Matthias Hutter (composer)

Matthias Hutter (born February 2, 1967 in Siegburg ) is a German music school director and composer .

He received his first piano lessons at the age of 6. At the age of 12 he wrote his first compositions, two years later he won a shared (1st) prize in the composition competition “New Music for Children and Young People” organized by the Association of German Music Schools for his “Bläserfantasie”.

After high school and community service in Cologne, Matthias Hutter began studying music at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Düsseldorf, which he completed in 1997 with the concert exam majoring in piano. In the same year he recorded a CD with works by Maurice Ravel . Carmen Daniela is one of his lecturers .

In 2007 the CD "Lights in the Dark" was released with vocal compositions by Matthias Hutter based on poems by the young poet Christoph Olpen, who died in 1999. In 2009 and 2014 further CD recordings of his own works followed.

Works

• 7 Little Piano Pieces from Childhood Op. 1
• Wind Fantasy, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and bass trombone op.2
• Orchestra fantasy op.3
• Fantasy, for alto saxophone and piano op.4
• Piano music 1986, op.5
• 1st piano sonata op.6
• 2nd piano sonata in A flat major in the classical style, op.7
• 3rd piano sonata in f sharp op.8
• 4 songs based on poems by Else Lasker-Schüler for voice and piano op.9
• 4 songs based on poems by Else Lasker-Schüler for voice and orchestra op. 9 / b
• Circle of songs based on poems by Hermann Hesse op.10
• Gesänge der Nacht, Nocturne for orchestra op.11
• Gesänge der Nacht, version for 4 pianists on two pianos (and tam-tam) op. 11 / b
• Concerto for violin and orchestra op.12
• Fantasy, for soprano saxophone and piano op.13
• Elegy, for alto saxophone or viola and piano op.14
• Meditation, for flute, oboe, clarinet, percussion, piano and soprano op.15
• Night song, for viola, double bass, piano and voice op.16
• 3 songs based on poems by Christoph Olpen for voice and piano op.17
• 3 songs based on poems by Christoph Olpen for voice and orchestra op. 17 / b
• Silence, based on the poem by Christoph Olpen for viola, voice and piano op.18
• Epitaph, three chants based on poems by Christoph Olpen for mixed choir, solo part (mezzo-soprano), and instruments op.19
• Nocturne Fantasy, about the poem "Mondesgruß" by Hieronymus Nopp for voice, soprano saxophone, viola and piano op. 20
• Concertino, for bassoon, harp and strings op.21
• Concertino, for bassoon and piano op. 21 / b
• Song, about a poem by Christina Rossetti for viola, double bass, voice and piano, op.22
• Music for orchestra and a female voice based on a poem by Wolf von Kalckreuth, op.23
• 4th piano sonata, op.24
• Lullaby for the cat (for piano) op.25
• Poem, for bass trombone, English horn, bassoon, violin, viola and violoncello, op.26
• Sextet, for 4 bassoons and 2 contrabassoons op.27
• Sonata for contrabassoon and piano op.28

Web links

• Website of Mathias Hutter as a composer
• Self-portrait of Matthias Hutter as chairman of the CDU Philippsburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DNB entry