Martin Lichtfuss

Martin Lichtfuss (born May 3, 1959 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian composer and conductor .

Professional background

After extensive studies at the Tyrolean State Conservatory and the Vienna University of Music (composition, conducting) as well as at the Universities of Innsbruck and Vienna (German studies), Martin Lichtfuss acquired a ten-year career as a conductor at several theaters in Germany (including Würzburg), Austria and Belgium (Brussels) extensive practical experience. From 1995 to 2005 he headed Department I for Music Theory / Music Conducting and a class for composition at the Tyrolean State Conservatory. In 2005 he was appointed professor for composition / composition at the Vienna University of Music.

activities

• 1985–1989 Tiroler Landestheater , Innsbruck: Kapellmeister, choir director, deputy music director
• 1989–1993 Stadttheater Würzburg : First Kapellmeister
• 1993–1995 Braunschweig State Theater : First coordinated Kapellmeister
• 1995–2008 Tiroler Landeskonservatorium , Innsbruck: Professorship and Head of Department I (composition, music theory);
• 1996 University of Innsbruck : teaching assignment
• 1998 Publication of the critical Urtext edition of Carl Millöcker's " Der Bettelstudent "
• since 2005 University of Music and Performing Arts , Vienna: Univ.-Prof. for composition at the Institute for Composition and Electroacoustics
• 2008–2010 University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna: Head of Institute 1 for Composition and Electroacoustics
• 2008–2013 chairman of the Kraftfeld Neue Musik Tirol association
• since 2014 board member of the Austrian Composers Association
• since 2016 board member of the ECSA (European Composers 'and Songwriters' Alliance)

Concerts and radio productions as a pianist and conductor

Awards and grants

• 1983: Work grant from the City of Vienna for composition
• 1984: Appreciation award from the Federal Minister for Science and Research, Vienna
• 1984: Scholarship from the European Forum Alpbach , Tyrol
• 1985: Prize of the City of Vienna for composition
• 1986: 1st prize of the state capital Innsbruck for composition
• 1988: Austrian State Scholarship for Composition
• 1989: "Theodor Guschlbauer" scholarship from the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Foundation, Basel

Web links

• Works by and about Martin Lichtfuss in the catalog of the German National Library
• www.lichtfuss.at