Markus Lehmann-Horn

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Markus Lehmann-Horn (2012)

Markus Lehmann-Horn (born January 7, 1977 in Munich ) is a German composer . His work includes works from contemporary music to film music , jazz and rock . In addition to traditional, he also uses electronic and free tonal composition techniques and is also dedicated to the technical and sonic production and design of his compositions.

biography

Lehmann-Horn took piano lessons from 1984, as well as guitar lessons, but soon specialized in guitar and electric guitar. He learned from Abi von Reininghaus and Gunnar Geisse in Munich and from Michael Arlt in Würzburg. After graduating from high school in 1996 at Geretsried , Lehmann-Horn worked as a freelance guitarist, played numerous studio recordings and concerts with various ensembles and as a guest musician, and wrote his first compositions. From 2000 he took composition lessons with Tobias PM Schneid in Neuburg an der Donau and from 2003 to 2007 studied composition for film and television at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . In autumn 2007 he began the master class in composition with Heinz Winbeck in Würzburg, which he completed. Lehmann-Horn composed commissioned works a. a. for the Munich Opera Festival , the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts , the Kassel Music Days, the Siemens Arts Program, the Windsbacher Boys' Choir , the Neue Oper Wien and the Munich A • DEvantgarde Festival.

Lehmann-Horn is a stylistic border crosser, his interest applies equally to the contemporary avant-garde as well as the sounds and styles of pop music . He wrote numerous film music compositions (with a focus on documentaries) for national and international film productions. a. awarded the Franz Grothe Prize 2009. He has received multiple nominations and an award for best film music at the annual international "Jerry Goldsmith Award" in Spain, as well as a nomination for the International Emmy (2012).

In 2009 he received the Gerhard Schedl Music Theater Prize of the Neue Oper Vienna , in 2010 the Berlin Opera Prize, and in 2011 the Hindemith Prize . Lehmann-Horn is a scholarship holder of the Free State of Bavaria at the Cité Internationale des Arts , Paris. In 2012, the opera “Woyzeck 2.0” was premiered with the “New Vienna Opera” in the Vienna Chamber Opera . In December 2013 the new choral work “Sonat Vox Laetitiae” was premiered with the Windsbacher Knabenchor , in February 2014 the percussion concert “Rot…” was premiered with the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hanover. In March 2016 Lehmann-Horn's first symphony “Lost in Vienna” was premiered during the 6th Brandenburg Biennale under the direction of Peter Gülke . Lehmann-Horn's music was a. a. Performed by the Ensemble Triolog, Minguet Quartet, BR Rundfunkorchester, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra.

From 2009 to 2017 Lehmann-Horn taught as a lecturer for “contemporary composing and producing” at the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Lehmann-Horn's works are published by the Austrian music publisher Doblinger . He is married to the opera singer Sibylla Duffe and lives with his family in Starnberg in the south of Munich, where he also runs his own recording studio .

Honors

  • 2008/2009/2010 Jerry Goldsmith Award (nom. / Nom. / Won)
  • 2009 Franz Grothe Award for Film Music 2009
  • 2009 Gerhard Schedl Music Theater Prize from the “Neue Oper Wien” and the BNP Paribas Foundation 2009
  • 2009 Berlin Opera Prize
  • 2009 "music & culture International Competition for composers 2009" for "Toccata ..." for solo piano
  • 2011 Hindemith Prize
  • 2012 International Emmy 2012 for "Race to the South Pole" (nom.)
  • 2014/15 scholarship at the Cité International des Arts in Paris , scholarship from the Free State of Bavaria
  • 2016 winner of the 6th Brandenburg Biennale

Compositions for concert and stage

Works (excerpt)

  • Monophonia - for large orchestra (2003)
  • La Vita - for orchestra (2003)
  • Le Cinema le Train - for piano trio and tape playback (2003)
  • Berlin Mitte - for harp, clarinet and vibraphone (2004)
  • Elements - three worlds (2004) for ensemble
  • Leave 'em laughing - for Jazzseptet (2004)
  • In the woods and on the heath - for mezzo-soprano and horn (2005)
  • Blue - for orchestra (2005/2006)
  • Shadow - Trilogy for piano (2006)
  • 1st string quartet (2006)
  • Songs for soprano and orchestra (2006, 2008)
  • Fanfares for horn quartet (2007)
  • Phönix-Trio for harp, flute and viola (2007)
  • Duo for violin and violoncello (2007)
  • Ode to Joy - For mixed choir (2008)
  • Magnificat - for soprano and symphony orchestra (2008)
  • Carousel - Three Intermezzi for piano (2008)
  • Tocatta… - for piano solo (2008)
  • Solo on double bass clarinet (2009)
  • Excitation 1 - for ensemble (2009)
  • 2nd string quartet "Puls" (2009)
  • Opera "Woyzeck 2.0" (2009-2011)
  • Red ... concert for solo percussion and large orchestra (2010/11)
  • Falling for Ensemble (2011)
  • Solo for snare drum, whistle and foot (one player) (2012)
  • 1st Symphony "Lost in Vienna" (2012/2016)
  • Abtauchen for solo guitar (2017)
  • Concerto for viola, percussion and chamber orchestra (2017/18)
  • Tempel for solo guitar (2018)
  • Encounters for Piano , Electronics and Strings (2019)
  • Clouds and Fragments for string quartet (2019)

Compositions for film and television (excerpt)

Feature films

  • 2006 TKKG - The secret of the enigmatic mind machine (Director: Tomy Wigand; Bavaria Film)
  • 2007 Kleptomaniac (Reg.Steffen Zacke)
  • 2007 The call of the geckos (Director: La Van Phuong; BR, Swiss television)
  • 2010 Die Hummel (Director: Sebastian Stern; Loopfilm; Bavarian Film Award for Director)
  • 2011 A life on trial (Reg. David Emmenlauer)
  • 2012/13 Miss Else (Reg.Anna Martinetz)
  • 2015/16 Chinese Princess (AT) (Director: Peter Gersina; ARD Degeto)
  • 2016 Dog buried , Reg. Sebastian Stern
  • 2016 Neanderthals (4-part series, directed by Peter Gersina)
  • 2017 fence to fence (director: Peter Gersina; ARD Degeto)
  • 2018 in -laws in the bush
  • 2019 Hello, son-in-law! (Director Mike Marzuk | ARD Degeto)

Documentaries

  • 2007 Update 2057 - Our life in 50 years (Reg .: div., ZDF, Arte, Phönix, BBC; three-part series)
  • 2009 Battle for Germania (Director: Christian Twente; ZDF, Arte; two-part)
  • 2011 Race to the South Pole (Director Oliver Halmburger; ZDF)
  • 2011 Fairytale - The Lords of the Games (Reg.Uta Bodenstein; BR)
  • 2012 Adenauer - Hours of Decision (Director: Stefan Schneider; ARD)
  • 2013 The Igniting Spark (Director Stefan Schneider, ZDF, Arte)
  • 2013 Planet Germany (Reg. Stefan Schneider; Polyband, ARD, Arte)
  • 2014 Under the hammer of the Nazis (Director Oliver Halmburger, Loopfilm, ZDF)
  • 2014 The Giant (Director Oliver Halmburger, Loopfilm, ZDF)
  • 2015 volcanoes - sleeping giants (2 parts, directed by Stefan Schneider, ZDF, Arte)
  • 2015 Pirates of the Emperor - Die Wolf (Director Oliver Halmburger; ZDF)
  • 2015 History of the Southwest (7-part, Reg. Div., SWR, Arte)
  • 2017–19 Lesch's cosmos
  • 2018 Fascination Water (2-part, Reg. Div., ZDF, Arte)
  • 2019 An airport at the end of the world (Reg. Roland May; 3sat)
  • 2020 Myth of the Trojan Horse (Director Roland May; ARTE, ZDF)

Experimental films

  • 2009 Showdown - an excitement (Director: Helmut Ott, Adevantgarde Festival 2009)
  • 2008 Carousel gang, DejaVu, swing (film: Anna Martinetz)
  • 2003 Le Cinema, Le Train (Heiko Daxl) Adevantgarde Festival 2003 (co-author: Tobias PM Schneid)

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personal data
SURNAME Lehmann-Horn, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich