Hans Jürgen Wenzel

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Hans Jürgen Wenzel (born March 4, 1939 in Weißwasser ; † August 8, 2009 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German composer and conductor . He was chairman of the GDR's Association of Composers and Musicologists and Professor of Composition at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden .

Life

Wenzel initially received violin training at the University of Rostock . From 1957 to 1962 he studied conducting and composition with Ruth Zechlin at the "Hanns Eisler" Academy of Music in Berlin .

From 1962 to 1965 he was ballet conductor and répétiteur at the Landestheater Halle . In 1965 Wenzel became musical director at the Young Guard Theater . In 1969 he returned to the State Theater as a conductor and composer. In 1976 he founded the Halle composer class . The classes still exist today in Halle, Dresden , Magdeburg and Zeitz . Children and young people are accompanied there in the creative, compositional handling of sheet music and work together with musicians on their first own pieces.

From 1978 to 1988 he was conductor of the Hallescher Philharmonie . From 1988 Hans Jürgen Wenzel worked as a freelance composer and conductor in Berlin and Halle, his special commitment was new music . He was the founder and director of special ensembles for new music, e.g. B. the Ensemble Konfrontation (Halle), the Ensemble Phorminx ( Darmstadt ) and the Ensemble United Berlin .

Wenzel was Vice President of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR (VKM) in 1989 and its President from 1989 to 1990. From 1990 to 1993 he led the Association of German Composers (VDK) as the successor to Wolfgang Lesser .

Since 2000 he has been an honorary professor at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden , and has also been a lecturer in composition at home and abroad. His students included Annette Schlünz , Uwe Krause , Karsten Gundermann , Michael Flade and Alexander Keuk .

Awards and memberships

Works

Stage works

  • Fridolin , ballet (libretto H. Haas), 1965
  • Story of the old Adam , opera (text by I. Rähmer after Erwin Strittmatter ), 1972/73
  • Handel pasticcio for 2 actors, mezzo, tape, choir and orchestra, 1984–86

Vocal works

  • Black ash, white birds , solo cantata for baritone and string orchestra, 1966/67
  • DENKMALSTANDORT , Chamber Oratorio for Prometheus 1982 for speaker, mezzo, bass, children's voice, chamber choir and instruments, texts by various poets, 1981/82

Orchestra and concert works

  • Concerto for flute and orchestra, 1966
  • Concerto grosso, 1968
  • Concerto for cello and orchestra, 1968/69
  • Route Symphony, 1970
  • Concerto for large orchestra, 1974
    • I. Tardo
    • II. Pressante
    • III. Tenerife
  • Concerto for violin, string orchestra, harpsichord and percussion, 1974
  • Bauhaus music for orchestra, 1977/78
  • Concerto for organ and large orchestra, 1979/80
  • Trauer und Feuer II for chamber orchestra, 1984/85
  • Symphony for large orchestra Mourning and Fire III , 1985
  • Sinfonietta for orchestra, 1985–86

Chamber music

  • 1st string quartet, 1960
  • 2nd string quartet, 1968
  • 3rd string quartet, 1970
  • Dilishanade, Septet , 1975
  • 12 exhibition music , 1977–86, including the Schult-Musik (1980), the opening music ( 1978) and the Trio (1980) for Otto Möhwald
  • 4th string quartet, 1977/81
  • Approximation , for flute, clarinet, trumpet, 2 cellos and 2 percussionists, 1980
  • Metallophonie I , exhibition music for metalwork of different shapes, materials and sound possibilities as well as 3 flutes, trumpet, viola and cello, 1981
  • Double musik I and II , 1983/84 (joint composition with Friedrich Schenker )
  • Second Bauhaus music for six wind instruments, 1986
  • Inversion , group music for 8 players, 1988

Film music

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Wenzel, Hans Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißwasser / Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 2009
Place of death Halle (Saale)