Johannes X. Schachtner

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Johannes X. Schachtner 2014 at the final concert of the Tonspuren festival in the Irsee monastery church

Johannes Xaver Schachtner (born June 26, 1985 in Graefelfing ) is a German conductor and composer.

Life

Johannes X. Schachtner comes from a Gauting family of musicians. His father Johannes M. Schachtner, church musician in Gauting , and brother Simon Schachtner , cellist, are also musicians. His uncle Franz L. Schachtner leads the Ensemble Blinde Musik München .

Johannes X. Schachtner received his first musical training on the trumpet, followed by piano and conducting lessons with Ulrich Weder. From 2004 he studied composition at the University of Music and Theater in Munich, first with Hans-Jürgen von Bose and Rudi Spring , then with Jan Müller-Wieland . At the same time he attended the conducting class of Bruno Weil and graduated from both courses with the master class diploma.

His compositional work includes works for solo instruments, chamber, vocal and orchestral music as well as works for musical theater, which include a. commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera (2007 Opera Festival), the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra or the Munich Biennale . Internationally renowned soloists such as Silke Avenhaus , Julia Fischer , Julius Berger , Maximilian Hornung , Valer Barna-Sabadus and Peter Schöne or the conductors Michael Sanderling and Ulf Schirmer performed his works.

As a conductor, Schachtner has worked with the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic, and he is a regular guest at various festivals. In 2007 he made his operatic debut with Il turco in Italia by Giachino Rossini, followed by numerous other music theater productions, which he a. a. to the Vorarlberger Landestheater. Since 2014 he has been the founding conductor of the Youth Ensemble for New Music Munich | Bavaria (JU [MB] LE). In addition, he regularly conducts world premieres, such as B. by Volker Nickel , Sarah Nemtsov , Sven-Ingo Koch , Markus Schmitt , Birke J. Bertelsmeier or Enjott Schneider .

In addition to his work as a composer and conductor, Johannes X. Schachtner also works as a lecturer and artistic director. From 2010 to 2015 he was the artistic director of the aDevantgarde Festival and also initiated numerous highly regarded projects in the field of contemporary music. Johannes X. Schachtner's works are published by the music publisher Hans Sikorski .

honors and awards

Selected Works

A list of works by Johannes X. Schachtner can be found on the website of the international music publishers Hans Sikorski.

Stage works

Orchestral works

  • Credo (2004/2008) for organ and large orchestra
  • Divertimento théâtral (2007/2008) for flute / piccolo, harpsichord and strings
  • In the room (2007/2009). Poem No. 1 for large orchestra
  • Five Leipzig Songs (2012) for soprano, violin and string orchestra based on texts by Mara Genschel , Norbert Lange and Johanna Schwedes
  • Pax - Poème théâtral (2014) for orchestra
  • Parafonia to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Fragment KV 580a for violoncello and chamber orchestra (2014)
  • Vierzehn - Tableau dramatique (2014) for soprano, baritone, small female choir, mixed choir and orchestra based on texts by Georg Trakl
  • Mare nostrum. Threnodie (2014), Poem No. 4 for orchestra

Ensemble music

  • Chamber symphony (2007/2008) for chamber ensemble
  • Mezz'agosto (2008/2009) for big band
  • Wacht hoiser, Feinde (2009) for ensemble
  • Cherubiniana (2011) for chamber ensemble
  • Stundande natten II (2011). Elegy for flute ensemble
  • Kara II (2011). Music for seven strings and one percussionist
  • Air - to Samuels Aerophon (2013) for large wind ensemble

Vocal works

Choral works
  • Ave Maria (2005) for gem. Choir (lat.)
  • The Song of Songs of Love (2010) for five-part acc. Choir (SS / A / T / B) and organ. Text adaptation according to Paul: Bertram Reinecke
  • Steffi-Graf-Gospel for speaker, acc. Choir and ensemble based on a poem by Robert Gernhardt
  • Motet énigmatique (2010) for gem. Choir (SS / AA / TT / BB) a cappella based on fragments by Stefan George . The text fragment used is in a secret language invented by Stefan George.
  • Measurement fragments I (2006/2010) for acc. Choir (SS / A / BB) a cappella (lat.)
  • Gloriole (2010) for two organs, percussion and vocal ensemble based on an installation by Martin Schmidt
  • … In cruce pro homine…? No. 1 (2011) for acc. Choir and organ (lat.)
  • Vierzehn - Tableau dramatique (2014) for soprano, baritone, small female choir, mixed choir and orchestra based on texts by Georg Trakl
  • History cantata No. 2 (2014), St. John Passion based on the Evangelist John for soprano, tenor, bass, mixed. Choir, violoncello and bell
  • Pater noster (2011/2015) for a men's school and small ensemble
  • Canonical meditation on the Lutheran chant " Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (2015) for choir (SSATBB) a cappella (Ger.)
Piano songs
  • Mondgesicht (2006) - “in memory of a poem by RG” for medium voice and piano
  • Trois chansons romandes (2010) for soprano and piano on texts by Frédéric Wandelère and Jean Cuttat
  • Neuf Fatrasies for soprano and piano based on texts by Philippe de Beaumanoir, Jean Régnier, Bautet Herenc, Watriquet de Couvin and anonymous poets
  • Gretchen in the kennel (2012). Scenery for soprano and piano based on the 3rd Gretchen song from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 'Faust', Part I.
  • folk / song / art II . Two songs based on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff for baritone and piano
  • We leave to-night (2014) for three female voices (2 sopranos, alto) and piano based on a poem by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Engl.)
  • Je suis Charlie (2015) Deux chansons satiriques et intermède funèbre d'après les textes de Theobald Tiger ( Kurt Tucholsky )
Vocals (solo)
Vocals and instruments
  • The knee . Counterfactor based on a poem by Christian Morgenstern for tenor and horn
  • Jesus begs (2007). for baritone and chamber ensemble based on a poem by Richard Dehmel
  • Four reflections in the circus (2009) for soprano, baritone, piccolo trumpet and piano based on the poem 'Happy End' by Johanna Schwedes || Version for soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra (2010)
  • Chanson to Th.A.Dorn (o) for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble (German)
  • History cantata (2010) for soprano and organ based on texts by Rafik Schami and St. Paul. Text adaptation according to Paul: Bertram Reinecke
  • Rise (2010). Ballad for baritone and chamber ensemble based on texts by Johanna Schwedes
  • Neues Leipziger Liederbuch (2007–2011) for soprano, baritone, violin and violoncello based on texts by Mara Genschel , Norbert Lange , Bertram Reinecke and Johanna Schwedes
  • Quatre tombeaux de vent (2013) for soprano and chamber ensemble based on poems by Frédéric Wandelère (French)
Measurement fragments
  • Measurement fragments I (2006/2010) for acc. Choir (SS / A / BB) a cappella (lat.)
  • Paralimpomenon. Messfragmente II (2012) for five singers and ensemble (lat.)
  • Messfragmente III (2015) for trumpet instruments and organ
folk / song / art
  • There were two royal children . volks / lied / kunst I (2005/2009) for soprano, baritone, violin and violoncello
  • folk / song / art II . Two songs based on poems by Joseph von Eichendorff for baritone and piano

Chamber music

Solo works
  • Etude (2004) for trumpet on the poem schtzngrmm by Ernst Jandl
  • Epitaph (2007) for violin
  • Furiant (2008) for guitar
  • Intermezzo (2009/2010) to the short opera “Hannah und Tim” for baritone saxophone
  • Jägarna på Karinhall (2010). Burlesque for Wagner tuba . The title quotes a book by the Swedish author Carl-Henning Wijkmark
  • Invention III (2013); 'Hopscotch' for drums
  • Punctum (2015) for viola
  • Florilegium - Hommage à Leopold Mozart (2015) for violin
Solo works for piano
  • Capriccio sopra il dado (2009)
  • Pianino poetico (2014) (1. Barbarhabarbar - 2. Tribute to Wilhelm Busch - 3. Dri Chanasan mat dam contrabus)
  • sehn-sucht (2015)
Chamber music with piano
  • Mozart Quadrille (2006) for two pianos
  • fra amici (2009). Sketch for two pianos
  • Chopin's Etude (2010) for viola, violoncello, bassoon and piano
  • Episodes II (2009) for piano quintet (1st secret - 2nd fantasy)
  • Miniatures after Georg Trakl (2008/2010) for violin and piano
  • Dreizehn (2013) for piano trio
  • I cry out of distress (2013). Relief No. 3 for violoncello and piano. freely based on Johann Sebastian Bach's choral prelude BWV 686
Chamber music for strings
  • Lunula II (2008/2013). Night piece for two cellos
  • Three Bagatelles (2004/2005/2008) for two violins or two violas
  • Miniatures after Georg Trakl (2008/2010) for violin and piano
  • String Trio No. 1 (2011/2013) 'hoamdraht'
  • String Trio No. 2 (2013) 'an / marien / dacht'
  • String Quartet (2008) 'alpha'
Chamber wind music
  • Episodes I (2006/2011) for horn and string quartet
  • Natur / Ton / Tanz (2008) for natural trumpet, natural horn and piano
  • Sonata (2007/2010) for trumpet and piano
  • Episoden III (2010) for wind quintet
  • Stundande natten (2010). Elegy for two oboes and cor anglais or for two flutes and alto flute
  • Furioso from the opera Hannah and Tim (2010) for saxophone quartet or brass quintet
  • Trois mouvements (2011) pour quintett de cuivres (brass quartet)
  • Capricietto (2011) for trombone quartet
Chamber music
  • Chamber music in seven movements (2012) for organ and percussion (1st carne vale - 2nd memento mori - 3rd toccatina - 4th kara - 5th paternoster - 6th drolerie - 7th cruce del cimbalo)
  • Chamber music No. 2 (2013) for violoncello and organ (1st prelude - 2nd Pietà - commemorating a poem by RS Thomas - 3rd interlude - 4th Caritas in E - homage to Gustav Mahler )
Episodes
  • Episodes I (2006/2011) for horn and string quartet
  • Episodes II (2009) for piano quintet (1st secret - 2nd fantasy)
  • Episoden III (2010) for wind quintet
Inventions
  • Invention I (2012) 'carne vale' for three percussionists
  • Invention II (2012) 'Walk with Geiger Counters' for four percussionists
  • Invention III (2013) 'Hopscotch' for drums
relief
  • palpated (2008/2014). Relief No. 1 for recorder, guitar, harp and positive organ based on a twist by Conrad Paumann
  • feel (2013). Relief no.2 for organ (manualiter)
  • I cry out of distress (2013). Relief No. 3 for violoncello and piano. freely based on Johann Sebastian Bach's choral prelude BWV 686
  • Nocture . Relief No. 4 for organ
Sketches / other
  • fra amici (2009). Sketch for two pianos
  • an / marien / thought Quodlibet for two treble zithers and bass zither
  • tangentino (2012). Sketch for flute and electric guitar

Arrangements / instrumentations

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

  • Grant us peace (2005) for acc. Choir and chamber ensemble
  • The 42nd Psalm (2005) for soprano, acc. Choir and chamber ensemble

Johanna Beyer

  • Music of the Spheres (1938/2015) for 6 cellos and triangle

Johannes Brahms

  • Scherzo (2011) from the FAE sonata for violin and chamber ensemble (fl., Class., Gentlemen, string quintet)

Frederick Delius

  • Three songs for soprano or tenor, flugelhorn and strings from 'Seven Songs from the Norwegian'. Text: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (from FS Copeland)

Théodore Dubois

  • In paradisum (2011/2012). Counterfactor after “In paradisum” for organ (solo) for soprano, choir and chamber orchestra

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina

  • Two Paths - A Dedication to Mary and Martha (1999) for 2 violas and orchestra. Version for 2 cellos and orchestra by Johannes X. Schachten

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Edvard Grieg

  • Concertino facile (2015) for piano and chamber ensemble freely based on Edvard Grieg's addition to Mozart's piano sonata in C major KV 545 ' Sonata facile '

Julius van Nuffel

  • Christ vincit (2005) Motet for choir and orchestra

Niccolò Paganini

  • Cantabile (2011) for violin and chamber ensemble

Josef Rheinberger

  • Abendlied (2005/2014), arrangement for acc. Choir and orchestra (or for mixed choir and organ)

Pablo de Sarasate

  • Gypsy Wise Men (2011) for violin and chamber ensemble
  • Romanza andalusa (2011) for violin and chamber ensemble
  • Malaguena (2011) for violin and string quintet

Web links

Commons : Johannes X. Schachtner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Works: Schachtner, John X . International music publishers Hans Sikorski. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Schachtner, Johannes X.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schachtner, Johannes Xaver (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German conductor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Graefelfing