Jean Goldenbaum

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Jean Goldenbaum (born September 6, 1982 in São Paulo , Brazil ) is a German-Brazilian composer and musicologist . He is currently working as a lecturer and researcher at the European Center for Jewish Music at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media .

biography

Jean Goldenbaum was born into a Jewish family in São Paulo and grew up there. In 2005 he emigrated to Germany and received his doctorate in musicology from the University of Augsburg in 2013 . He is married.

Goldenbaum was the composer in residence of the Wasa Sinfonieta Music Festival in Finland in 2011 and 2013, after the premieres of his two double concerts Ode to Friendship (for flute, guitar and orchestra) and The Universes shall conspire to Love (for flute, percussion and Orchestra). In 2011 some of his chamber music works were performed at the “Neue Musik International” event in Salzburg . His music was sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Culture in 2012 at the New Sounds from Brazil event - Portrait: Jean Goldenbaum also presented in Salzburg. After the world premiere in Brazil, the European premiere of his concert May all Dictators fall (for guitar and guitar quartet) took place here.

In 2014 Levanah Publications published Music for Children: Paradigm Fragments for Young Pianists to Grow Up Different and Build a Better World (for piano). In 2016 the concert New tones for the Good took place in Berlin , at which only Goldenbaum works by eight musicians from different countries could be heard. In August of the same year, Goldenbaum was the guest composer of the 29th Swabian Art Summer in Irsee , where his Ecumenical Suite: In the Name of Peace, Freedom and Tolerance (for a cappella choir ) was premiered.

Goldenbaum produced four albums of some of his orchestral and chamber works, which were recorded in both Europe and Brazil.

Compositional style

Goldenbaum's music is basically atonal , but has a strong influence from traditional tonal music , as the composer himself explained in interviews. The musicologist Alexandre Bispo points out that “the relationships between ethical and aesthetic aspects in the creative process in the Euro-Brazilian context take on a special meaning in the compositional work of Jean Goldenbaum. His compositions express the ethical foundations of artistic creation in a particularly expressive way. "

The composer Almeida Prado , reviewer of the album Syomphony of the Good by Goldenbaum, refers to Goldenbaum's quality in composing for the human voice:

“The audition of this great work (Symphony of Good) reveals that the composer Jean Goldenbaum already has a sure Métier, whose multiple aesthetics offer possibilities of authentic lyricism and the possibility of transforming his text into music of great beauty and emotion. I can imagine this young composer writing an opera. It will certainly be fantastic. "

Press and media

Jean Goldenbaum was mentioned in various German and international media, such as Jüdische Allgemeine , Bayerischer Rundfunk Klassik , Der Teckbote , Radio Leinehertz Hanover , and Radio Universida de Salamanca (Spain).

Works (selection)

Goldenbaum's oeuvre includes around 90 compositions for solo instruments, chamber music, orchestra, theater performances and dance.

  • Ecumenical Suite: in the name of Peace, Freedom and Tolerance for SATB choir a cappella, opus 1 (Score, 2008, Ikuro Editions)
  • Music for Children: breakparadigmspieces for young pianists to grow different and build a better world (Partitur, 2014, Levanah Publications)
  • Conceptions and reflections on and around my musical work (Book, 2017, Editora Biblioteca24h, ISBN 978-85-416-0552-6 )
  • Symphony of the Good , for symphony orchestra, opus 2 (2009)
  • Music Manifest for Nonviolence , for recorder trio, opus 11 (2010)
  • "May all dictators fall" Concerto , for guitar and guitar ensemble, opus 17 (2011)
  • Against the alienation of today's youth , for symphony orchestra, opus 20 (2011)
  • 'Victorious is the Respectful' Concerto , for piano and orchestra, opus 21 (2011)
  • Ferreira Gullar & Jean Goldenbaum - Three moments in Poetry and Music , for soprano and piano, opus 26 (2012)
  • 'The Universe shall conspire to Love' Concerto , for flute, percussion and orchestra, opus 27 (2012)
  • The death of the forrest , for cello octet, opus 37 (2013)
  • Music protest against social injustices , for piano and ten percussion instruments, opus 39 (2014)
  • The Path and the Faith in it , for solo trombone, opus 44 (2014)
  • Believe, move and heal the world , for open cast, opus 55 (2015)
  • Jewish Synesthesia , for clarinet and guitar, opus 65 (2016)
  • The same image in colors and in black and white , for flute, piano and percussion, opus 73 (2017)
  • Quartet 3: Light Meditations , for string quartet, opus 83 (2018)
  • Tzedakah: Social Justice , for flute, accordion and timpani, opus 88 (2019)

Recordings

  • Symphony of the Good (2010)
  • Ode to Friendship, Concerto & other works (2012)
  • The Universe shall conspire to Love, Concerto & other works (2013)
  • Live in Berlin (2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jean Goldenbaum: New notes under a new sky: The German-speaking composers who immigrated to Brazil and their influence on Brazilian music (New notes under a new sky: the immigrant German-speaking composers to Brazil and their influence on the Brazilian music) . Augsburg, including dissertation University of Augsburg 2013.
  2. ^ AA Bispo : Jean Goldenbaum: Symphony of the Good / Sinfonie des Guten / Sinfonia do Bem. In: Revista Brasil-Europa, 2011, 129/26.
  3. ↑ Almeida Prado, José Antônio Rezende de. Em: Goldenbaum, Jean. Symphony of the Good . Sergio Chnee (reg.), Camerata Cantareira & friends. Liga do Realizar (prod.). 2010.
  4. ↑ "Music is my mission". In: Jüdische Allgemeine , May 17, 2016
  5. ^ Jean Goldenbaum Bayerischer Rundfunk Klassik soundcloud.com
  6. ↑ "Music must have a message". In: Der Teckbote , June 30, 2015.
  7. ↑ youtube.com
  8. ^ Report from Jean Goldenbaum to the Radio Universidad de Salamanca, Espanha. Programa Provocações (Brazil), YouTube.com
personal data
SURNAME Goldenbaum, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldbaum, Jean Marco Arendt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Brazilian composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo