Hans Huyssen
Hans Huyssen (born February 11, 1964 in Pretoria , South Africa ) is a South African-German composer .
Life
He began his studies at the University of Stellenbosch Conservatory . At the end of the 1980s he became a student of Gerhard Wimberger at the Mozarteum Music University in Salzburg. He finished his composition studies with a master class with Hans-Jürgen von Bose at the State University for Music and Theater in Munich . He also took courses with Luciano Berio and George Crumb . At the same time he works as a baroque cellist.
So far he has received orders and a. from the Munich Chamber Orchestra , the Siemens Kulturstiftung, the Pro Helvetia Foundation , Deutsche Welle etc.
Since 2005 he has been Senior Lecturer in Historical Performance Practice at the University of the Freestate in Bloemfontein .
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He places new music and historical performance practice as well as traditional music of South Africa individually in his compositions.
Musical theater
- MASQUE , an African opera, libretto by Ilija Trojanow (2003/05)
Orchestral music
- Ciacona & Tshikona (2007)
- Proteus Variations for orchestra (2006)
- Audite Africam! , African suite for strings (1997)
Chamber music
- Concerto for an African Cellist (2012/13)
- Southern Nocturnal for solo guitar (2003)
- "I fistula nomine ricordi" for various recorders and baroque cello (1999)
- Responsory for solo violin and African bird calls (1996)
Vocal music
- My good work, they didn't count, Lent Cantata for S, A, T, B, 5-part mixed choir, Baroque orchestra [2 recorders, traverso, 2 oboes, trumpet, strings, bc] (2017)
- What Madosini told me , musical scene about songs and stories by the Latozi Mpahleni for Uhadi, Umrhubhe , Isitolotolo, voice, clarinet, string quartet and narrator (2002)
- Indispensable Sorrow , Passion Cantata for soprano, alto, tenor & bass solo, 5-part mixed choir and baroque orchestra (1997/98)
- Summer songs, song cycle based on texts by Georg Britting for baritone, accordion and violoncello (1994)
- 4 Britting songs (1994/95) for baritone and orchestra (3.3.3.2 - 4.3.3.1 - harp, piano, timpani, percussion [2] - strings: 0.0.1.1.1)
Web links
- Works by and about Hans Huyssen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Web presence of the composer
- Hans Huyssen's Proteus Variations as a podcast by Deutsche Welle
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Huyssen, Hans |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African-German composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria , South Africa |