Hartmut Westphal

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Hartmut Westphal

Hartmut Westphal (* 1939 in Berlin ) is a German composer , music processor, arranger and musicologist .

Live and act

Westphal studied composition and conducting as well as musicology and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin at the Berlin University of Music and Performing Arts . He has worked as a freelance composer, music processor, arranger and musicologist since 1973 .

The spectrum of his activities in the field of serious music includes chamber music and experimental live electronic music (1970–1978 he was a member of the No Set Ensemble) as well as intermedia projects, compositions and arrangements for large orchestras.

In the field of popular music, he writes compositions and arrangements for radio orchestras for feature and television films, musicals and revues (e.g. for the Theater des Westens Berlin, Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin), record arrangements for well-known performers, music for children and print arrangements for music publishers.

Teaching activities

Westphal held advanced training seminars for music teachers at the Berlin University of the Arts as well as composition seminars for schoolchildren and lectures at various universities. Since 1982 he has been appointed expert for arbitration proceedings by GEMA and has been working as a musicological expert and court-appointed expert since 1985 .

voluntary work

  • 1987/1988 juror in the Berlin competition “Students compose”, forum for young German composers
  • from 1989 curator, from 1990 managing curator of the GEMA social fund, composers department
  • from 1987 curator, from 1992 managing curator of the pension foundation of German composers
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Artists' Social Fund (KSK) since 1991
  • from 2012 to 2018 member of the Supervisory Board of Gema

Awards

CDs, performances, programs and concerts (selection)

  • 1971: Premiere of Le Carnaval Russe , flute and orchestra based on Césare Ciardi, RSO Berlin
  • 1976: UA Heterophonie , N-Set concerts: RIAS-Studio 10; Folkwang Hochschule Essen: New National Gallery Berlin, London-Lewisham a. BBC -London for the production of Music Today
  • 1978–1980: Compositions and arrangements with Christoph Busse for Sesamstraße , ARD. (5 MCs / CDs Funny songs from Sesame Street )
  • 1980: UA Transphonie for 8 flutes, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin & Kulturhuset Stockholm
  • 1981: Mojave Plan by Tangerine Dream , arranged for rock band & orchestra. 2. Rock- und Klassiknacht, Zirkus Krone, Munich - Eurovision Live TV broadcast
  • from 1985: numerous film and television music adaptations for Birger Heymann
  • 1988: Orchestral arrangements of Erik Satie piano pieces, Thomas Wilbrandt CD Alone, For a second recordings at Abbey Road Studios , London
  • 1989: 1-2-3 , adaptation of the musical by Birger Heymann, Theater des Westens, Berlin
  • 1991: Bravour variations after Adolphe Adam for coloratura soprano, flute solo and orchestra, numerous performances, e.g. Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2000
  • 1996: Roncalli , TV series, circus music with the NDR Bigband
  • 2002: Orchestral arrangement for the Jose Carreras Gala (ARD)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Axel Schniederjürgen: 2006 . Walter de Gruyter, 2010, ISBN 978-3-11-095016-8 ( google.de [accessed on April 4, 2019]).
  2. ↑ GEMA: Yearbook 2016/2017. GEMA CEO, accessed on April 4, 2019 .
  3. ^ German Composers' Association: Honors and Prizes (p. 30). In: Informations, bulletin of the German Composers' Association 2/2010. Retrieved April 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Westphal, Hartmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, music processor, arranger and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin