Graeme Koehne

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Graeme John Koehne (born August 3, 1956 in Adelaide , South Australia ) is an Australian composer and university professor .

Life

He studied composition with Richard Meale at the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the University of Adelaide and was a temporary tutor and lecturer at the University of New England . With a Harkness Fellowship (1984) he supplemented his studies at Yale University from 1985 to 1987, some privately with Jacob Druckman , Louis Andriessen and Virgil Thomson .

In 1987 he returned to Australia and became a composition teacher at the University of Adelaide, where he has been a professor since 2005.

In his work he unites a wide variety of influences - from traditional classical music, but also from popular music, from film music and jazz . His style is described as tonal and postmodern . He is best known for his orchestral and ballet music. His orchestral trilogy Unchained Melody , Powerhouse and Elevator Music plays with elements from Hollywood and cartoon soundtracks - for example from Carl Stalling to Looney Tunes - and from Latin American dance music , and it also processes influences from John Barry , Henry Mancini , Nelson Riddle and Les Baxter .

Awards

In 1982 he won the Young Composers Award at the Adelaide Festival of Arts for his orchestral work Rain Forest . In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal , in 2004 he received the Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award , and in 2009 he received a Classical Music Award for Tivoli Dances for the Orchestral Work of the Year . In 2014 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia .

Works

  • Rain Forest for orchestra, 1981
  • The Selfish Giant , ( ballet based on Oscar Wilde ), 1982
  • Nearly Beloved , ballet, 1986
  • Gallery , Ballet, 1987, from it: Nocturne for orchestra, 1988
  • Rhythmic Birds of the Antipodes , Ballet, 1988, from it: Voyage Within for orchestra, 1988
  • Once Around the Sun , ballet, 1988
  • Unchained Melody for orchestra, 1990
  • Love Burns , chamber opera, 1992
  • Powerhouse for orchestra, 1993
  • Elevator Music for orchestra, 1997
  • In-flight entertainment for oboe and orchestra, 2000
  • High Art for trumpet and orchestra, 2003
  • Tivoli Dances for orchestra, 2005
  • Forty Reasons to be Cheerful: Festive Fanfare for Orchestra, 2013
  • Song of the Open Road for orchestra, 2017

literature

  • Mark Carroll: Out of the Ordinary: the Quotidian in the Music of Graeme Koehne . In: Music & Letters . tape 95 . Oxford University Press, 2014, ISSN  0027-4224 , pp. 429-451 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Peter McCallum:  Koehne, Graeme. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
  2. ↑ a b Andrew McCredie:  Koehne, Graeme. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 8 (Gribenski - Hilverding). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2002, ISBN 3-7618-1118-7  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  3. ↑ a b c Curriculum Vitae by Graeme Koehne
  4. ↑ website of the University of Adelaide
  5. ↑ Graeme Koehne on reedmusic.com
  6. ^ A b Graham Strahle: Graeme Koehne Makes Art out of the Commonplace. In: Adelaide Review. October 19, 2017, accessed December 6, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b biography on Music Sales Classical
  8. ^ Centenary Medal 2001 to Graeme Koehne
  9. ^ CV, list of works, discography and literature in the Australian Music Center
  10. ↑ Graeme Koehne on plexuscollective.com
  11. ^ Classical Music Award for Graeme Koehne 2009
personal data
SURNAME Koehne, Graeme
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koehne, Graeme John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian composer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Adelaide