Johannes Kalitzke

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Johannes Kalitzke (born February 12, 1959 in Cologne ) is a German composer and conductor .

life and work

Kalitzke studied piano with Jeanette Chéro from 1967 to 1977 and church music in Cologne from 1974 to 1976; between 1978 and 1981 at the Musikhochschule Köln piano (with Aloys Kontarsky ), conducting ( Wolfgang von der Nahmer ) and composition ( York Höller ), later electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert . 1982/83 followed a study visit to Paris IRCAM with Vinko Globokar with a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation .

Between 1984 and 1990 he worked first as Kapellmeister, then as chief conductor at the Gelsenkirchener Musiktheater im Revier . In 1986 he took over the management of the Forum for New Music , succeeding Carla Henius , and in 1991 he became artistic director and conductor of musikFabrik . Since 1996 he has been teaching a. a. at the Darmstadt Summer Courses and conducts conducting seminars at various universities and at the Conductors' Forum of the German Music Council . Today, Kalitzke is a regular international guest as a conductor and composer in ensembles and orchestras at festivals for contemporary music and at opera houses such as the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Berlin, the Staatsoper Stuttgart or the Paris Opera and the Salzburg Festival . Since 2015 he has held a professorship for conducting at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg .

His first opera, Report on the Death of the Musician Jack Tiergarten , was performed at the 1996 Munich Biennale ; On behalf of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Kalitzke composed his second opera Molière or the Executioners of the Comedians (premiered in 1998 in Bremen, as well as Inferno 2004). In 2007 Kalitzke received an opera commission for Die Besessenen after Witold Gombrowicz ( Theater an der Wien ). It premiered there on February 19, 2010. His opera Pym based on Edgar Allan Poe was premiered in 2016 at the Heidelberg Theater.

Kalitzke lives as a freelance artist in Cologne and Vienna , is married to Monika Kalitzke and has two children.

Honors

Compositions

  • Spiegelbild (1979) for two pianos
  • De Profundis (1980/86) for chamber ensemble
  • Berceuse intégrale pour Hieronymus Bosch (1982/83) for large orchestra and tape
  • Macchina d'autunno (1982) - Fantasy piece for piano sounds
  • Trio Infernal (1985) - Ghost mechanics in five parts for trio basso
  • Rotationsetüde (1985/86) for three percussionists and four-channel tape
  • The Centenary of the Night (1986) for high voice and piano
  • Jardins Paradoxaux (1986) - Adagio fragments for five instrumental groups, alto, tenor and tape
  • The Labyrinth of Songs (1987) for vocal quintet, orchestra and computer sounds
  • Flucht im Gewölbe (1987) - spiral for viola and digital room simulation (recorded as a labyrinth in the Kafka complex )
  • Tübingen, January (1988) for bass flute, violoncello and speaking voice ad libitum based on a text by Paul Celan
  • Nachtschleife (1989) - Madrigal for vocal sextet
  • Up to the extreme gate (1989–2006) Kafka complex for solo voices (SATB), viola, piano and tape
  • Salto, Trapez, Ikarus (1990) - Concerto for 13 instruments
  • Report on the death of the musician Jack Tiergarten (1991) - scenic morality for three actors, two singers and 14 instruments
  • Hands in the mirror (1992/93) - Concerto for piano, orchestra, live electronics and 2 accompanying soloists (counter tenor and bass / double bass clarinet)
  • The back of the days (1994) - Four symphonic fragments for large orchestra with tape and soprano
  • Moliere or the executioners of the comedians (1994–97) - dramatic night play in 4 acts based on Bulgakov
  • Chasse Royale (1995) - A shadow cast for orchestra
  • Circus Frenzy (1995) - 5 Kreuzwege for soprano, bass-baritone and large orchestra
  • Cruxification I (1997) - 4 chorale preludes about "Christ ist erehen" for 4 orchestral groups
  • Cruxification II (1999) - 4 chorale preludes on “Christ ist erehen” for large orchestra
  • Schubert's Dream (1999) - Still life with inferno based on a diary text by Franz Schubert, for voices and ensemble
  • Six Covered Settings (1999/2000) for string quartet
  • Wind Stille Zeit (2001) for choir, wind ensemble and electronics
  • "... with a completely strange similarity" (2002) - solo for organ
  • Vier Toteninseln (2002/03) - Eine Überfahr with Johannes Brahms, for orchestra with 2 soloists (baritone and piano)
  • memoria (2003) for 9 players and live electronics
  • Inferno (2004) - music theater based on the play by Peter Weiss
  • Wanderers Fall (2005) - 10 songs for baritone and ensemble based on texts by Walter Raffeiner
  • Ortswechsel (2007) for instruments, soprano and live electronics, with a film by Edgar Reitz
  • -inn stufender solerung (2008) Metamorphosen for 4 male voices and accordion
  • The possessed (2009) opera (world premiere 2010)
  • Monuments in the semi-darkness (2010) graffiti for orchestra
  • Figures on the horizon (2011) for violin solo and six instrumentalists
  • Die Weber (2011/12) Music for the silent film of the same name by Friedrich Zelnik (1927) for chamber orchestra
  • Angels Burnout Graffiti (2012) for ensemble
  • PYM (2013/2015) opera (world premiere 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Kalitzke, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne