Johann Christian Schulz

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Johann Christian Schulz (born March 7, 1962 in Karlsruhe ) is a German composer and music producer.

Life

Schulz took private lessons in classical guitar with Marc Seiffge , piano with Rolf Knieper, conducting with Manfred Hübner and composition with Robert Wittinger .

Schulz studied ethnomusicology and musicology at the Universities of Freiburg and Basel (among others with Hans Oesch , Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht and Hans Peter Haller ) and composition with Milko Kelemen at the State University of Music in Stuttgart .

From 1984 he pursued a parallel career as sound engineer and producer for many international labels and artists.

His catalog raisonné contains chamber music, symphonic and vocal works as well as works for electronic media. Cooperation with the experimental studio of the SWR , the ZKM Karlsruhe and with various ensembles, orchestras and theaters (e.g. Gesellschaft für Neue Musik Mannheim, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe , Staatstheater Mainz , Karlsruher Sport Club (KSC), Profectio Initiative Freiburg , Nouvel Ensemble Contemporain , Ensemble SurPlus , The 12 Pianists , Baynov Piano Ensemble ) and soloists such as Nebojša Jovan Živković , Nikolaus Friedrich , Beverly Ellis , Olaf Tzschoppe , Zsigmond Szathmáry .

From 1984 to 1990 he headed the audiophile label Cadenza Records.

Since 2012 he has been the first chairman of the Freiburg composers interest group. Schulz is a member of the New Music Baden-Württemberg Network .

Prices

  • 1998 First prize in the international composition competition of the German Choir Conductors Association
  • 1999 Composition Prize for Church Music Baden-Württemberg

Works (selection)

  • MANGA No. 7 for drum set (plus extensions) solo op.70 (2015)
  • A LITTLE BLACK FOREST MUSIC for flute, violin, viola & violoncello op.69 (2015)
  • THE DAY THE UNIVERSE CHANGED for choir (SATB) a cappella op.68 (2015)
  • IF SIEGFRIED'S HORN HAD BEEN FRENCH for horn, 4-track player & live electronics op.67.1 (2015)
  • PLING PLONG ELEVATION sound installation for 5 CD players & 3 music boxes op.66 (2014)
  • TELEMANIA I for recorder, marimba & harpsichord op.65.1 (2014)
  • MARCHE FATALE for violoncello, piano & percussion op.64 (2014)
  • BLUES FOR MURIEL for piano, double bass & percussion op.62 (2014)
  • TUBA MIRUM for tuba & kick drum ad lib. op.61 (2014)
  • 5th DIMENSION for 4 players on 2 pianos op.60 (2013)
  • PIÉCE DE RESISTANCE I for multi-percussion set-up op.59.1 (2012)
  • GEODESICS I for piano solo op.56.1 (2012)
  • ORGANOLOGICS II for organ solo op.54.2 (2014)
  • ORGANOLOGICS I for organ & percussion op.54.1 (2012)
  • There's something to laugh about here, man! for stereo player op.53.2 (2013)
  • There's something to laugh about here, man! for 4-channel player, electric guitar & string trio op.53.1 (2012)
  • CELLOMATICS 51 for violoncello & piano op.51 (2011–2012)
  • SEQUENTIA NOVA OCTOIUGIS II for 8-part choir based on a Gregorian chant from the 11th century op.41.2 (1998)
  • SEQUENTIA NOVA OCTOIUGIS I for 8-part choir based on a Gregorian chant from the 11th century op.40.2 (1998)
  • SEQUENTIA II for mezzo-soprano, 4-channel player & live electronics op.38 (1996)
  • SEQUENTIA I for mezzo-soprano, 4-channel player & live electronics op.37 (1996)
  • TREDICI EPISODI for 4 pianos & percussion op.30.1 (1995)
  • FOOTBALL Symphonic Soccer for orchestra, 4-channel player & live electronics op.27 (1994)
  • CAN TUS CLA RINO IV for clarinet solo op.26.4 (1993)
  • CAN TUS CLA RINO II for clarinet & live electronics op.26.2 (1992)
  • WIND MUSIC I for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon op.24 (1990)
  • WORK IN PROGRESS for percussion trio op.23 (1990)
  • AB MIRAM for marimba solo op.21 (1989)
  • DREIGESTIRN for mezzo-soprano & orchestra (text: F. Dürrenmatt & I. Bachmann) op.17 (1987–1993)
  • POEMS FOR MALA for recorder solo op.14 (1987)
  • SANJO for Gayageum, Electric Guitar & Live Electronics op.11.2 (1986/2013)
  • WE CONTINUE TO PLAY for violin solo op.7.1 (1984)

Discography

  • Baynov Piano Ensemble: Pianos & Percussion: 13 EPISODI for 4 pianists and 3 percussionists (ars 7765151)
  • Nebojsa J. Zivkoviç: Percussion Made in Europe vol.1: AB MIRAM for Marimba solo (Musica Europea ME-03)
  • Zsigmond Szathmáry & Olaf Tzschoppe: Organ & Percussion: ORGANOLOGICS I for organ & percussion (ASA-10002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://neuemusikbw.com/nnm/haben/
personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe