Holger Aurel Jung

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Holger Aurel Jung (* 1972 in Coburg ) is a German composer.

Life

Holger Aurel Jung grew up in Oberammergau. During his school days he was already a member of the orchestra in the Passion Plays and in concerts and performed his own compositions. After graduating from high school, he studied composition at the University of Music and Theater in Munich with Dieter Acker and Enjott Schneider and then worked as a freelance composer and arranger in various musical fields. He has mastered the instruments and the style of classical symphonic and vocal music as well as musical, jazz and rock music and knows how to bring these directions together into a coherent whole. He also works as a music teacher, lecturer in music theory and répétiteur.

Prizes and awards

  • For his horn concert 96 he received the advancement award for young artists in the district of Upper Bavaria.
  • His Divertimento for electric guitar and chamber orchestra was awarded a prize by the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation in 1999.

Works (selection)

  • Santa Fe Express for clarinet and orchestra (1998)
  • Music for the film Majesty need sun (1999)
  • Shiraz for percussion quartet (2002)
  • Les Chants d'Avignon based on texts by Max Kruse (2006)
  • Molino a fuoco for percussion and brass quintet (2013)
  • Song cycle "The vicious ballads of François Villon" for baritone and piano (2009) - version for tenor (2013)
  • Deborah. Rock opera for solos, choir, band and orchestra based on a biblical story from the Book of Judges (2013)
  • Andalusian Variations for dulcimer and orchestra (2015)
  • Luther - musical pictures. Gospel cantata for spiritual mezzo-soprano, baritone, choir and small orchestra (2017)
  • Magnificat for solos, choir and small orchestra (2019)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ composers profile for Holger Jung Aurel from the publisher Vierdreiunddreissig. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
  2. ^ Sabine Näher: Luther's new songs (review). Süddeutsche Zeitung, April 3, 2017, accessed on April 4, 2017 .
  3. ^ Lecturer profile Holger Jung at the Abraxas Musical Academy Munich. Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Shiraz by Holger Jung (brief description, sound recording and purchase option). C. Alan Publications, accessed April 5, 2017 .
  5. ^ Ovation for "Deborah" in Penzberg. Penzberger Merkur, December 15, 2013, accessed on April 3, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Reinhard Szyszka: Subscribed to challenges. Suddeutsche Zeitung, July 8, 2015, accessed on April 3, 2017 .
  7. ^ Susanne Schröder: Luther premiere in Penzberg. (No longer available online.) Sunday paper, March 21, 2017, archived from the original on April 4, 2017 ; Retrieved April 3, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Magnus Reitinger: A festival of faith (review of the world premiere by Holger Jungs "Luther - musical pictures") . Ed .: Penzberger Merkur. No. 78 (2017) . Penzberg April 3, 2017, p. 8 .
  9. ↑ Sabine Näher: Holger Jung's Magnificat captivates the audience . Ed .: Penzberger Merkur. No. 290 (2019) , December 16, 2019, p. 5 .
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Holger Aurel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Coburg