Manuel Roesler

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Manuel Rösler (born June 12, 1972 in Aachen ; grew up in Merzenich and Jülich ) is a contemporary German composer and musician.

biography

Manuel Rösler studied at the Robert Schumann University of Music in Düsseldorf and was already a member of various early music ensembles, such as the Rheinische Kantorei, the Stuttgart Chamber Choir and the Amsterdam Baroque Choir . In 2005, following a project at the Konzerthaus Berlin, he founded the Berlin Children's Opera , which he still directs today. From 2006 to 2008 he headed the music theater department with children and young people at the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin . From 2008 to 2010, in addition to his freelance composition work, he worked as a lecturer for song interpretation at the Theater Academy Vorpommern and as a drama musician at the Vorpommerschen Landesbühne Anklam . In 2010 he was appointed cantor of the Zionskirche in Berlin .

A focus of his work is in the field of film, theater and radio plays. He composed the music for over seventy radio plays, several singing games and plays, as well as TV and cinema films. Another area of ​​his work is vocal music. In addition to his work as a composer, he also publishes vocal music from the 18th and 19th centuries. He has been an author for the specialist journals PianoNews and Ensemble - Magazin für Kammermusik since 1997.

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

  • Symphonic variations on a very secular theme. [World premiere in 1999 by the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Gelsenkirchen] * Concert for horn and orchestra [1991]
  • Global Concert. Symphonic Fantasies for Soloists and Orchestra. [Premiere 1997 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Siemens group by the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin soloists connected via satellite in Sydney, Kyoto, Cape Town and New York]
  • Night piece. [1992]

Chamber music

  • Trio for oboe, violoncello and piano [2011]
  • Piano Trio [1994]
  • Nocturno for ten solo strings. [World premiere in 1998 by the Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in Recklinghausen]
  • Three sonatas for organ [1991]
  • Sonata for violoncello and piano [1993]
  • Sonata for clarinet and piano. [1987]
  • String quartet

Stage works

  • The singing bone. Fairy tales for narrator and orchestra [UU 2012]
  • Sun, moon and balloon. Singspiel for children [premiere: 2012 in Berlin, director: Susann Schulze]
  • Eisenwald. Fairy tale game for three children [WP 2011, Festival "48 Hours Neukölln"]
  • Martin's coat. Singspiel for children about St. Martin based on a libretto by Semjon Nehrkorn. [Berlin, 2006; Director: Christian Filips]
  • Circus Liliput. Children's opera based on Johann Adam Hiller [2007, commissioned by Sing-Akademie zu Berlin; Director: Berit Bartuschka]
  • The snow Queen. Incidental music [1991]
  • The white princess. Chamber opera after Rilke. [1998/1999]
  • The fair. Song play based on texts by Erich Kästner [1988]
  • The beauty and the Beast. Chamber Opera [1987]

Incidental music

  • Schwabenhatz [2012, Vagantenbühne Berlin]
  • The lighter (fairy tale after Hans Christian Andersen). Theater music [2009, Vorpommersche Landesbühne Anklam: Director: Jürgen Kern]
  • The ninth righteous. Theater music [2009, Vorpommersche Landesbühne Anklam: Director: Wolfgang Bordel]
  • Anne Frank's diary. Theater music [2009, Vorpommersche Landesbühne Anklam: Director: Jörg Neumann]
  • Hotel Mama. Recital for seven actors [2008, Vorpommersche Landesbühne Anklam: Director: Wolfgang Bordel]
  • Astoria. Theater music [2008, Vorpommersche Landesbühne Anklam: Director: Wolfgang Bordel]
  • Pourquoi la mort? Incidental music for eight singers based on texts by Antonin Artaud. [2000, theater impossible, director: Leopold von Verschuer]

Radio play and film music

  • To the unknown God (Director: Leopold von Verschuer, Bayerischer Rundfunk 2011)
  • Gabriel Burns. Radio play music for orchestra [Universal Music, since 2003]
  • Point Whitmark. Radio play music for orchestra [Universal Music, since 2000]
  • The Indian cloth. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2003; based on a novel by Edgar Wallace]
  • Carmilla the vampire. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2004; based on a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu]
  • The amulet of the mummy. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2004; based on a novel by Bram Stoker]
  • The family of the vampire. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2004; based on a novel by AK Tolstoy]
  • Merry Christmas, Mr. Scrooge! [Titania Media 2005; based on a story by Charles Dickens]
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Sign of Four. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2004; based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Sussex Vampire. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2005; based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Spotted Ribbon. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2005; based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Milverton Case. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2005; based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
  • Sherlock Holmes - The Devil's Foot. Radio play music [Titania Medien 2005; based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
  • City Waltz. Film music [Germany, 1991]
  • Down the escalator . Film music [2006 SceneMissing Filmproduktion]
  • A story from two villages. Film music [Italy, 2006]

Vocal music

  • The thirteen months. Cycle based on texts by erich Kästner [premiere 2012, Zebrano-Theater Berlin]
  • Three songs based on Eva Strittmatter (Altes Lied / Rotdorn / Knsterspring) [2010]
  • Three scenes after Jules Laforgue for soprano and chamber orchestra [2008]
  • Rumsfeldsongs. Seven songs based on poems by Donald Rumsfeld for tenor and piano [2004]
  • Les vrayes centuries de Nostredame. Madrigals for SSATB based on texts by Michel de Nostredame [2000]
  • My beautiful mother. Song cycle based on Else Lasker-Schüler [1999]

Religious music

  • From the depths, Lord, I call to you. Motet for eight-part choir a cappella [Composed for the centenary of the Berlin Cathedral, premiered 2005 in the Berlin Cathedral]
  • Missa "In Nativitate Domini" for solos, choir and orchestra [premiered 2001 in St. Michael, Cologne]
  • Three sacred concerts for soprano, alto and organ [1995]
  • Sing the lord a new song. The 98th Psalm [1995]
  • Three spiritual male choirs [1992]
  • Help, Lord Jesus, be successful. Sacred concert for alto, violin, cello, bassoon and double bass [1991]
  • Missa per annum for soprano, violin and organ [1990]
  • Overbacher Mass for children's choir and rock band [1990]

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personal data
SURNAME Rösler, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen