Jörg Gollasch

Jörg Gollasch (* 1967 in Peine ) is a German theater, radio play and film composer.

Live and act

After studying applied cultural sciences in Hildesheim (majoring in music and art), Jörg Gollasch went to Berlin in 1997 to work in the barracks at the Deutsches Theater . There (and later at the Schaubühne ) he worked as a composer and musical director with Thomas Ostermeier on various productions, for example at the barracks at Messer in Hennen , Shoppen und Ficken , Disco Pigs and, among others, at Gier und Personenkreis 3.1 at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.

Since 2002 he has been working as a freelance composer, arranger and producer at various theaters in Germany and abroad (including Burgtheater Vienna , Schauspielhaus Zurich , Schauspielhaus Hamburg , Berliner Ensemble , Deutsches Theater Berlin , Kammerspiele Munich , Residenztheater Munich , Schauspielhaus Bochum , Schauspiel Köln , Kretakör Theater Budapest, Maxim Gorki Theater ) and with directors such as Claus Peymann , Karin Henkel , Dieter Giesing, Matthias Hartman, Tom Kühnel , Árpád Schilling , Thomas Langhoff , Haken Savas Mican , Oliver Reese and Robert Schuster . From 2013 to 2017 he also worked as a composer for Dieter Wedel's productions at the Worms and Bad Hersfeld festivals .

He has had a particularly close collaboration with the director and general manager Karin Beier since 2004 . The productions Das Werk - Im Bus - Ein Sturz ( Elfriede Jelinek ), The Dirty, the Ugly and the Common (based on a film by Ettore Scola ), both at the Schauspiel Köln , and Die Rasenden (with the participation of Ensemble Resonanz ) at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus.

For several years now, Gollasch has also been working as a composer for radio plays and has worked on productions for broadcasters such as SWR , SWF, RBB and Deutschlandradio . He also works as a lecturer at workshops and as a teacher at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art. He also works as a film composer, among others with the directors Hank Levine, Hanno Olderdissen and Charly Hübner ( Wildes Herz , 2017)

Theater (selection)

• 1997: Messer in Hennen / D. Harrower Baracke Dt. Theater, directed by T. Ostermeier
• 1997: Man is man / B. Brecht, Baracke Dt. Theater, directed by T. Ostermeier
• 1998: Shopping and Fucking / M. Ravenhill, Baracke Dt. Theater, directed by T. Ostermeier
• 2000: People 3.1 / L. Noren, Schaubühne Berlin, directed by T. Ostermeier
• 2000: Gier / S. Kane, Schaubühne Berlin, directed by Th. Ostermeier
• 2001: Traum im Herbst / J. Fosse, Schaubühne Berlin, directed by W. Twiehaus
• 2002: The strong trunk / M.-L. Fleißer, Kammerspiele Munich, directed by T. Ostermeier
• 2003: Die Zeit der Plancks / S. Belbel, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by P. Tiedemann
• 2003: Genua 01 / F. Paravidino, Schaubühne Berlin, directed by W. Twiehaus
• 2003: Heroes of the 20th Century / T. Kühnel, J. Kuttner, Coproduction Theater Basel and Das .TaT Frankfurt a. M., Puppen Suse Wächter, directed by T. Kühnel
• 2004: Endstation Sehnsucht / T. Williams, Schauspiel Frankfurt, directed by B. Kosminski
• 2004: God save America / B. Srbljanovic, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by K. Beier
• 2004: Kasimir and Karoline / Austria. v. Horvarth, Krétakör Theater Budapest, directed by W. Twiehaus
• 2005: Hamlet / W. Shakespeare, Vienna / Kasino des Burgtheater, directed by A. Schilling
• 2005: We want the Messiah now  / Franzobel, Akademietheater Wien, directed by K. Beier
• 2006: On the beach of the wide world / S. Stephens, Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by K. Beier
• 2006: The telephone book - Opera vocis longiqua / P. Tiedemann, Schauspielhaus Hamburg P. Tiedemann
• 2007: Traces of the Lost / P. Handke, Berliner Ensemble, directed by C. Peymann
• 2007: Die Nibelungen / F. Hebbel, Schauspiel Köln, directed by K. Beier
• 2007: Wallenstein / F. Schiller, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by Th. Langhoff
• 2008: Motortown / S. Stephens, Schauspielhaus Bochum, directed by D. Giesing
• 2008: Peer Gynt / H. Ibsen, Schauspiel Köln, directed by K. Beier
• 2009: Life a dream / Calderon, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by K. Beier
• 2009: Faust II / JWv Goethe, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by M. Hartmann
• 2009: King Lear / W. Shakespeare, Schauspiel Köln, directed by K. Beier
• 2010: The ugly, the dirty, the mean / based on a film by Ettore Scola, Schauspiel Köln; Directed by K. Beier, invited to the 2010 Theatertreffen, production of the year 2010
• 2011: Das Werk / Im Bus / Ein Sturz / E. Jelinek Schauspiel Köln, director K. Beier Invited to the 2011 Theatertreffen, production of the year 2011
• 2011: Professor Bernhardi / A. Schnitzler, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by D. Giesing
• 2011: Democracy in the evenings - a tutorial / various authors, Schauspiel Köln, directed by K. Beier
• 2012: Endstation Sehnsucht / T. Williams, Burgtheater Vienna, directed by D. Giesing
• 2012: Life a Dream / Calderon, Theater Bremen, directed by R. Schuster
• 2012: Wastwater / S. Stephens, Schauspiel Köln, directed by D. Giesing
• 2013: Die Troerinnen / Euripides, Schauspiel Köln, directed by K. Beier
• 2013: Will to Truth / Th. Bernhardt, Schauspiel Frankfurt, O. Reese
• 2014: Die Rasenden / Various Authors, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier, coproduction with Ensemble Resonanz
• 2014: Dogville / Lv. Trier, Schauspiel Frankfurt, directed by Karin Henkel
• 2015: Onkel Wanja / A. Tchechov, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2015: Cinderella / S. Prokofjew, Ballett Wiesbaden, Additional Music, Choreography T. Plegge
• 2015: From now / A. Ayckbourns, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2015: The reunification of the two Koreas , Schauspiel Frankfurt, directed by O. Reese
• 2015: Ship of Dreams / based on F. Fellinie, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2016: Little Man, Now What? / after H. Fallada, Maxim Gorki Theater, directed by HS Mican
• 2016: Erasure / Th. Bernhard, Th. Id Josefstadt, directed by O. Reese
• 2016: Unterwerlung / M. Houellebecq / Co Music with D. Regenberg, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2016: Hysteria / based on Bunuel, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2017: Eine Familie / T. Letts, Schauspiel Frankfurt, directed by O. Reese
• 2017: Hamlet / W. Shakespeare, Theater Weimar, directed by R. Schuster
• 2017: Martin Luther the attack / D. Wedel, Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, directed by D. Wedel
• 2017: Blechtrommel / G. Grass, Berliner Ensemble, directed by O. Reese
• 2017: Das Goldene Vlies / Grillparzer, Theater Lübeck, directed by L. Bihler
• 2018: The Merchant of Venice / W. Shakespeare, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, directed by K. Beier
• 2018: Panikherz / after Stuckrad-Barre, Berliner Ensemble, directed by O. Reese

Radio plays (selection)

• 2008: I'm Cheops / U. Ackermann; Deutschlandfunk Kultur, directed by H. Tauch
• 2009: Parikmacherscha - The hairdresser / S. Medvedev; Dculture; Directed by H. Tauch
• 2009: There will be questions / H. Tauch; WDR 5; Director: H. Tauch
• 2010: The Russia Megadeal or Gulag to Go / H. Tauch; WDR 5; Director: H. Tauch
• 2010: Tiburn / I. Levison; MDR; Directed by H. Tauch
• 2012: Fallen Beauty / H. Tauch; Dculture; Director: H. Tauch
• 2013: The collection Das Kind / Wurfsendung; Deutschlandradio; Directed by H. Tauch
• 2014: Two nice little ladies on the way north / P. Notte; Deutschlandradio; Directed by B. Ackers
• 2015: Fatima / AS Gupta; WDR; Directed by H. Tauch

Web links

• Jörg Gollasch homepage
• Jörg Gollasch in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See: Schauspielhaus Hamburg
2. ↑ Bad Hersfeld Festival (accessed on September 26, 2018)
3. ↑ Werner Theurich: Clear thing with Bach . At: Spiegel Online , November 13, 2016 (accessed September 26, 2018)
4. ↑ Deutschlandradio, 2010 (accessed on September 26, 2018)
5. ↑ Acting School Ernst Busch , 2013 (accessed on September 26, 2018)
6. ↑ Hanno Olderdissen: Family Committed , 2015 (accessed on September 26, 2018)