Ingomar Grünauer

Ingomar Grünauer (born August 11, 1938 in Melk ) is a contemporary Austrian composer . The focus of his work is on works in smaller forms for music theater . His opera "Cantor - The Measurement of Infinite ", which deals with the existential conflicts in the life of the revolutionary mathematician Georg Cantor (1845–1918), premiered on November 10, 2006 at the Halle Opera House under the direction of Roger Epple .

Ingomar Grünauer lives in Schmitten near Wiesbaden.

The most important works

• Chamber opera "Lipmanns Leib" (Wiesbaden 1961)
• Chamber opera "The Story of Creation of Adolf Wölfli" (Basel 1981)
• Opera "Amleth and Fengo" (Heidelberg 1982)
• musical chamber play "The Mother" (based on Maxim Gorki , Basel 1988)
• Chamber operetta in 17 sensitive images "The revenge of a Russian orphan" (based on Henri Rousseau , Saarbrücken 1993)
• Opera in 11 scenes " Winterreise " (text by Fr. Micieli, Lucerne 1994)

Education and career

• 1950–1961: Studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna : conducting ( Hans Swarowsky ), piano ( Richard Hauser ) and composition ( Karl Schiske )
• 1959: artistic maturity examination in conducting and composition
• 1957, 1959 and 1961: Participation in the Darmstadt summer courses .
• 1961–1968: Kapellmeister and répétiteur at the Heidelberg Theater
• 1968–1982: Teacher in elementary, secondary and comprehensive schools in Schwandorf ( Upper Palatinate ) and in Wiesbaden .
• 1974: Lecturer in scenic music at the University of Salvador da Bahia in Brazil
• Since 1982: Professor for Aesthetics and Communication (focus on theater work and cultural animation) at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

Prizes and awards

• 1960: First prize at the International Composition Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
• 1966: Culture Week Prize of the City of Innsbruck
• 1969: Sponsorship award from the state of Lower Austria
• 1982: Culture Prize of the City of Wiesbaden

Composition orders

• Gelsenkirchen Music Theater
• City stage Heidelberg
• State Theater Stuttgart
• State Theater Wiesbaden
• Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Culture
• Lucerne City Theater
• Theater Basel
• ORF
• Saarbrücken State Theater
• Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture of the State of Austria

Works

• Visiting, auctioning and removing 5 artists for soprano , silent actors and instruments (1971) 20 '
• Auction, inspection, auction and disposal of 5 artists Concert version of the stage work of the same name for soprano, silent actors and instruments (1975) 20 '
• Peer Gynt ballet music based on Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Grieg , libretto by Robert Trinchero (1978) 95 '
• The story of creation of Adolf Wölfli Musiktheater for six singers, string quintet and percussion , libretto by Ingomar Grünauer (1981–82) 80 '
• Amleth and Fengo Opera in two acts, libretto based on the “Historia Danica” of “Saxo Grammaticus” by Ingomar Grünauer (1882) 75 '
• Sinfonietta for mezzo-soprano , tenor , solo clarinet and orchestra , text by Franz Kafka (1986) 19 '
• Die Mutter Musical chamber play based on the novel of the same name by Maxim Gorki for eleven singers, violin and percussion (1988) 80 '
• King for a day opera in three acts based on Calderón , text by Ingomar Grünauer based on Calderón and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1990) 85 '
• The revenge of a Russian orphan Chamber operetta in 17 sensitive images based on the play of the same name by Henri Rousseau , arrangement of the text by Matthias Kaiser and Ingomar Grünauer (1993) 80 '
• Winterreise opera in eleven scenes, text by Francesco Micieli (1994/96) 85 '
• Trilogy of the summer fresh opera in three acts based on Carlo Goldoni , libretto by Francesco Micieli (1998) 90 '
• Palermo -Music for accordion and orchestra (2001) 20 '
• Cantor - The Measurement of the Infinite Opera in One Act (2004) 90 '

Web links

• Literature by and about Ingomar Grünauer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ingomar Grünauer on the Schott Music website