Leopold Hurt

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Leopold Hurt (* 1979 in Regensburg ) is a German composer and zither player .

Life

After graduating from high school in Regensburg, Leopold Hurt studied zither, viola da gamba / violone and historical performance practice at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and became a composition student of Peter Kiesewetter . After master classes with Dieter Schnebel and Paul-Heinz Dittrich and courses in electronic music at the IRCAM in Paris, he continued his training with Manfred Stahnke at the Hamburg University of Music and Theater .

As a zither player he received engagements with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks , the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and the Orchestra di Roma. He works regularly with the DJ duo Gebrüder Teichmann (Berlin). In 2011 he founded the Decoder Ensemble (ensemble for contemporary music) together with Frauke Aulbert (voice), Carola Schaal (clarinet), Andrej Koroliov (piano), Alexander Schubert (electronics / sound direction ) and Jonathan Shapiro (drums).

Leopold Hurt's compositional work spans the entire spectrum of instrumental and vocal music, with the zither being used as a soloist in several of his compositions. A number of works (e.g. Erratischer Block 2007) reflect his examination of historical sound documents of traditional folk music, which he also processes with electronic and multimedia means. Hurst's works have been performed at international festivals, including the Warsaw Autumn , Darmstädter Ferienkursen , Ultrasound Festival Berlin, Festival Greatest Hits Hamburg, Eclat Festival Stuttgart, Festival i-and-e Dublin, Festival blurred edges Hamburg and others at the MUSICA Strasbourg festival.

Leopold Hurt lives as a freelance composer and interpreter in Hamburg .

Honors

Compositions (selection)

Stage works

  • Anna Livia Plurabelle . Musical scene for 2 singers (mezzo-soprano, countertenor), 5 instrumentalists (bass flute, bass clarinet, violoncello, bass zither, drums) and tape. Text: based on motifs from Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. WP 2001 Munich (Festival " A • DEvantgarde ")
  • Carmen . Arrangement and partly new composition of the opera by Georges Bizet in the abridged version by Thomas Mika for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, 2 percussionists, treble zither, violin, viola, cello, double bass. Premiere 2006 Hamburg
  • MEDEA for a singer, actresses and actors, 11 instruments and electronics. Libretto: Dominik Neuner (based on the novel Medea: Voices by Christa Wolf ). Premiere 2008 Hamburg
  • Six Buxtehude arrangements . Ballet music for chamber orchestra based on instrumental works by Dieterich Buxtehude . WP 2010 Augsburg

Vocal music

  • ALPEN music. Three pieces with Anna Livia Plurabelle for Alpine instruments . Texts: based on Finnegans Wake by James Joyce . WP 1999 Munich
    • ALP horn for eleven sound locations: alto part - flugelhorn - alpine bells - alto recorder - clarinet - accordion - viola - tenor chopping board - bass zither - marimba - skin instruments
    • ALP-Traum 1st  double for scorded tenor chopping board and harp - 2nd  three- song for three voices, scorded tenor chopping board, harp and alto zither
    • ALP print for three by three instruments: clarinet, accordion, xylophone & spoon play; Viola, tenor chopping board, discanzither; Double bass, double bass dulcimer, bass zither
  • Broken Consort I - Lament for tenor, tenor recorder, viola da gamba and alto zither. Text: after the Metamorphoses of Ovid . Premiere Hamburg 2000
  • Muspilli . Oratorio for voices, instruments, choir, orchestra and tape. Text: based on the eponymous all-in-one rhyme poem (9th century) and based on Galileo Galilei and Alfred Jarry . WP 2002 Regensburg ( Niedermünsterkirche )
  • Broken Consort II - Enigma for tenor, historical instruments and tape. WP 2003 Munich (Festival " A • DEvantgarde ")
  • Seismographs for 6 voices and 17 strings. Three measurements on Antoine Brumel , combined with three arrangements from Brumel's Missa "Et ecce terrae motus" . Premiere July 1, 2009 Munich (Allerheiligen-Hofkirche der Residenz ; Singer Pur , Munich Chamber Orchestra , conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer)
  • Ballad von dem Puff, which means freedom for voice (baritone), trombone, accordion, slide guitar. WP 2011 Munich (Festival " A • DEvantgarde ")

Instrumental works

solo

  • Stele for alto zither solo. WP Munich 2000 (revised 2007)
  • Icarus in Augsburg for a piano player with recitation ad libitum. Text: from Des Knaben Wunderhorn . WP 2000 Munich
    • Icarus in Augsburg (gallows version) . for a piano player with recitation ad libitum, live electronics and playback. Premiere 2004 Paris
    • Icarus in Augsburg (Disklavier version) for Disklavier, live electronics and playback. Premiere Hamburg 2006
  • Hiatus (2006) for treble recorder and electronic playback
  • Logbook (homage à KV) . Three entries for microtonal zither solo. Premiere 2007 Munich
  • Mysteries of a hairdressing salon for microtonal alto zither and electronics. New live music for Karl Valentin's silent films . Premiere 2008 Munich
  • The Harpsdischord I for harp with scordatura. Premiere 2009 Hamburg
  • Wellenbrecher for zither (in quarter tone tuning), World Premiere 2012 Munich (Gasteig, Black Box)
  • The minute double - an encore for solo zither (2012)

Chamber music

  • Flotsam. Post-prelude to ALPen music for lap violin (violin), alto zither and double guitar (guitar). WP 1999 Munich
  • Echo sounder. Chaconne (looking) for Silvius Leopold Weiss for zither and remote zither. WP Trossingen 2001
  • Sinker for guitar and two zithers. WP 2005 Munich
  • Unit for violoncello, microtonal bass zither and electronics. WP 2005 Hamburg
  • Radio cut . Choreographic scene for seven instrumentalists (flute / piccolo, clarinet / bass clarinet, piano with bass drum, string quartet with bells). Premiere 2006 Hamburg
  • Erratic block for violin, saxophone, piano, drums, microtonal alto zither, live electronics and playback. Premiere 2007 Bremen (Ensemble Intégrales, Hamburg)
  • August Frommers things. String trio . Premiere 2008 Zurich / Basel ( Mondrian Ensemble Basel )
  • Tunnel for piano trio . Premiere 2008 Hamburg (Boulanger Trio)
  • Outliers for clarinet / bass clarinet, double bass, piano / silent keyboard, drums and feeds. Premiere 2010 Hamburg (Hamburger Klangwerktage)
  • Fred Ott's Sneeze for clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, drums and playbacks. WP Hamburg 2011 (Festival "Blurred Edges")
  • Reality check for violin, zither and feeds. Premiere 2013 Vienna (Alte Schmiede, Vienna, Duo Lüneburg & Mallaun)
  • five minutes or less for electric guitar, electric cello and feeds. Premiere 2014 Frankfurt am Main

ensemble

  • PIDGEN (Erratic Block II) for microtonal treble zither and 13 instrumentalists. WP Klagenfurt 2008
  • Flex for a large ensemble (18 players). Premiere 2009 Frankfurt am Main ( Ensemble Modern )
  • Broken Consort III - "Floating process" for flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, 2 percussionists, piano and string quartet. Premiere Hamburg, Strasbourg, Lyon 2009
  • Dead Reckoning for 12 strings (7 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass). Premiere 2012 Hamburg (Festival "Klangwerktage")
  • Gate for electric zither and ensemble (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass). Premiere 2014 Darmstadt (Darmstadt Summer Course, Leopold Hurt (E-Zither), European Workshop for Contemporary Music, conducted by Rüdiger Bohn)

orchestra

  • Seuring | Switch for electric zither, electronics and large orchestra (3 bottles, 2 ob., Englh., 2 Klar., Bklar., 2 Fg., Kfg., 4 Hr., 3 Trp., 3 Pos., Btb. , 3 beats, strings: 12-10-8-6-4). Premiere 2012 Hamburg ( Philharmoniker Hamburg , cond .: Simone Young )

electronics

  • in front of Geiger . Electroacoustic composition. WP 2004 Munich
  • over villages . Electroacoustic composition. WP 2004 Munich
  • 3 documents . Electronic composition. Premiere Hamburg 2006

CDs (selection)

  • Portrait CD Leopold Hurt: "Erratischer Block", "Dead Reckoning", "August Frommers Dinge" and "Seuring | Switch" . German Music Council - Edition of Contemporary Music. WERGO 2014 (WER 6410 2)
  • Fred Ott's Sneeze . On: Decoder Ensemble for Current Music, Ahornfelder 2015 (AH27)

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personal data
SURNAME Hurt, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and zither player
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg