Herbert Willi

Herbert Willi (born January 7, 1956 in Bludenz , Vorarlberg ) is a freelance Austrian composer .

Life

Willi lives in St. Anton in the Montafon .

He studied school music and theology at the University of Innsbruck (Master of Philosophy) and at the same time bassoon and piano at the Innsbruck Conservatory . From 1983 he studied with Helmut Eder at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (composition diploma and Magister Artium), then with Boguslaw Schaeffer .

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Herbert Willi about his work:

“For me, composing means inner hearing ... Composition has to do with trust. Allowing the sounds in the silence and lack of intent is one of the nicest things I can imagine. "

Herbert Willi's work includes an opera, orchestral works, chamber music for various ensembles and soloist works. A retrospective with the orchestral works “Eirene”, “Raum”, “Rondino” after the opera “Schlafes Bruder”, “geraume Zeit” and “Encounter” has been published by the WERGO label . A CD with Herbert Willis chamber music from 1984 to 2005 was also released by the Japanese label Camerata Tokyo .

The Salzburg Festival and the Cleveland Orchestra commissioned the “Concerto for Orchestra” in 1991, and Christoph von Dohnányi conducted the world premiere. In 1994/95 the Zurich Opera House commissioned the opera “ Schlafes Bruder ” to mark the anniversary “1000 Years of Austria” (libretto by Robert Schneider , world premiere in 1996). As a commission for the Vienna Philharmonic, Willi wrote the "Encounter for Orchestra" in 1997/98 on the occasion of "150 Years of the Vienna Philharmonic".

Most recently Willi wrote the “Montafon cycle”, which includes the works “Eirene” (concerto for trumpet and orchestra), “... geraume Zeit ...” (concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra), “ego eimi” (concerto for Clarinet and orchestra) and “Äon” (concerto for horn and orchestra). In March 2008 the new version of the opera “Schlafes Bruder” premiered at the Klagenfurt City Theater .

On November 1, 2012, the concert for violin and orchestra "Sacrosanto" was premiered by Nikolaj Znaider (commissioned by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna) in the Golden Hall of the Wiener Musikverein .

His works have been performed in New York ( Carnegie Hall ), Tokyo ( Suntory Hall , Sumida Triphony Hall ), London ( Royal Albert Hall ), Vienna ( Musikverein , Konzerthaus ), at the Salzburg Festival ( Großes Festspielhaus , Felsenreitschule ) and in Berlin Philharmonic . Performers include international orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic , Cleveland Orchestra , Philadelphia Orchestra , Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the New Japan Philharmonic under conductors such as Claudio Abbado , Christoph von Dohnányi , Gustavo Dudamel , Manfred Honeck , Riccardo Muti and Seiji Ozawa .

Awards

1985, 1986, 1989: Austrian State Scholarship for Composers
1987: Winner of the string quartet competition of the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft (his "String Quartet 1986" was premiered by the Arditti Quartet )
1989: Erste Bank Composition Prize
1990: Rolf Liebermann grant for opera compositions
1991: Award from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation
1997: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
1998: Great Merit of the State of Vorarlberg
1992: “ Composer in Residence ” at the Salzburg Festival
1996–1998: “Composer in Residence” and at the Camerata Academia
2002/2003: “Composer in Residence” of the Society of Music Friends of the Wiener Musikverein and the Wiener Concert-Verein
2007: "Composer in Residence" at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo
2008: “Composer in Residence” at the International Summer Music Academy & Festival in Kusatsu

Selected Works

Stage works

Brother of Sleep , opera in a prologue, eight scenes and an epilogue (2006)

Orchestral works

The Frog Mouse War , (premiered 1989) based on the epic of the same name

For 16 , Small Chamber Concert (1990)

Concert (1991/92)

Flute Concerto (1993)

Encounter (1997/98)

Rondino (1999/2000)

Eirene , Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra (2001)

... for a long time ... , Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra (2002/03)

ego eimi , concerto for clarinet and orchestra (2005/06)

Äon , Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (2007)

ABBA-MA (Echo of Peace) , for choir and orchestra - text based on " Our Father " (2011)

Sacrosanto , concerto for violin and orchestra (2011/12)

Chamber music

Piece for clarinet solo (1985). World premiere with Alois Brandhofer , clarinet
Piece for flute solo (1985/86)
Trio for violin, horn and piano (1992)
Kairos im Kronos 1756/1956 for violone, viola and violoncello (2005)

Individual evidence

↑ Willi, Herbert (Doblinger Music Publishing House)
↑ [1] Classic blog by Midou Grossmann: Herbert Willis 'Montafon cycle' at lofty heights?
↑ Piece for clarinet solo . Retrieved January 3, 2015.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Willi, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bludenz , Vorarlberg , Austria

[1] Willi, Herbert (Doblinger Music Publishing House)

[2] [1] Classic blog by Midou Grossmann: Herbert Willis 'Montafon cycle' at lofty heights?

[3] Piece for clarinet solo . Retrieved January 3, 2015.