Johannes Hofmann (musician)

Johannes Hofmann (born 1981 in Heilbronn ) is a German musician , composer and sound designer .

Live and act

Hofmann received trumpet and piano lessons as a child and played in various bands. In 1998 he founded the ska band Nebrasska , wrote a number of songs and arrangements for the group and was the co-producer of four CD publications. After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship as a media designer for image and sound at Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in Munich with a focus on sound engineering and sound design . At BR he also composed and produced several sound collages , radio plays and short films . From 2005 to 2006 he was employed there as a sound engineer and production assistant and at the same time gained his first experience as a stage composer.

From 2006 to 2010 Hofmann studied music at the Berlin University of the Arts (including composition with Daniel Ott and trumpet with Konradin Groth ) and history at the Humboldt University . His long-term collaboration with director Antú Romero Nunes began during his studies, and in 2010 it took them back to their Swabian homeland at the Lindenhof Theater in Melchingen, where they realized Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas . Hofmann also worked on this stage with the director Philipp Becker , among other things for an experimental version of Karl Schönherr's Der Weibsteufel .

The collaboration with Antú Romero Nunes led Hofmann to the Komische Oper Berlin , Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, the Grand Théâtre de Genève , the Burgtheater Vienna , the Schauspielhaus Zurich , the Thalia Theater Hamburg , the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Berlin and the theater Frankfurt .

Since 2006 he has been working as a composer, musical director and producer for opera, theater and radio play productions. He works with Philipp Becker, Armin Petras , Franziska Autzen and Ronny Jakubaschk , among others . This work led him u. a. to the Staatstheater Stuttgart , Theater Basel and the NTGent , Schweizer Rundfunk and the Rikstheatern Sweden.

Works

Classical works

2019: Humanity, Opus 53 for solo soprano, large mixed choir and orchestra - ML: Uschi Krosch, HAW-Chor Hamburg, Rungholt Ensemble Hamburg, St. Johannis-Harvestehude Hamburg
2019: Symphony No 1, Opus 56 for large orchestra, solo trumpet, solo cello and solo marimbaphone - ML: Gabriel Venzago, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, solo trumpet: Matthew Brown, solo cello: Fried Dähn, solo marimbaphone : Markus Kurz, PAUSA-Bogenhalle, Mössingen
2020: Nihil Esse Respondendum, Opus 60 for large mixed choir, saxophone quartet and percussion quartet, ML: Uschi Krosch, HAW-Chor Hamburg, clair obscur, elbtonal percussion, St. Johannis Harvestehude, Hamburg

Working with Antú Romero Nunes (selection)

2009: Invasion by Jonas Hassen Khemiri - Garage at the Thalia Theater Hamburg
2009: Drank , based on the novel by Carlos Eugenio López (world premiere) - Schauspiel Frankfurt
2009: The ghost seer based on Friedrich Schiller - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2010: Atropa. The Revenge of Peace by Tom Lanoye - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2010: Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist - Theater Lindenhof in Melchingen
2010: The Principle Meese by Oliver Kluck - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2010: Sinn by Anja Hilling - Drama Essen
2010: Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen in the broadcast of - Schauspiel Frankfurt
2011: Rocco and his brothers after Luchino Visconti - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2011: Merlin or The Desert Land by Tankred Dorst - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2011: The Schroffenstein family from Heinrich von Kleist - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2012: Time to Love / Time to Die by Fritz Kater - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2012: Solaris based on Stanislaw Lem - Schauspielhaus Zürich
2012: The robbers after Friedrich Schiller - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2013: Don Giovanni . Last party after Lorenzo da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2013: Moby Dick after Herman Melville - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2013: Alice after Lewis Carroll - Schauspielhaus Zürich
2013: N 'pile of coal, a free project - Maxim-Gorki-Theater Berlin
2014: House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - Academy Theater Vienna
2014: Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini - Bavarian State Opera Munich
2014: The Ring: Rheingold / Walküre based on Richard Wagner - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2015: The Ring: Siegfried / Götterdämmerung based on Richard Wagner - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2015: The Power of Darkness by Leo Tolstoy - Akademietheater Vienna
2015: The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2015: Hotel Europa or Der Antichrist , a project based on Joseph Roth - Akademietheater Wien
2016: The vampire based on Heinrich Marschner - Komische Oper Berlin
2016: The castle after Franz Kafka - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2016: Richard 3 by William Shakespeare - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2017: The Odyssey , based on Homer - Thalia Theater Hamburg (invited to the 2018 Theatertreffen)
2017: Caligula , Albert Camus - Berliner Ensemble
2018: Michael Kohlhaas from Heinrich von Kleist -Thalia Theater Hamburg
2018: Macbeth by William Shakespeare - Burgtheater Vienna
2019: Orpheus, musical theater based on the myth - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2019: Max and Moritz by Wilhelm Busch - Berliner Ensemble

More stage music

2008: Lenz after Georg Büchner - Director: Philipp Becker - Stadttheater Bern
2009: Tell the Truth by Marcel Luxinger - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Theater Basel
2009: Der Weibsteufel by Karl Schönherr - Director: Philipp Becker - Theater Lindenhof in Melchingen
2009: My name is Gantenbein by Max Frisch - Director: Philipp Becker - Stadttheater Bern
2009: Fear obs who notices by Gerhild Steinbuch - Director: Philipp Becker - Stadttheater Bern
2010: That wasn't me after Kristof Magnusson - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Theater Basel
2011: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Theater Magdeburg
2011: The Broken Jug by Heinrich Kleist - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Theater Basel
2012: Barbarella after Jean-Claude Forest - Director: Petra Barcal - Theater Basel
2013: A village in the resistance by Franz Xaver Ott - Director: Philipp Becker - Theater Lindenhof in Melchingen / Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
2013: All Others after Maren Ade - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Theater Bielefeld
2013: Eva Braun - Director: Petra Barcal - Fuel Basel
2014: Arsenic and lace cap by Joseph Kesselring - Director: Ronny Jakubaschk - Staatstheater Mainz
2014: The Marquise von O. / Dragon's Blood based on Heinrich Kleist / Christoph Hein - Director: Armin Petras - Staatstheater Stuttgart
2014: Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel - Director: Philipp Becker - Theater Lindenhof in Melchingen / Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
2016: Tell - a festival of freedom based on Friedrich Schiller, director: Philipp Becker, Telespiele Altdorf
2016: Dit Zijn De Namen based on the novel by Tommy Wieringa , directed by Philipp Becker - NT Gent
2017: Auerhaus by Bob Bjerg, director: Franziska Autzen - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2017: Isabelle H. is always sacrificed by Thomas Köck, director: Franziska Autzen - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2017: Mother Courage and her children by Bertolt Brecht, music: Paul Dessau, choir compositions: Johannes Hofmann, director: Philipp Becker - Thalia Theater Hamburg
2018: In the Heart of Violence by Eduard Louis, Director: Franziska Autzen, Thalia Theater Hamburg
2018: The Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, Director: Philipp Becker, Staatstheater Stuttgart,
2019: The rise and fall of a company by Franz Xaver Ott, director: Philipp Becker, Theater Lindenhof in Melchingen

Radio play and film music

2011: Larissa , short documentary film by Florian Hoffmann
2012: Railroad attendant Thiele by Gerhart Hauptmann, radio play, director: Susanne Heising - Schweizer Rundfunk
2013: Iranian Voices by Oliver Kontny, radio play, director: Oliver Kontny - Rikstheatern Sweden / DeutschlandRadio Kultur
2013: Hotel der Dictators , documentary, director: Florian Hoffmann - u. a. 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2014: Resistance is a must , documentary film by Katharina Thomas
2014: Supermen by Jens Steiner, radio play, director: Susanne Heising - Swiss radio
2014: Kuschkow , short film, director: Nadine Kluß
2015: Dark Secrets Buy Art by Robert Woelfl, radio play, director: Susanne Heising - Schweizer Rundfunk

Web links

Literature by and about Johannes Hofmann (musician) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Short biography in contemporary composers
Short biography on the website of the Bavarian State Opera
Homepage Johannes Hofmann and Carolina Bigge

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ HOFMANN, Johannes composers lexicon - German composers' association. Accessed January 21, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Travel through time musically. Johannes Hofmann's Symphony on 100 Years of German History premieres in Mössingen. In: Pressreader.com. Südwestpresse, June 25, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2020 .
^ HAW-Chor Hamburg: Magnificat and Humanity, choir concert. January 16, 2019, accessed January 21, 2020 .
↑ Martin Bernklau: Württemberg Philharmonic with Hofmann's Pausa Symphony - Regional Culture - Reutlinger General-Anzeiger. Accessed January 21, 2020 .
↑ Welcome to the Friends of the HAW Hamburg choir! Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).
↑ The castle. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Richard III. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ THE ODYSSEY. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Michael Kohlhaas. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
^ Leopold Lippert: Macbeth - Antú Romero Nunes condenses and deforms William Shakespeare's tragedy at the Burgtheater. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).
↑ Orpheus. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Max and Moritz | berlin ensemble. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
^ Charles Linsmayer: Wilhelm Tell - Schiller is played again at the Tell games at the scene of the apple shot in Altdorf, Switzerland. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).
↑ Dit zijn de namen | naar Tommy Wieringa | directed by Philipp Becker. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Dutch).
↑ Auerhaus. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Isabelle H. (there is always sacrifice). Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Mother Courage and her children. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ In the heart of violence. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Theater in Stuttgart: Here the Steppenwolf howls personally. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
^ The rise and fall of a company. In: Theater Lindenhof. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).
^ "Bahnwärter Thiel" by Gerhart Hauptmann, radio. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
↑ Resistance is a must - documentary by Katharina Thoms. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).
^ "Supermen" by Jens Steiner - Radio. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .
↑ Susanne Heising: Premiere: "Dark Secrets Buy Art" by Robert Woelfl. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, June 17, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

personal data
SURNAME	Hofmann, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer, arranger, stage musician and sound designer
DATE OF BIRTH	1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heilbronn

[:1-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ HOFMANN, Johannes composers lexicon - German composers' association. Accessed January 21, 2020 .

[:0-2] Travel through time musically. Johannes Hofmann's Symphony on 100 Years of German History premieres in Mössingen. In: Pressreader.com. Südwestpresse, June 25, 2019, accessed on January 21, 2020 .

[3] HAW-Chor Hamburg: Magnificat and Humanity, choir concert. January 16, 2019, accessed January 21, 2020 .

[4] Martin Bernklau: Württemberg Philharmonic with Hofmann's Pausa Symphony - Regional Culture - Reutlinger General-Anzeiger. Accessed January 21, 2020 .

[5] Welcome to the Friends of the HAW Hamburg choir! Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).

[6] The castle. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[7] Richard III. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[8] THE ODYSSEY. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[9] Michael Kohlhaas. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[10] Leopold Lippert: Macbeth - Antú Romero Nunes condenses and deforms William Shakespeare's tragedy at the Burgtheater. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).

[11] Orpheus. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[12] Max and Moritz | berlin ensemble. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .

[13] Charles Linsmayer: Wilhelm Tell - Schiller is played again at the Tell games at the scene of the apple shot in Altdorf, Switzerland. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).

[14] Dit zijn de namen | naar Tommy Wieringa | directed by Philipp Becker. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (Dutch).

[15] Auerhaus. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[16] Isabelle H. (there is always sacrifice). Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[17] Mother Courage and her children. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[18] In the heart of violence. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[19] Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Theater in Stuttgart: Here the Steppenwolf howls personally. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .

[20] The rise and fall of a company. In: Theater Lindenhof. Retrieved January 20, 2020 (German).

[21] "Bahnwärter Thiel" by Gerhart Hauptmann, radio. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .

[22] Resistance is a must - documentary by Katharina Thoms. Accessed January 20, 2020 (English).

[23] "Supermen" by Jens Steiner - Radio. Retrieved January 20, 2020 .

[24] Susanne Heising: Premiere: "Dark Secrets Buy Art" by Robert Woelfl. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, June 17, 2015, accessed on January 20, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).