo with cabaret artist Hanns Dieter Hüsch , u. a. 1993 with the program Aus dem Blauen (word-music improvisations)

Ensembles at Bielefeld University:

• Chaos orchestra , improvisation orchestra for any instrument
• Vokal-Quadrat , Ensemble for vocal improvisation

theatre

In 2016 Gerd Lisken worked as a performer and musician in the autobiographical theater Fathers and Sons in the Bielefeld theater laboratory , under the direction of Christine Grunert (dance) and Gunther Möllmann (drama).

Works (selection)

• A bird sits on the glue / It stood in front of a house gate / Fink and Frosch , cantatas for voice and piano Text: Busch, Wilhelm (1959)
• Shout out to God, all the earth. Cantata for choir and accompanying instruments. (1962)
• Two motets for mixed choir (1964)
• Vibration: Model for a Group Improvisation (1971)
• Songs and canons
• Children's crusade for choir
• Canonical Melodies for Various Occasions (1992)
• Models (1998)
• Aria for cello and piano (2000)
• ... your aschenes Haar , 2nd version for mixed choir, soprano saxophone, piano, drums, cymbals, metal sounds. (2000) (awarded the Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize )
• Butterfly for ensemble (2017)

Discography (selection)

• My songs (Gerd Lisken vocals, composition and piano)
• Musical group improvisation (1972) With u. a. Gerd Lisken, Anke Lisken, Wilhelm Schulz, Karl Godejohann, Uwe Niepel.
• A Haydn fun! Franzpeter Goebels and Friedwart Goebels, piano. Compositions from the 19th and 20th centuries 20th century, recorded on the occasion of Haydn's 250th birthday. (1981)
• Willem Schulz. cello in contact (2012) With a. a. Willem Schulz cello, Susanne Schulz violin, Fanja room saxophone, Anke Züllich-Lisken monochord and voice, Gerd Lisken grand piano.
• Daniel Brandl. Solo II (2016), Daniel Brandl cello, Henning Beckmann trombone, Sebastian Langer clarinet, Gerd Lisken grand piano.

Publications (selection)

• Personanz. In: Musica. Monthly for all areas of musical life. Volume 36, 1982, ISSN 0027-4518
• Some thoughts on the anniversary of the ring. In: Ring talk about group improvisation, edition LXXVII, April 2014
• Improvisation concert in Bielefeld (October 1994) / “ting” in Osnabrück. A project by Willem Schulz with the “First Improvising String Orchestra”. In: Ring Talk LX, February 1995, p. 22.

Web links

• Cooperativa new music: Obituary for Gerd Lisken
• Bielefeld University: Bielefeld University mourns Gerd Lisken
• Sikorski Musikverlage : List of works: Lisken, Gerd

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice for Gerd Lisken in the Neue Westfälische , accessed on January 1, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Cooperativa Neue Musik: Obituary for Gerd Lisken , accessed on November 10, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Bielefeld University : Bielefeld University mourns the loss of Gerd Lisken , accessed on November 10, 2019.
4. ↑ exploratorium berlin : Improvisation is more! , accessed November 10, 2019.
5. ↑ Kunsthalle Bielefeld: 30 Years of Cooperativa Neue Musik eV , accessed on November 12, 2019.
6. ↑ Cooperativa New Music: Cooperativa Ensemble , accessed on November 12, 2019.
7. ^ Obituary notice for Gerd Lisken. Westfalen-Blatt , accessed on November 9, 2019 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Bunker Ulmenwall: For Gerd Lisken , accessed on November 10, 2019.
9. ↑ Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg : Composition Prize awarded by the University Choir , accessed on November 12, 2019.
10. ↑ Bielefeld City Press Office: Bielefelder Kulturpreis , accessed on November 12, 2019.
11. ↑ http://marcusbeuter.de/cooperativa-ensemble/
12. ↑ auto-culture-workshop: Making the house sound , accessed on November 12, 2019.
13. ↑ Hans Dieter Hüsch: Program overview , accessed on November 12, 2019.
14. ↑ Neue Westfälische , December 5, 2016, Antje Doßmann: Performance “Väter & Söhne” reveals imprints of the soul , accessed on November 12, 2019.
15. ^ Music Sales Classical: Gerd Lisken , accessed on November 12, 2019.
16. ↑ Stretta Music: Gerd Lisken (* 1928), Two Motets , accessed on November 12, 2019.
17. ↑ alle-oten.de: Gerd Lisken Vibration model for a group improvisation , accessed on November 12, 2019.
18. ^ Ensemble Horizonte: Repertoire , accessed on November 12, 2019.
19. ↑ Cooperativa Neue Musik: Concerts 2017 , accessed on November 12, 2019.
20. ↑ Melle City e. V .: Meller Kulturherbst 2017 - New Chamber Music - Fulfilled Moments , accessed on November 12, 2019.
21. ^ Krautrock Music Circus: Lisken, Gerhard , accessed on November 12, 2019.
22. ↑ A Haydn Pass! Proof at worldcat
23. ↑ NURNICHTNUR, Experimental Sound Productions: Willem Schulz - cello in contact
24. ^ Daniel Brandl: Shop
25. ↑ Ring talk on group improvisation, edition LXXVII, April 2014 Copy from studylibde.com , accessed on November 12, 2019.
26. ↑ Ring for group improvisation: Ring talk LX, February 1995 (content) , accessed on November 12, 2019.