Jens Rosteck

Jens Rosteck (born December 18, 1962 in Hameln ) is a German writer , musicologist and pianist . He lives and works in southwest Germany and France .

Life

Jens Rosteck grew up in Lower Saxony and Ibiza ( Balearic Islands ). After attending the Albert Einstein grammar school in Hameln (Abitur 1982), he studied musicology, German and comparative literature at the Free University of Berlin , at the Technical University of Berlin and in Paris (1982–1989). As a researcher, he specialized early on in recent French music and literary history and interdisciplinary modernism. Between 1987 and 1990 he also appeared as a cabaret artist in Berlin. In 1990 he moved to Paris. In 1993 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin with a study on Darius Milhaud's Claudel operas Christophe Colomb and L'Orestie d'Eschyle .

As a postdoctoral fellow of the DAAD and the Parisian Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, he continued his interdisciplinary studies, including a. to the experimental music theater of the " Groupe des Six ", and intensified his Milhaud research. He also taught at the Universities of Osnabrück, Aachen (RWTH) and the Sorbonne in Paris . In the second half of the 1990s he was one of the co-founders of the Franco-German interdisciplinary conservatory Entr'Arts in Paris and resumed his work as a cabaret artist, but this time on the Seine.

Rosteck has worked as a freelance cultural historian and music researcher since 1998, with numerous publications and lectures in both languages, both in France and in Germany. There are currently more than 220 publications, including a. for the International Journal of Musicology, The Music Research , The Music Past and Present , Newsletter of the International Feuchtwanger Society, Bulletin de la Société Paul Claudel, communications from the Paul Sacher Foundation , Journal of The Royal Musical Association, literature at eleven, Cahiers d'histoire des littératures romanes, Studies in Musicology, The Darius Milhaud Society Newsletter, 128 - The Journal of the Berlin Philharmonic, Musica, New Magazine for Music, Cultural Exchange, Mare . These include essays, studies, encyclopedia articles, essays for commemorative publications and anthologies as well as a large number of journalistic and scientific articles.

As a book author, he focuses primarily on literary biographies.

From 2002 to 2015 he shifted his work and research focus to Nice , on the Côte d'Azur . Between 2004 and 2007 he wrote a number of articles for programs and orchestral magazines there, as text author for the Orchester Philharmonique de Nice and the Ensemble Apostrophe. In 2007 he accepted an invitation as a guest scholarship for literature to the artist residence Villa Aurora Berlin based in Pacific Palisades / California. In 2009 he received a scholarship from the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel .

Jens Rosteck is a frequent guest at major congresses, festivals, book fairs and cultural events. He was invited to readings and lectures. a. to the Université de Montréal, the Universiteit van Amsterdam, the Université de Haute-Alsace Mulhouse, the University of Zurich, the Free University of Berlin, the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, the Berlin Academy of the Arts, the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin, the State Operas in Hanover and Stuttgart, the International Bach Academy Stuttgart, the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel, the Bohuslav Martinů Institute in Prague, the Frankfurt Kunsthalle Schirn, the Chemnitz art collections, the Wiesbaden Museum, the Goethe Institute and the Heinrich-Heine-Haus in Paris, the Center Culturel Français in Freiburg, to many Instituts Français, several America houses and German-American institutes, to the Villa Vigoni in Menaggio on Lake Como, to the Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades / California, to the Château de Brangues (Isère / France), to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Magdeburg as well as to numerous cultural institutes, in theaters and d salons, in galleries and museums, in bookstores, literature houses and libraries.

Together with his duo partner Diana Bickley , Jens Rosteck, who also acts as the editor of several Urtext editions of Erik Satie's piano works , has dealt extensively with the theory of polytonality and is an expert on Federico Mompou's oeuvre , has performed in various countries since 1991 with a program for piano four hands (and a French-German repertoire). He has recorded his own solo compositions and improvisations for piano under the title Fifteen Quiet Poems on CD (2010/11).

He presents his books publicly in scenic-musical readings, which - by incorporating visual media, collaged text blocks, music recordings and live piano interludes - resemble multimedia performances. So far he has completed around 200 such performances.

Private

Jens Rosteck is married. His sister is the Berlin photo artist Corinna Rosteck .

Works (selection)

Books

• Darius Milhaud's Claudel operas “ Christophe Colomb ” and “L'Orestie d'Eschyle”. Studies on creation, aesthetics, structure and reception . Thurnauer Schriften zum Musiktheater, Volume 15. Laaber, Laaber 1995. ISBN 978-3-89007-312-5 .
• Un groupe d'amis - “Parade” au Tertre . Rasch, Osnabrück 1998. ISBN 978-3-932147-73-9 .
• Two on one island - Lotte Lenya and Kurt Weill . Propylaea, Berlin 1999. ISBN 978-3-549-05385-0 . As a paperback by Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2005. ISBN 978-3-518-45631-6 .
• The Sphinx falls silent - Oscar Wilde in Paris . Propylaea, Berlin 2000. ISBN 978-3-549-07129-8 .
• Living Without Stopping - Jane and Paul Bowles . A double biography. Goldmann, Munich 2005. ISBN 978-3-442-31079-1 .
• Bob Dylan - life, work, effect . Suhrkamp BasisBiographie 18. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2006. New edition 2016. ISBN 978-3-518-18218-5 . As an audio book (Audiobook) by Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-455-30503-6 .
• Instructions for use for Nice and the Côte d'Azur . Piper, Munich 2007. New editions 2010 & 2013. ISBN 978-3-492-27554-5 .
• Hans Werner Henze - Roses and Revolutions. The biography . Propylaea, Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-549-07350-6 .
• Music venue - Paris . The city and its music . Bückle & Böhm, Regensburg 2012. ISBN 978-3-941530-00-3 .
• Édith Piaf - Hymn to Life . Propylaen, Berlin 2013. New edition 2013. ISBN 978-3-549-07419-0 . As a paperback by List, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-548-61207-2 .
• My Ibiza - a journey through life . Mare, Hamburg 2013. ISBN 978-3-86648-175-6 .
• Brel - The man who was an island . Mare, Hamburg 2016. New edition 2016. ISBN 978-3-86648-239-5 .
• Joan Baez - Portrait of an Indomitable . Osburg, Hamburg 2017. New editions 2017 & 2019. ISBN 978-3-95510-142-8 .
• Marguerite Duras - The sister of the seas . Mare, Hamburg 2018. ISBN 978-3-86648-285-2 .
• The daring one. Jeanne Moreau - The biography . Structure, Berlin 2019. ISBN 978-3-351-03789-5 .

Editions

• Erik Satie : Ogives. Gymnopédies. Urtext edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2012. New editions 2016 & 2017. ISMN 979-0-006-54117-1
• Erik Satie: Gnossiennes. Urtext edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2013. New edition 2017. ISMN 979-0-006-52933-9
• Erik Satie: 3 Morceaux en forme de Poire. Urtext edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2014. ISMN 979-0-006-54118-8
• Erik Satie: Embryos desséchés. Urtext edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2015. ISMN 979-0-006-52106-7
• Erik Satie: Avant-dernières pensées. Urtext edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 2015. ISMN 979-0-006-55798-1

translation

• Marcel Ophüls : My father's son. Memories. ( Mémoires d'un fils à papa. ) Translated from the French by Jens Rosteck. Propylaea, Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-549-07458-9

Web links

• Literature by and about Jens Rosteck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Jens Rosteck in the bibliography of music literature
• Rosteck's website
• Radio portrait of Jens Rosteck , SWR 2 ( Treffpunkt Klassik extra , January 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography on Jens Rosteck's website
2. ↑ Linnerl on the run - Jens Rosteck's successful double biography of Lenya and Weill. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 23, 1999.
3. ↑ Christine Lemke-Matwey : Your voice, his home. In: Die Zeit , May 30, 2000.
4. ↑ Markus Hänsel-Hohenhausen: Reception history is an exciting thing. In: Literaturmarkt, January 5, 2002.
5. ↑ Marko Martin: Prominent outsider lives. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur , December 5, 2005.
6. ↑ Florian Vetsch: We were like two conspirators. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , April 15, 2006.
7. ↑ Michael Stapper: Jens Rosteck: Bob Dylan. Life work effect. In: Forum Music Library 27 (2006).
8. ↑ A city like a person. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt , November 2007.
9. ↑ Ernst August Wolf: Jens Rosteck and his keen sense for stories. In: Dewezet, September 21, 2009.
10. ↑ Hans-Ulrich Treichel : "Productive, impressive, monumental". In: Die Welt , October 17, 2009.
11. ↑ Christine Lemke-Matwey : Favorite of luck. In: Tagesspiegel , October 30, 2009.
12. ^ Westphalian, turned a little south. In: Frankfurter Rundschau , December 30, 2009.
13. ^ Gertraud Voss-Krueger: Jens Rosteck: Paris. The city and its music. In: Info-Netz-Musik, July 23, 2012.
14. ↑ The giantess, 147 centimeters tall. In: Kurier , March 18, 2013.
15. ↑ Jörg von Uthmann: She sang out of the brothel in France's heart. In: Die Welt , April 3, 2013.
16. ↑ Matthias Wegner : Legends of a Unique Artist. In: Deutschlandradio Kultur , June 2013.
17. ↑ Peter Sühring: Jens Rosteck: Édith Piaf. Hymn to life. In: Info-Netz-Musik, September 3, 2013, accessed on September 14, 2014.
18. ^ Eva Schäfers: Audience in a dressing gown. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . January 2, 2014. Quote: "Jens Rosteck's well-researched, clever and pleasantly reserved biography about Édith Piaf ..."
19. ↑ Thomas Steiner : Homage to a singer. In: Badische Zeitung , March 8, 2016.
20. ↑ Detlef Jens: Brel. The man who was an island. In: Literaturboot.de, April 24, 2016.
21. ↑ Dietmar Kanthak: breakout and departure. In: Generalanzeiger Bonn, June 2, 2016.
22. ↑ Ralf Burgmaier: An evening with the force of nature. In: Badische Zeitung , June 23, 2016.
23. ↑ Claudia Niebel: Jens Rosteck: Brel - the man who was an island. In: Info-Netz-Musik, October 24, 2016.
24. ↑ Ralf Burgmaier: One voice against the madness of the world. In: Badische Zeitung , September 28, 2017.
25. ↑ Detlef Jens: Marguerite Duras. The sister of the seas. In: Literaturboot.de, March 2018.
26. ↑ Miriam Strieder: Jens Rosteck unfolds a magnificent panorama with "Sister of the Seas". In: Literaturkritik.de, June 2018.
27. ↑ Luisa Reisinger: The great opaque one. In: Die Zeit , November 21, 2019.
28. ↑ Weightlessly through Paris at night. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 23, 2019.
29. ^ Ralf Burgmaier: The sensual tragedy. In: Badische Zeitung , December 20, 2019.