Klaus Ager

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Klaus Ager (born May 10, 1946 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian composer and conductor . In 1975 he founded the Austrian Ensemble for New Music and in 1977 the music festival Aspects Salzburg . For many years he was professor for composition in Bregenz and Salzburg. From 1995 to 2000 he was rector of the Mozarteum . From 2004 to 2014 he was President of the Austrian Composers Association and from 2006 to 2014 of the European Composers' Forum in Brussels. He is one of the leading contemporary composers in Austria.

Life

From 1967 to 1970 Klaus Ager studied piano, violin and composition with Cesar Bresgen , conducting with Gerhard Wimberger at the Mozarteum and musicology with Gerhard Croll at the University of Salzburg . From 1971 to 1973 he studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and electroacoustic music with Pierre Schaeffer at the Conservatoire de Paris . He also attended courses in composition, electroacoustics and computer music with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Luciano Berio .

From 1970 to 1971 he was a répétiteur at the Salzburg Festival . In 1973 he was a freelancer for Radio France in Paris and from 1974 to 1978 for ORF in Salzburg. From 1975 to 1986 he directed the Austrian Ensemble for New Music, which he founded . In 1977 he founded the contemporary music festival aspects Salzburg , which celebrated its 30th birthday in 2006 and which he was artistic director. In 1994 he founded the Aspects New Music Ensemble in Salzburg.

From 1973 to 1979 he was assistant at the chair for music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts “Mozarteum” Salzburg. Stays abroad took him to the electron music studies in Stockholm (1974), the University of California, San Diego (1977) and Colgate University in Hamilton, New York (1979, 1981). In 1979 he became head of the chair for music analysis and from 1986 professor at the Mozarteum Salzburg. From 1991 to 1995 he was deputy rector and from 1995 to 2000 rector there . In addition, he was Professor of Composition at the Bregenz Conservatory from 1981 to 1986.

From 2000 onwards, Klaus Ager has been working as a guest composer and lecturer in South and North America and advocates a better position for composers across Europe. In 2003 he was able to achieve through his commitment to subsidies and innovative articles that the Arovell music magazine was expanded to a color medium with a circulation of 700 copies per quarter. Together with Andor Losonczy , Herbert Grassl and others he publishes Edition 7 in Salzburg.

From 1981 to 1994 he was President of the European Conference of Organizers of New Music. From 2004 to 2014 he was President of the Austrian Composers Association , in this role he initiated a. a. the congress "Composition in Europe of the 21st Century", which took place from February 2nd to 5th, 2006 in the Glass Hall of the Wiener Musikverein and as the most important result of which a network of all European composers' associations is emerging. In 2006 he became President of the European Composers 'Association ECF, the European Composers' Forum in Brussels. In 2007 he was co-founder of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance , of which he has been Honorary President since 2017. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts .

His compositions (including electro-acoustic and computer music) have been performed in North and South America, Australia, Europe, Japan and Korea.

Awards

  • 1975: Scholarship from the Salzburg state government

Works (selection)

Vocal music

  • BETA break towards infinity for mixed choir and various sound generators op. 22 (1975)
  • La Règle du jeu for voice, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano op.28 (1978)
  • Coherence - Incoherence II for choir and chamber orchestra op. 30 (1980)
  • Gesang zur Nacht for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano op.43 (1985)
  • The silent countenance of the night for alto / soprano, flute, guitar and percussion op.44 / I and II (1986 and 1996)
  • KEATS for voice and ensemble op.62 (1991/92)
  • Friede , cantata for solos and large orchestra op. 33/4 (2002)
  • Duino III - Gesualdo for 5-part choir op.82 (2004)

Instrumental music

  • HOSHI for wind quintet. op. 13 (1975)
  • String Quartet I op.21 (1977)
  • Coherence - Incoherence I for 3 bass clarinets op. 29 (1980)
  • Fades the light from the sea for orchestra op.33 / 3 (1981)
  • Lamento for string orchestra op. 33/2 (1981)
  • Reeds for clarinet op.45 (1987–1989)
  • Coherence - Incoherence III for flute op.46 (1987)
  • Serenade for fortepiano and ensemble op. 60/1 (1990)
  • Concerto (Serenade) for Clarinet and Orchestra op. 60/2 (1991)
  • KHAGJA for flute and percussion op.64 (1992)
  • Three Little Piano Pieces, Op. 81 (2004)
  • Camchatka for violoncello (2006)

Stage works

  • Agnus Dei , ballet music on tape (1980)

Electronic music

  • but the stars are op.12 (1974)
  • Poêmes op.14 (1976)
  • ORC17 for computer-generated tape op. 33/1 (1981)
  • CLB512 for clarinet and tape op.39 (1983)
  • Bibyké , sound mobile project (1991)

Fonts (selection)

  • Computer music - the end of the euphoria? IGNM forum . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 37 (1982) 7-8, p. 432 f.
  • Three questions for the composers . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 38 (1983) 3, pp. 154–166.
  • Friedrich Cerha : Mirror . In: Melos 48 (1986) 3, pp. 2-39.
  • The Ultrachromatismus Ivan Wyschnegradskys in melodic and rhythmic ways . In: microtones. Report on the international symposium on microton research, Salzburg 1985 . Edited by Franz Richter-Herf, Innsbruck 1986, pp. 123–126.
  • Olivier Messiaen . A special case? Thoughts on the occasion of his 80th birthday . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 43 (1988), pp. 172–176.
  • Professional music notation using a personal computer . In: Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Musikzieher Österreichs (Ed.): Music Education in the Age of Electronics . VWGÖ, Vienna 1989, ISBN 3-85369-732-1 , pp. 83-88.
  • The Mozarteum Academy of Music and contemporary music. In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 46 (1991) 6, p. 346 f.
  • Tonality - atonality. Schönberg's string quartet op.10 . In: Capriccio di Strauss 1 (2004), pp. 7-11.
  • From the domaine public payant to the Mozart groschen . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 59 (2004) 11/12, pp. 31–35.
  • Prelude . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 63 (2008) 7, p. 1.
  • Compose microtonally. Statements by five composers . In: Österreichische Musikzeitschrift 63 (2008) 7, pp. 26–31.

student

  • Joseph Diermaier (* 1964)
  • Dieter Lehnhoff (* 1955)
  • Wolfgang Lindner (* 1952)

literature

  • Ager, Klaus. In: Harald Goertz: Austrian contemporary composers. A manual. Doblinger, Vienna, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-900035-58-X , p. 11.
  • Alexander Pühringer: “It's the stars”. Conversation with the Salzburg composer and music teacher Klaus Ager . In: plastic. Eine Gegenwartszeitschrift 10 (1983) 2, p. 22 f.
  • Gerhard Walterskirchen: Ager, Klaus. In: Adolf Haslinger (Ed.): Salzburger Kulturlexikon . Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg [u. a.] 1987, ISBN 3-7017-0503-8 , p. 48.
  • Ager, Klaus. In: Austrian Music Council (Ed.): Contributions '94. Austrian composers of our time . Bärenreiter, Kassel [u. a.] 1994, pp. 22-23. (= Contributions from the Austrian Society for Music , Vol. 9)
  • Ager, Klaus. In: Bernhard Günther (Ed.): Lexicon of contemporary music from Austria. Composers of the 20th century with work lists, discographies, bibliographies and a bilingual introduction . Music Information Center Austria, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-901837-00-0 , pp. 230-233.
  • Barbara Boisits : Ager, Klaus. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
  • Sigrid Wiesmann: Ager, Klaus. In: Stanley Sadie (Ed.): The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians . Volume 1, Macmillan, London [u. a.] 2001, ISBN 0-333-60800-3 , pp. 214-215.
  • Ager, Klaus. In: Peter Hollfelder : Piano Music. International chronological lexicon. History. Composers. Works. Supplement, Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven 2005, ISBN 3-7959-0855-8 , p. 16.
  • Ager, Klaus. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 5.
  • Dieter Torkewitz: Ager, Klaus . In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): Music in past and present (MGG). Supplement, Bärenreiter, Kassel [u. a.] 2008, pp. 2-4.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austrian Composers Association - Presidents and Honorary Members . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Dieter Torkewitz: Ager, Klaus . In: MGG , p. 3.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Lexicon of Contemporary Music from Austria 1997, p. 230.
personal data
SURNAME Ager, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzburg