Juro Metsk

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Juro Mětšk ( May 1, 1954 in Bautzen – January 20, 2022 in Herrnhut ) was a contemporary Sorbian composer .

Life

The son of the Sorbian writer and publicist Frido Mětšk studied at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin until 1976 and was a teacher at a music school from 1976 to 1980. From 1980 to 1983 he completed a master's degree at the GDR Academy of Arts with Reiner Bredemeyer . In 1985 he received the Hans Stieber Young Talent Award as part of the Hallische Musiktage . From 1983 to 1986 he worked as a music dramaturge at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen and has lived there since 1986 as a freelance composer.

In 1989, his work syndrom was awarded a prize at the West German Radio 's "Forum of Young Composers" competition. In 2017 he received the Ćišinski Prize for his compositional work and his scientific contributions to Sorbian music .

Mětšk died in January 2022 after a serious illness at the age of 67 in a Moravian hospice.

Works (selection)

  • Canti per Cello e Piano , 1973, rev. 1982
  • Accents antiques for string quartet, 1975
  • Psychograms for large orchestra, 1976
  • Musica da camera for flute, oboe, bassoon and tape, 1978/79
  • …torso…alla…rondo…alla…torso… , trio for viola, double bass and piano, 1980/81
  • Sestetto for flute, bassoon, horn, percussion, violin and viola, 1981/82
  • with a grotesque giant bow ... (darkly a pizzicato) for viola sola, 1984
  • Syndrome for chamber ensemble, 1985/87
  • Contraction , contra-actions for chamber ensemble, 1987/88
  • Return for large orchestra, 2003

literature

  • Metsk, Juro. In: Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: Contemporary composers in the German Composers Interest Group. A manual. 4th edition, German Composers Interests Association, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-55561-410-X , p. 857.
  • Metsk, Juro. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (ed.): Kürschner's Musician's Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 306.

web links

itemizations

  1. ↑ Ćišinski Prize to Juro Mětšk. In: Foundation for the Sorbian people . October 21, 2017 .;
  2. ↑ Juro Mětšk zemrěł. In: Serbske Nowiny . 21 January 2022 (Upper Sorbian).;
personal data
SURNAME Metsk, Juro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sorbian composer
BIRTH DATE May 1, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 2022
PLACE OF DEATH Herrnhut