Jens Joneleit

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Jens Gerd Joneleit (born September 17, 1968 in Offenbach am Main ) is a German composer .

Jens Joneleit 2010

Live and act

Joneleit grew up in Nieder-Roden near Offenbach. In the local music club he learned to play the drums. After high school and community service, Joneleit first played the drums in regional rock and jazz groups. In 1990 he moved to the USA. There he studied in Vermillion ( South Dakota ) and Madison (Wisconsin) with Stephen Yarbrough (* 1946), Robert Marek (1915–1995), Lewis Hamvas and Joel Naumann (student of Stefan Wolpe ).

Joneleit as a musician

Joneleit has been working as a freelance composer since 1997. He is particularly interested in larger formats such as musical theater and orchestral works, but also chamber music, film and radio plays. In 2002 his first portrait CD with chamber music was released. In 2006 he received the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation 's Prize for Composers , and in the same year his piece Le tout, le rien was included in the Contemporary Music edition of the German Music Council . Michael Herrschel about Joneleit: "One can look for Jens Joneleit's musical roots in free jazz , which fascinated him early on, as well as in the impartial earnestness with which he began to study the old European heritage in all its contradictions."

Jens Joneleit lives in Berlin. In 2010 he was awarded the Culture Prize of his hometown Rodgau for 2009. On October 3, 2010, his opera was Metanoia. Beyond thinking, premiered for the opening of the alternative stage of the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden under the direction of Daniel Barenboim .

Compositions

Stage works

Vocal compositions

Chamber music, ensemble and orchestral works

  • Il canto l'interno,… nell'intimo (1998) for flute / piccolo / bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano. Premiere 2005 Kirchberg an der Jagst ( Castle School ; ensemble gelberklang)
  • Weidengesang (1997/98) for orchestra. WP 2000 Riedenburg (Moscow Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Alexei Kornienko)
  • String Quartet (1999). WP 2005 Stuttgart (Theaterhaus; Helios Quartet)
  • Lux perveniet . Symphonic chorale for Reformation Day for wind instruments, percussion and bells. WP 1999 Regensburg ( Dreieinigkeitskirche )
  • … Im Nirgends for bass flute / piccolo, violoncello and piano. WP 2003 Aachen (Wolpe Trio)
  • Figure in the river . Premiere 2004 Frankfurt am Main (broadcasting hall of the hr ; Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt , conductor: Lucas Vis )
  • Under the spell for orchestra. WP 2005
  • Le tout, le rien for 27 players. Premiere 2005 Dresden ( Hygiene Museum ; Ensemble Modern , conductor: Franck Ollu)
  • Verve . Audio film for ensemble. Premiere 2006 Frankfurt am Main ( drama ; Ensemble Modern, conductor: Sian Edwards)
  • Marea for bass clarinet, percussion, piano and double bass. Premiere 2006 Munich (Kulturzentrum am Gasteig , Black Box)
  • From other rooms… . Premiere 2006 Stuttgart (Theaterhaus; RSO Stuttgart , conductor: Peter Hirsch)
  • Élan for flute, 2 horns, 3 violins, viola, cello and double bass. Premiere 2006 Vienna ( Musikverein ; members of the Staatskapelle Berlin , conductor: Daniel Barenboim )
  • Near by far . String quintet. Premiere 2006 Augsburg ( Schaezlerpalais ; Petersen Quartet , Hartmut Rohde )
  • Phon for 19 brass instruments. Premiere 2007 Frankfurt am Main (broadcasting hall of the hr; members of the hr symphony orchestra, conductor: Sian Edwards)
  • Sima . Piano quartet. Premiere 2007 Stuttgart (Theaterhaus; Artis Piano Quartet)
  • Field for orchestra. Premiere 2008 Munich (Philharmonie am Gasteig; Munich Philharmonic , conductor: Marcus R. Bosch )
  • Dithyrambes for orchestra, 2009
  • Cut , commission for piano fever 2011 Berlin, inspired by the Dada picture by Hannah Höch Cut with the kitchen knife Dada through the last Weimar beer belly culture epoch in Germany ; Premiere June 26, 2011 Neue Nationalgalerie , Berlin
  • Tracks for guitar quartet. WP 2011 Innsbruck ORF ( Klangspuren ; Aleph guitar quartet )
  • Adagio for orchestra, 2011. Premiere March 29, 2012 Frankfurt am Main ( Alte Oper ; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Sakari Oramo )

jazz

  • Illuviation (2003, with Roscoe Mitchell ) for flute / piccolo / saxophone (S'ino / S / A / T / B), drum set, electric bass and piano
  • In between. Blue Pieces (2004) for drum set, electric bass and piano
  • Maze. Drum solo (2004)
  • Arbitrary (2005–2007, with Tom Schüler) for trumpet / flugelhorn, drum set, electric bass and piano

Web links

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  1. ↑ Michael Herrschel, Neue Musikzeitung 7/2005
  2. ↑ Offenbach-Post , December 2, 2009
  3. ↑ Der Spiegel , 14/2010 of April 3, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Joneleit, Jens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joneleit, Jens Gerd (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main