Markus Zahnhausen

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Markus Zahnhausen (born March 12, 1965 in Saarbrücken ) is a German recorder player and composer .

Life

Zahnhausen studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich with Hermann Elsner . He also studied Slavic Studies and Musicology at the Universities of Trier and Munich .

Since October 2002 he has been teaching recorder at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . From 2010 to 2012 he held a visiting professorship at the Art University Graz . He was visiting professor at the Carl Nielsen Music Academy in Odense, the Royal Music Academy Copenhagen , the Birmingham Conservatoire , the Grieg Academy at the University of Bergen in Norway, the Folkwang University in Essen and the Wichita State University in the United States.

He is active as an interpreter of old and modern recorder music in concerts, radio, television and CD productions as well as festivals and concert series. He kicked u. a. in Russia at the "Moscow Autumn" and at the "St. Petersburg Spring ", in Great Britain at the" Exhibition of Early Music ", as well as in Iceland, Tatarstan and the Urals. He appeared in the orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera at the Munich Opera Festival under the conductors Ivor Bolton , Harry Bicket and Joshua Rifkin . His first string quartet "Stilleben" was premiered in March 2003 by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Quartet . He made his US debut in October 2003 and was visiting professor at Wichita State University. In 2005 he received a grant to work at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz / New York.

In addition to his musical activities, Zahnhausen worked as a music journalist for the Bavarian Radio , for the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts as well as for specialist magazines. As editor he is responsible for the series “New Recorder Library” of the Möseler Verlag in Wolfenbüttel. He is the initiator of new recorder works by the composers Harald Genzmer , Günter Kochan , Walter Mays , Elis Pehkonen , Rodion Schtschedrin , Hans Stadlmair , Boris Tischtschenko , Atli Heimir Sveinsson , Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and Ruth Zechlin .

Works

  • Orchestral works:
    • Recordare for solo recorder and symphony orchestra (2015)
    • Pan wacht ( The Awakening of Pan ) for recorder and string orchestra (as cadenza to the recorder concerto in C major RV 443 by Antonio Vivaldi ) (2006)
    • Bylina for chamber orchestra, piano and timpani (2006)
    • Sviréli - music for string orchestra and four recorders (2001)
  • Vocal works
    • Lucet verbo - motet for 1–8stg. mixed choir (2008)
    • Прощание ( Farewell ) - Three songs based on poems by Sergej Jessénin for soprano and violoncello (2006)
    • Et Amor Omnia - oratorio scenes for solos, choir, 8 brass instruments, organ and percussion (2003)
    • Nunc est bibendum! - Spectaculum for speaking choir, clarinet and percussion based on texts by Seneca and Horatius (1999)
    • Sounding time - seven scenes after Haikus by Günther Klinge for baritone, recorder, violoncello a. Piano (1998)
    • Carmina Romana - Cantata profana based on texts by ancient Roman poets (German / Latin) for high voices, recorder and percussion (1997)
  • Chamber music
    • "Épilogue" for saxophone quartet (2013)
    • "En passant" - scenes for flute, oboe and clarinet (2009/13)
    • "Il cieco miracoloso" for soprano, recorder and harp (2009)
    • "Philippiká" for double bass solo (2008)
    • Adesso - Sixty Tones for clarinet solo (2008)
    • Canto sfumato - Tombeau for harpsichord (2007)
    • Still life for string quartet (2003)
    • Stanzas for bassoon solo (2000)
    • Sakura - Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song for Solo Violin (1999)
    • "Klingende Zeit" - seven scenes after Haikus by Günther Klinge for baritone, recorder, violoncello and piano (1998)
  • Incidental music
  • Recorder works
    • Pan wacht ( The Awakening of Pan ) for recorder and string orchestra (as cadenza to the recorder concerto in C major RV 443 by Antonio Vivaldi ) (2006)
    • IKONA for recorder (alto / soprano) solo (2006)
    • Sviréli - music for string orchestra and four recorders (2001)
    • Horns of Elfland - Fragments in Memory of Benjamin Britten for tenor recorder solo, (1999), Schott-Verlag
    • Sounding time - seven scenes after Haikus by Günther Klinge for baritone, recorder, violoncello a. Piano (1998)
    • Russian sketches - for treble recorder solo (1997), Ostinato-Verlag
    • Lux aeterna for alto recorder solo (1992/94), Möseler-Verlag
    • Lyrical Scenes - Three Fantasies for alto recorder solo (1992), Möseler-Verlag
      • Pastoral - dream play (echo of a fantasy by G.Ph.Telemann) - nostalgic waltz
    • Year mark for recorder (alto / soprano) solo (1989/91), Möseler-Verlag
      • Spring Music - Sounds of Summer - Autumn Music - Winter Pictures
    • Musica inquieta - Sonata for alto recorder solo (1990), Doblinger-Verlag
    • Flauto dolce solo - Seven pieces for alto recorder solo (1988/90), Doblinger-Verlag
    • Sound speeches - duets for alto recorder a. Flute (1986), Doblinger-Verlag
    • Pug Waltz - A musical fun for 4 treble recorders, Ostinato-Verlag

Awards

  • Bavarian State Prize "Villa Concordia" 2002
  • Grant for a work stay in the "Millay Colony for the Arts" in Austerlitz / New York 2005
  • Rodion Shchedrin Chamber Music Prize 2005
  • Music grant from the City of Munich 2006

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personal data
SURNAME Zahnhausen, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German recorder player and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken