Johannes Söllner

Johannes Söllner (born April 22, 1983 in Augsburg ) is a German composer and musician .

life and work

Johannes Söllner studied school music , rhythmics and music theory as well as mathematics at the Freiburg University of Music from 2002 to 2009 and attended the improvisation master class at the “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” University of Music in Leipzig . Afterwards he worked at the music academies in Freiburg and Karlsruhe as a lecturer for music theory, ear training , improvisation, piano playing and arrangement .

Johannes Söllner's compositional work is diverse and characterized by a wide range of styles. He writes for chamber ensembles, bands, choirs and orchestras for concerts as well as for film, radio drama and theater. In doing so, he makes use of both historical composition and composition techniques from contemporary E and light music.

His compositions appear with Helbling, Peermusic Classical , Edition Margaux and Scholing. Interpreters of his works include Spark , The Twiolins , the Orchester d'Auvergne, Martin Schmeding and Heike Matthiesen .

Awards

• 1st prize Crossover Composition Award 2012 for But leaves and clouds under night
• 1st prize in the composition competition of the German Choir Association 2013 for O du groovige
• 1st prize in the composition competition "Twelve on the move" 2013 for twelve on the move
• 3rd prize Hindemith Prize 2013 for gold melted behind the mirror
• 1st prize in the composition competition cantando-parlando 2014 for river description
• Special prize in the composition competition "Solo violin meets school class" 2014 for What the Wind Brings
• Composition prize of the Orchester d'Auvergne and the Orchester des Pays de Savoie 2017 for Aucune goutte dans la cascade
• Special prize for organ composition competition Markkleeberg 2017 for gold melted behind the mirror

Web links

• Official homepage of Johannes Söllner

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=idn%3D1085146766
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ http://www.musik-heute.de/3175/durch-laub-und-wolken-zum-crossover-composition-award/
4. ↑ http://blog.chor.com/2013/09/die-sieger-des-kompositionswettbewerbes-gebt-uns-weihnachts- Noten-wurden-gekuert /
5. ^ DPA Starline: Music: Paul Hindemith Prize for composer Maximilian Schnaus. In: Focus Online . May 24, 2013, accessed October 14, 2018 . 
6. ↑ http://www.ksta.de/region/rhein-sieg-bonn/sankt-augustin/haus-menschen-klavierlied-wettbewerb-des-vereins-cantando-parlando-1148516
7. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ Concours de composition Orchester d'Auvergne et pays de Savoie - Votez pour le prix du public! - France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . In: France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes . ( francetvinfo.fr [accessed July 20, 2017]).
9. ^ Prize winners concert of the organ composition competition - Martin-Luther-Kirchgemeinde Markkleeberg West and Kirchgemeinde Großstädteln-Großdeuben. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 28, 2017 ; accessed on August 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.