Jörn Arnecke

Jörn Arnecke (* 1973 in Hameln ) is a German composer.

Life

Jörn Arnecke studied composition and music theory at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater from 1994 to 2000 with Volkhardt Preuß and Peter Michael Hamel . In the meantime, in 1997/98, he was a student of Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire National Superieur in Paris, where he also worked at the IRCAM in 1998 . From 2001 to 2009 he was a part-time professor for music theory at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater. In 2004 he received a scholarship for the German Study Center in Venice and in 2007 for the Casa Baldi (Villa Massimo) near Rome . On October 1, 2009, he was appointed professor of music theory and ear training at the Liszt School of Music Weimar , where he heads the Center for Music Theory.

Jörn Arnecke has been a member of the Free Academy of the Arts in Hamburg since 2009 .

Prizes and awards

• 1997 winner of the composition competition of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for the Brahms year
• 1998 Prize of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra
• 1999 Prize from the Saxony Regional Association of the German Sound Carrier Association
• 2005/2006 composer for Heidelberg of the Theater & Orchestra Heidelberg

plant

Opera

• Ariadne (1999)

Opera scene, poems quoted: Paul Heyse , Adelbert von Chamisso & Joseph von Eichendorff , commissioned by the Munich Biennale , dedicated to Peter Michael Hamel

• Le Nozze di Figaro (1999)

Opera by WA Mozart , version for 12 instruments

• The festival in the sea (2001/2002)

Music theater in 3 sections by Francis Hüsers, based on John Berger's novel “To the Wedding”, commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera

• Butterfly Blues (2004)

Music theater in 8 scenes based on the play of the same name by Henning Mankell , German text: Claudia Romeder, commissioned by the Hamburg State Opera

• Under ice (2006/2007)

Music theater in 13 scenes, libretto: Falk Richter, commissioned by the Ruhr Triennale in cooperation with the Frankfurt Opera

• Kryos , commissioned by the Bremen Opera , libretto: Hannah Dübgen ; WP: May 14, 2011

Orchestral works

• Nachtferne (1996)
• Question (1997/1998)

awarded the sponsorship prize of the Göttingen Symphony Orchestra

• Foil (2000)

Commissioned by the Festival of Young Artists Bayreuth, dedicated to Sissy Thammer & Prof. Siegfried Palm

• Tides (2005)

Fantasy for orchestra, commissioned by the Heidelberg Theater & Orchestra

• To sing on the water (2005/2006)

Seven songs after Franz Schubert and Johannes Brahms for tenor & 18 strings, combined with 9 intermezzi “Between the waters”, text: Friedrich Leopold zu Stollberg , Heinrich Heine , Wilhelm Müller , August von Platen , Robert Reinick & Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Between the waters (2005/2006)

9 intermezzi for 18 strings

• Crystallizations (2007/2008)

for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra, commissioned by the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

ensemble

• Solidifications (2000)

for soprano, speaker & chamber orchestra, text: Wilhelm Müller & Rainer Kunze , commission from EXPO 2000

• Ether (2006)

for soprano and chamber ensemble, text: Hannah Dübgen, commissioned by Ilse and Dr. Horst Rusch Foundation for the Scharoun Ensemble

Chamber music

• Unanimous two-part (1996)

for 2 oboes

• Kreuzspiel (1996/1997)

for flute solo

• Stanzas to We (1998)
  • Version for medium voice and piano
  • Version for medium voice and ensemble
  • Version for medium voice and strings

after Rainer Maria Rilke

• In Stille - String Quartet No. 1 (2002)

Commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera in Munich

• Inscriptions - String Quartet No. 2 (2003)

Commissioned by the Tonhalle Düsseldorf

• White Smoke (2003)

for clarinet solo

• Touches (2005)

8 miniatures for bass flute & viola

• Weightless (2000/2005)

3 pieces for harp

• Two times two (2001-2005)

Cycle in 4 movements for violoncello & piano

• Alea / Talea - Piano Trio No. 1 (2005/2006)

Commissioned by the Harburg Music Community

• Terra Maligna (2006)

for soprano, trumpet, viola, violoncello & double bass, text: Hannah Dübgen, commissioned by the Heidelberg Theater & Orchestra

Web links

• Homepage of the composer http://www.arnecke.de
• Information http://www.sikorski.de