Hans-Martin Scholder

Hans-Martin Scholder (* 1959 in Münsingen , Baden-Württemberg) is a German set designer , scenographer , graphic artist , designer and director . His projects and works move freely between painting , sculpture, design , architecture and action art. He teaches in Frankfurt at the Dr. Hoch's Conservatory as a lecturer for performing games and is a teacher at Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium .

Life

Scholder initially trained as a graphic designer before he received training in the architecture office and studio of Hanns and Knut Lohrer in Stuttgart- Bergheim . During this time freelance work in exhibition architecture such as B. Scenic areas and rooms in the projects: Fedeau Container for the Center Pompidou in Paris, redesign of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, staged rooms for the Napoleon exhibition , collaboration in the design of the International Design Congress and scenic rooms for the museum for technology and work in Mannheim. Meeting with the artist Dieter Roth . From 1985 to 1990 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , stage design and costume design with Jürgen Rose , painting, art history and philosophy . Under the influence of his teachers Jürgen Rose, Dieter Gross and Knut Lohrer, he turned to architecture , painting and theater, although he was initially more inclined to the former. In 1988 he made his first study trips to New York , also visited the cities of Cairo, Jerusalem, Venice, Boston and Los Angeles, then Vienna, Moscow and London. In 1989 he was hired by Jürgen Rose and later by Robert Wilson as a personal assistant. Wilson shaped Scholder's purist, pointed style of design, his “visual decisiveness”, as he himself called it. After two years as an assistant at the Salzburg Festival , at the Chekhov Art Theater in Moscow and the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin, he got his first engagement at the Zurich Opera House with the opera Don Carlos , directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff . Since 1989 he has been working as a freelance set designer in Berlin with many directors, choreographers and conductors such as: Lehnhoff, John Neumeier , Peter Stein , Marc Albrecht , Ádám Fischer , Renate Ackermann , Friedrich Meyer-Oertel , Verena Weiss, Hellmuth Matiasek , Ivan Liska, Konstanze Lauterbach , Thomas Krupa, Karin von Aroldingen, Thomas Langhoff and the composers Detlev Glanert , Cornelius Pöpel, 1999 meeting with Karlheinz Stockhausen , 2017 with Bazon Brock .

He has been a freelance artist since 1990. He designs experimental room and figure concepts and works as a graphic designer, scenographer and installation artist. In addition, he takes on assignments for stage and costume design for opera , drama , ballet , experimental music and performance . In addition to his theater work, Scholder works as a painter, draftsman and designer, but also as a lecturer and teacher at various schools and universities. Since 2008 Scholder has been a lecturer at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences in the multimedia and communication course and at the Dr. Hoch's Conservatory (performing arts) in Frankfurt am Main. Since 2002 he has led various workshops and seminars at the Technical University of Delft , the University of Design in Detmold and the German Werkbund . He also teaches art at the Heinrich-von-Gagern-Gymnasium in Frankfurt am Main.

In 2002 Scholder moved from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main and soon began to work as a director . At the Bozen Opera and Rovigo Opera in 2007, the St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach together with the choreographer Ismael Ivo - Scholder's first own productions came on stage. Since then, he has also directed his own work in a wide variety of projects in Frankfurt. The stage work developed through his painting and model work, in which he was later director, set and lighting designer at the same time, he developed into a cross-genre event between dance , theater and performance .

Other places of activity Scholders are, Mannheim National Theater , Salzburg Festival , Hamburg State Opera , the Royal Opera in Stockholm , Schaubühne Berlin , Zurich Opera , Leipzig Opera , Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg , Frankfurt Opera , Theater Bremen , Darmstadt State Theater , Opera Colmar, Opera Mulhouse, Bavarian State Opera in Munich , Machat Theater Moscow, Lucerne Opera, Baden-Baden Festival .

Quotes: Adolphe Appia

"We no longer want to see things on stage as we know they are, but as we perceive them."

Thomas Mausbach “Scholder stands out above traditional stage design. He fine-tunes his work in a subtle and clever way in all details to the dramaturgy of the performances, [...], I like to look at his work. "

Stage work (selection)

• 1987: Bartok / Aantekieningen stage design assistant dance theater choreography, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker , Theater der Welt Stuttgart.
• 1989: The time and the room by Bodo Strauss, stage design assistance, director Luc Bondy , Richard Peduzzi stage , Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
• 1990: Der Kirschgarten / APTschechow, assisted stage design, directed by Peter Stein , costumes Moidele Bickel, Machat Art Theater , Moscow USSR
• 1990: The Jewess in Toledo by Franz Grillparzer , assisted stage design, directed by Thomas Langhoff , Salzburg Festival , Salzburg / Austria
• 1991: Amphitryon Heinrich von Kleist , assisted stage design, directed by Klaus Michael Grüber , Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
• 1991: Roberto Zucco from BM Koltes, assisted stage design, directed by Peter Stein , Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
• 1991: The Antigone des Sophocles by Bertolt Brecht , assisted stage design, directed by Jean Marie Straub, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
• 1991: The lonely path of Arthur Schnitzler , stage employees, directed by Andrea Breth , Costumes Susanne Raschig , schaubühne
• 1992: The summer siblings of Cesare Lievi, assisted with stage design, direction, Cesare Lievi, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz in Berlin
• 1992: Malady of Death by Marguerite Duras , assistant set designer, director Robert Wilson, costumes Frida Parmiggani, Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz Berlin
• 1992: Set design for the opera Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi, Zurich Opera House , musical direction Ádám Fischer , direction Nikolaus Lehnhoff
• 1993: Set design for the opera Thaïs by J. Massenet, St. Gallen Opera, musical direction Patrik Fournillier, direction Franz Winter
• 1994: Set design for the opera Manon by Jules Massenet , opera on Gärtnerplatz in Munich, musical direction Reinhard Schwarz, direction Hellmuth Matiasek
• 1994: Stage design for the opera Salome by Richard Strauss , Leipzig Opera , musical direction Jiri Kout, direction Nikolaus Lehnhoff, costumes Jorge Jara
• 1995: Stage design for the opera Tosca by G. Puccini Nationaltheater Mannheim , musical direction Jun Märkl , direction Renate Ackermann
• 1995: Set design for the opera Lucia di Lammermoor , Gaetano Donizetti , Opera du Rhin Strasbourg, musical direction Giuliano Carella, direction Renate Ackermann
• 1996: Stage design for the opera Wozzeck by Alban Berg, Staatstheater Darmstadt , musical director Marc Albrecht , director Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 1998: Scneography for the opera Die Zauberflöte , by WA Mozart at the Staatstheater Darmstadt, musical direction Brochhagen, direction Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 1998: Sets of the John Neumeier Ballet Vivaldi / Was ihr wollt , A. Vivaldi and W. Shakespeare, choreography and direction John Neumeier , Royal Stockholm Opera
• 1998: Scenography for the opera Moses und Aron by Arnold Schönberg , Staatstheater Darmstadt, musical direction Marc Albrecht , direction Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 1999: Scenography for the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten , Richard Strauss, Staatstheater Darmstadt, musical director Marc Albrecht, director Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 2000: Scenography for the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner , Staatstheater Darmstadt, musical direction, Marc Albrecht , direction Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 2001: Scenography and stage design for the opera Don Giovanni , WA Mozart, Oper Mönchengladbach, musical direction, Anthonny Bramall, director Thomas Krupa
• 2002: Scenography and costumes for the ballet Balanchine , Bavarian State Opera Munich , musical direction Gabriel Felz, choreography George Balanchine / Ivan Liška / Karin von Aroldingen
• 2003: Scenography and costumes for the opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi , Oper Freiburg, musical direction Erico Fresis, direction Thomas Krupa
• 2003: Scenography for the opera Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber , Oper Darmstadt, musical direction Stefan Blunier, direction Friedrich Meyer-Oertel
• 2004: Scenography for the opera Le Nozze di Figaro , Mozart, Oper Dortmund, musical direction Dirk Kaftan , direction Thomas Krupa
• 2005: Scenography for the opera project Die Drei Rätsel by Detlev Glarnert, Oper Frankfurt Musical director, Hogen Yun, directed by Saskia Bladt
• 2007: Direction, set design, costumes for the St. Matthew Passion by Bach, at the Bozen Opera and at the Rovigo Opera, musical director, Claudio Astronio, video Daniel Kohl, Bozen and Rovigo
• 2007: Direction, stage design, costumes for the Brundibár opera by Hans Krasa, musical director Helmut Bartel, University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt
• 2007: Direction, set design for the French musical Émilie Jolie by Claude Platel, Frankfurt
• 2008: Direction, scenography and costumes for the play Saviano / Rushdie , Frankfurt
• 2009: Scenography and costumes, lighting design for the ballet Undine by Hans Werner Henze , Volkstheater Rostock , choreography Fladimir Fedianin
• 2010: Scenography and costumes for the opera Elektra by Richard Strauss , Bozen Opera, Modena Opera, Piacenca Opera, Ferrara Opera, musical direction Gustav Kuhn
• 2011: Stage designs for the opera Salome by Richard Strauss, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden , musical direction Stefan Soltesz , direction Nikolaus Lehnhoff
• 2012: Stage design for the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Braunschweig Opera , musical direction Alexander Joel , direction Konstanze Lauterbach
• 2013: Direction, scenography and costumes for the opera performance Mozart Fragments , Frankfurt University
• 2014: Direction, scenography and costumes for the opera Hänsel und Gretel , Hochschule Frankfurt
• 2015: Direction, scenography and costumes for the play Der Kirschgarten by A.Tschechow, Frankfurt
• 2017: Direction, scenography and costumes for the play Der Streit von Marivaux, Frankfurt
• 2018: Direction, scenography and costumes for the play Medea by Euripides , Frankfurt

Solo and group exhibitions: (selection)

• 1985: The big meal , Götzenturm Heilbronn / Stuttgart, group exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , painting class Dieter Groß
• 1986: The White Room / or Impromptu No. 1 , oil sketches, large tableaus, environments, drawings, photos; Group exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts , Bleyle site in Stuttgart
• 1987: Artist books, drawings and design at Sigmaringen Castle , exhibition at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts
• 1989: Scenes, rooms and costumes for the opera The Exhaustion of the World by Mauricio Kagel , drawings, video Group exhibition of the stage design class of the Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , Waiblingen Center
• 1996: For the opera Wozzek by Alban Berg, stage set models , drawings, lighting concept, photographs, Darmstadt
• 2002: Exhibition and overall installation , drafts, drawings, photographic cycle, scenographies, video and environments and realization of the performance Musikabbau , in the Rammelsberg mine in Goslar
• 2008: Sketches, figurations, animations, design in Schloss Gnadenthal , Kleve on the occasion of the Architecture Advertising Symposium, Deutscher Werkbund in NRW
• 2009: Exhibition and performance Metamorphosen-Ovid ; Sketches, painting, graphics, collage , video; Works from 1990–2009 in the Galerie Projektraum 25 , together with the choreographer Verena Weiss and Dirk Knickhoff, Kleve

Literature (selection)

• Bavarian State Ballet : leaps in time between tradition and avant-garde Prestel Verlag, Munich, 2008 ISBN 978-3-7913-4090-6 .
• Nora Eckert: From the Opera to the Musiktheater Henschel Verlag, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-89487-207-1 .
• Baroque in Baden-Württemberg Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1981 ISBN 3-923132-00-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Martin Scholder: Performing play / scenic lessons . Vita Scholders on the website of Dr. Hoch's Conservatory