Martin Wistinghausen

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Martin Wistinghausen (born February 22, 1979 in Düsseldorf ) is a German composer and singer ( bass ).

Life

Wistinghausen studied singing ( Kurt Moll , Rudolf Piernay ), singing pedagogy, composition ( Ernst Bechert , Ulrich Leyendecker ), German and history (Magister) in Cologne, Mannheim and Düsseldorf. Most recently, as a scholarship holder of the German Academic Exchange Service, he received further training in composition from Adriana Hölszky at the Salzburg Mozarteum . He also attended master classes with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (singing) and Salvatore Sciarrino (composition). He has given concerts with well-known ensembles such as the Basler Madrigalisten and L'arpa festante and has received a number of composition commissions. His works have been heard at numerous festivals, on the radio (SWR, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Espace 2) and have been performed by renowned ensembles such as the "Austrian Ensemble for New Music", the "New Vocalsolists", the "Gémeaux Quartet" and the Dresden Ensemble Auditivvokal Dresden interpreted. At the theater of the city of Heidelberg and as part of the “3. Rheinsberger Opernwerkstatt “In 2008, scenic works by him were performed. He is a founding member and singer of the composer conspiracy sextet, which has existed since 2008 . Wistinghausen lives in Düsseldorf.

Awards and grants (selection)

  • numerous prizes at “Jugend komponiert” and “ Jugend musiziert ” 1993–1997
  • Composition prize of the "Berliner Cappella" 2005
  • Network “Young Ears” Prize for the “New Wunderhorn” 2007
  • Winner of the International Singing Competition of the Rheinsberg Castle Chamber Opera (2007/08)
  • Advancement award in the Salzburg composition competition "vocal arts" 2009
  • Scholarships from the Walter Kaminsky Foundation, the DAAD, the Richard Wagner Association, the International Bach Academy Stuttgart and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (artist scholarship 2009)
  • Selection of “Call for scores” “L'arsenale” and “Neue Vocalsolisten” (2011)
  • Artist grant "Kleiner Markgräflerhof" Basel (2014)
  • Selection "Call for scores" "Risuonanze" (2015)
  • Cantor / church music composition grant from the city of Düsseldorf (2017)
  • Residence grant at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf (2018) [2]
  • Prize for Music of the State Capital Düsseldorf 2019

Works (selection)

  • Due sonetti di Dante for bass voice and piano (2002)
  • Sarastro's Abschied (two opera scenes based on JW Goethe's fragment “The Magic Flute, Second Part”) for soprano, baritone, bass and ten instruments (2003/04)
  • 5 songs for soprano and piano (texts: E. Lasker-Schüler and G. Trakl) (2003/04)
  • Lamentations of Jeremiah in three parts (2003/04) for mixed choir
  • Johanna trilogy (based on texts by F. Schiller and C.de Pisan) for mezzo-soprano, baritone, oboe d'amore, violin, percussion and piano (2005)
  • Adieu, adieu Engel ... Five attempts at musical approach to Mozart for alto and string orchestra (2005/06)
  • Passacaglia oscura for large flute, pianoforte, percussion, violin, viola and violoncello (2007)
  • 3 times 11 moves for an instrumental team of 5 (saxophone, trumpet, drums, electric guitar and pianoforte) (2008)
  • Fahrt im Dunkeln (opera scene based on a text by G. Eich) (2008) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, clarinet, percussion, pianoforte and strings
  • Four poetic sketches for bass, clarinet and guitar (2005/08) (Text: Pierre G. Pouthier, Else Lasker-Schüler, Georg Trakl)
  • Dream songs for 6 solo voices (2009) (Text: Günter Eich, Ingeborg Bachmann)
  • Contra points for string quartet (2009)
  • Teddy Brumm - a musical bear story for a narrator and orchestra (2010) (Text: Nils Werner) - commissioned by the Komische Oper Berlin
  • Tracks for bass voice and violoncello (2010/11) (Text: Robert Walser, Ingeborg Bachmann, Ernst Jandl, Peter Hille, Paul Celan)
  • Duo for violin and guitar (2011)
  • Dreams for tenor, baritone and ensemble (2011) (Text: Ingeborg Bachmann, Günter Eich)
  • Lamentationes for bass voice and organ (2012)
  • Schatten Rosen Schatten for soprano, flute and violin (2012)
  • It's enough - Gethsemane reflections for solos, choir, orchestra and organ (2013/2014) (Text: New Testament, Rainer Maria Rilke, Friedrich Hölderlin - Text design assistance: Erika Ria Otto)
  • Jerusalem for 5 voices a cappella (2013/2014) (Text: Old Testament)
  • Rose songs for vocal quartet and accordion (2015) (Text: Ingeborg Bachmann, Shiki Masaoka, Federico Garcia Lorca, William Blake, Yosa Buson)
  • 5 Mannemer choir sketches for male choir and mixed choir based on texts and music by Friedrich Schiller and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2015)
  • amore langueo for clarinet, violin and piano based on texts from the " Song of Songs " (2016)
  • Sleep been - four Bach reflections for speaker, choir and instrumental ensemble (texts: Johann Franck, Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Daniel Czepko von Reigersfeld) (2016/17)
  • Lux in tenebris for four choir groups and two organs (2015/2017)
  • Wasser-Bilder for solo voices (S / T / B), three choir groups, flute, cello, percussion and organ (2018) (Text: Old Testament, Günter Eich, W. Szymborska, Ingeborg Bachmann)
  • Lamentationes for soprano solo

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kleiner Markgräflerhof ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / markgraeflerhof-basel.net
  2. ↑ [1]

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personal data
SURNAME Wistinghausen, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf