Klaus Feßmann

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Klaus Feßmann at the stones with Markus Stockhausen , Manfred Kniel and Fried Dähn ( Ensemble Klangstein ) at the TFF Rudolstadt , 2009

Klaus Feßmann (born July 3, 1951 in Nürtingen ) is a pianist , composer and sound artist . He teaches composition at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.

Life

Klaus Feßmann studied school music ( piano / composition) at the Stuttgart University of Music and the University of Stuttgart , graduating with the state examination in school music and German studies . He studied composition with Erhard Karkoschka and musicology with Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht . After completing his studies, Feßmann became a lecturer in music theory at the Stuttgart University of Music, also taught this subject at the Stuttgart Music School and in 1997 was offered a professorship at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg .

In addition to his teaching activity, Feßmann performs as a musician with sound stones , making stone blocks with lamellas sound with his moistened hands. He often played with the Klangstein Ensemble , which, in addition to Feßmann, included cellist Fried Dähn and percussionist Manfred Kniel as well as occasional guest musicians. Most of the stones played by Feßmann are made by his eldest son Hannes.

Feßmann deals with the development of new musical notation forms . He no longer notices his compositions in the traditional notation system ; in order to be able to represent music in a complex manner, he works with special paper and foils in several layers.

Together with Lisa Schöttl ( dulcimer ; previously Georg Baum, Celtic harp ) and his wife Andrea Feßmann (vocals) he forms the Laetare ensemble .

Klaus Feßmann is married to the singing teacher Andrea Feßmann (married Letzing, née Greil) and has three children from his first marriage. He lives in Iffeldorf in Upper Bavaria .

Awards

In October 2009, the integration project ReSonanz & AkzepTanz, initiated by Klaus Feßmann and Michael Kaufmann and launched in 2004 at the Herbart School in Essen , received the jury's Echo-Klassik special prize for promoting young talent in the field of classical music.

In October 2015 Feßmann was awarded the Stein im Brett . The Professional Association of German Geoscientists awards the award to non- geologists and institutions who have made a name for themselves in the geosciences. The previous winners include the science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar , the writer Frank Schätzing and UNESCO .

Fonts

  • Sound stones: encounter with the eternal memory of the earth . Südwest-Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 3517083925 .
  • ReSonance & acceptance. Strengthening children with music and movement: a school project is shaping the future (with Michael Kaufmann). Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 9783466308262 .
  • Paralipomena for the composition unification . In: nova giulianiad 4/84, p. 259 ff. Orlando-Syrg-Verlag, Freiburg 1984, ISSN  0254-9565 .

Discography

Together with Laetare
  • "Oh my dear, start singing". Music for Advent . Klangsteine ​​Records, 2014.
  • Laetare Plus (with Hanna Kleber ( oboe ) and Ekkehard Rössle ( saxophone )). Klangsteine ​​Records, 2014.
  • Laetare . Klangsteine ​​Records, 2010.
Together with Ensemble KlangStein
Others
  • Duo on the Rocks I (with Hannes Feßmann). Stone, Art & Sound - Fessmann, Salzburg 2010.
  • Electronic music (various performers). Ornament music production, Koblenz 1985.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klaus Fessmann - Klangsteine.com ( Memento from June 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Ensemble Laetare. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 13, 2016 ; accessed on March 16, 2016 .
  3. ↑ The ensemble. In: laetare-das-ensemble.eu. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ “Stein im Brett” to Prof. Klaus Fessmann. In: Gis.point , November 2, 2015. Accessed March 16, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Feßmann, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fessmann, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, composer and sound artist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Nürtingen