Johannes Conen

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Johannes Conen (born September 12, 1944 in Venlo , the Netherlands ; † December 25, 2019 in Trier ) was a Dutch painter, stage and costume designer, video designer, director , scenographer and musician.

Life

Conen studied at the Academy Eindhoven . After completing his studies, he dealt with painting , conceived exhibitions and founded the Theater Mikroskoop in 1967, directed an ensemble that was free and experimental in theater in the broadest sense, staged, wrote plays and radio plays and worked as a set designer .

From 1976 Johannes Conen u. a. engaged as an actor at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg and as a director and speaker in Nuremberg. Since 1985 he has worked as a scenographer, costume designer, video and lighting designer. Stations in German-speaking countries were, among others, the Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Schauspiel Nürnberg, the Staatstheater in Oldenburg, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden, Karlsruhe and Darmstadt, the Komische Oper Berlin, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Oper Leipzig, the Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Salzburg Festival.

In autumn 2002 he was appointed professor for design in digital media at the Trier University of Applied Sciences . In 2005 he founded the "bbt Bewegungsbildtheater" with the actress Martina Roth.

From 2005 to 2008 he was the founding dean of the design department, a merger of five previous departments. In 2009–2014 he took over the subject of media scenography, theatrical and performative space.

Works

  • 1993 Opera House Leipzig World premiere TUESDAY from LIGHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen  : stage, costume, light and video image.
  • 1996 Leipzig Opera House. World premiere of FREITAG aus LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen. : Stage costume light video image.
  • 2003 Salzburg Festival World premiere of DÜFTE - ZEICHEN from the opera SONNTAG aus LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen: stage, costume and light image.
  • 2004 Donaueschinger Musiktage and ZKM Karlsruhe. World premiere of LICHTBILDER from the opera SONNTAG aus LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen: stage- costume- light- video image.
  • Nine and One based on the novel “The Waves” by Virginia Woolf , a moving image theater by Johannes Conen and Martina Roth , preview fall 2006, premiere February 2, 2007 at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg , co-production: Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Institut Pierre Werner , Théàtre Municipal Esch sur Alzette, Center des Arts Pluriels Ettelbruck and moving image theater.
  • Fermé , a moving image theater by Johannes Conen and Martina Roth In the “ni vu ni connu” series, world premiere January 5, 2007, co-production: Capital of Culture 2007, Théâtre Centaure Luxembourg and moving image theater.
  • "ANTIGONE.STIMMEN" by Martina Roth based on Sophocles. Coproduction of Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, Stadttheater Fürth and bbt Bewegungsbildtheater. World premiere May 12, 2009 in the Grand Théâtre Luxembourg. German premiere March 19, 2010 in the Stadttheater Fürth.
  • “La Notte” by Danya Segal and Philipe Talard, Musica Alta Ripa. Scenography and film, Cinemaxx Hannover, Cinema 1 Braunschweig, Cinemaxx Göttingen (23-25 ​​August 2010)
  • "Heart germs" poems by Nelly Sachs and settings of Selma Meerbaum-Einsinger poems. Acting and singing: Martina Roth. Moving image, composition and guitar: Johannes Conen 'bbt' moving image theater. Premiere February 17th, 2011 Synagogue Schweich.
  • "STAUB" A moving image theater evening by Martina Roth and Johannes Conen. With Martina Roth. Ute Kuntzsch costume design. Direction, scenography and moving images Johannes Conen World premiere May 12, 2012 Grand Théâtre Luxembourg. German premiere May 24, 2012 Stadttheater Fürth.
  • "SUSANNA I am a continent", a musical play based on the story "Susanna" by Gertrud Kolmar. Martina Roth: Singing, acting. Johannes Conen: moving images, settings, guitar. Costume design: Ute Kuntzsch. World premiere May 22, 2014 Tufa Trier.
  • "THE WOMAN AND THE CITY" A night in the life of Gertrud Kolmar von Gerlind Reinshagen. Martina Roth: Acting, dramaturgy. Johannes Conen: staging, stage, moving images. Costume design: Ute Kuntzsch. World premiere June 16, 2015 Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, German premiere June 26, 2015 Stadttheater Fürth. Swiss premiere February 13, 2016 Theater Chur.

literature

  • Johannes Conen in: Theater der Zeit , issues 1–4, Henschel, 1993, p. 106.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Trierischer Volksfreund. January 11, 2020, accessed January 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Johannes Conen in: Das Orchester , Volume 47, issues 1-6, Deutsche Orchestervereinigung, 1999, p. 57
  3. ^ Johannes Conen in: Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch , Volume 108, Verlag d. Bühnenschriften-Vertriebs-Ges., 2000, p. 109
  4. ↑ Johannes Conen in: Musica: Monthly for all areas of musical life , Volume 47, 1993, p. 103
personal data
SURNAME Conen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch scenographer, video designer and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Venlo , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 2019
Place of death trier