Lesch Schmidt

Lesch Schmidt (* 1957 in Gießen ) is a German composer . He is the son of the doctor Werner Schmidt and brother of the author and Suhrkamp publisher Ulla Berkéwicz .

Life

After studying medicine, Schmidt met John Cage in 1988 , who accepted Schmidt's compositions for his foundation in Eveston, Illinois. In 1988 he was commissioned to set Georg Kaiser's “From Mornings to Midnight” and performed this opera in 1989 at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main. Between 1992 and 1994, the composition “Der Golem in Bayreuth” (libretto Ulla Berkewicz) was created as part of a Suhrkamp grant. From 1995 to 1998 Lesch Schmidt composed and produced “Serenader” for chamber music ensemble and rhythm section. In 1999, “The Golem in Bayreuth” was premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna with Lesch Schmidt's collaboration and directed by Einar Schleef . The production of the CD "Der Golem in Bayreuth" took place between 2000 and 2002.

From 2003 to 2006 Schmidt composed the music theater play “The world falls from the chair” with the subtitle “Eine Zukunftsmusik” (libretto Ulla Berkewicz). In 2004 he gave lectures at the University of Ottawa / Canada as well as workshops and concerts. In the same year he was awarded the "Franz Liszt Prize for Musical Composition" 2004 from the European Cultural Foundation and the Cité des Cultures de la Paix. In 2005, lectures, workshops and concerts at the University of Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania followed. From 2007 to 2010 the CD production "Brandmusik" was created. At the beginning of 2010 Schmidt received a commission to set the "Requiem for Ernst Jandl" from Friederike Mayröcker and in 2011 a commission to set the "Kaspar" from Peter Handke .

Web links

• Official website