Johannes Reiche (composer)

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Johannes Reiche (born August 24, 1955 in Grimma ) is a German composer , clarinetist , conductor and teacher. He published some of his compositions under the pseudonym Giovanni Ricci

Life

Reiche first studied clarinet with Rudolf Bartl and composition with Fritz Geißler at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig , before moving to the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin to continue studying composition with Ruth Zechlin .

From 1977 Reiche worked under Olaf Koch as deputy principal clarinetist at the Hallescher Philharmonie . Since 1990 he has been working as a clarinet teacher at the Georg-Friedrich-Händel Conservatory and repeatedly leads ensembles made up of his students. He has also been conducting the Halle-Neustadt Music Association since 2002. Johannes Reiche works as a freelance composer and conductor, his particular commitment is new music ; his compositions are primarily dedicated to the winds and are documented in many ways on various CDs.

From 1994 to 1995 he was artistic director of the Hallische Musiktage . His successor is the composer Thomas Buchholz .

Works (selection)

  • Miniatures for clarinet and bassoon
  • Four clarinet pieces
  • Discourse for clarinet
  • Variants for flute, clarinet and bassoon
  • Quintet in three movements
  • Capriccio for wind quintet
  • Octet "for winds
  • Quartet for flute, violin, viola and violoncello
  • Fantasy for English horn
  • Theme and variations for woodwind quartet (1999)
  • Concertino "for clarinet and chamber ensemble
  • Intrada Scherzo Canon for brass quintet
  • Momenti per violoncellos
  • Sonata per due - music for bass clarinet and percussion
  • Fabletten for clarinet quartet and speaker
  • Recitatio 1 '- Action for clarinet solo
  • Recitatio II - pezzi e favole per flauti
  • Wake up for saxophone and piano or as a trio with flute or violin part

literature

  • Rich, Johannes. In: Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: Contemporary composers in the German Association of Composers. A manual. 4th edition, German Association of Composers, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-555-61410-X , p. 1018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter de Gruyter: Kürschners Musicians Handbook 2006. Walter de Gruyter, 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-095016-8 , p. 376 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Rich, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ricci, Giovanni (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and clarinetist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimma