Max Doehlemann

Max Doehlemann (* 1970 in Hamburg ) is a German composer , pianist and music producer .

Life

After graduating from high school, Max Doehlemann studied composition at the University of Music in Munich with Dieter Acker and orchestral conducting at the Berlin University of the Arts .

Since 1997 he has created numerous compositions for a wide variety of ensembles (solo instruments, vocal, orchestral and chamber music), electronic music, music for the stage, radio drama, film and television. He worked as a classical pianist and song accompanist and as musical director (Komische Oper Berlin, Berliner Ensemble and others). He also performed as a jazz pianist and band leader (with Paul Brody , Kalle Kalima , Benjamin Weidekamp , Uli Kempendorff , Robin Draganic , Hadass Pal Yarden , Momo Djender and others).

As a composer and interpreter, Doehlemann dealt intensively with the role of melody and harmony in contemporary music ; He also researched tonalities and rhythms from the Arab and Sephardic cultures.

Awards

• Franz Josef Reinl Prize, 1996
• International Music Prize for Excellence in Composition from the Colorado Music Academy, 2010

Discography

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (CD series of the Munich University of Music, No. 16)
• "Sonnenfinsternis" (2008), Bella Musica (Max Doehlemann Jazz Trio)
• Jacob's Dream: New Jewish Songs (2011), Edition Antes
• Walter Rothschild And The Minyan Boys: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (2010) - Hentrich und Hentrich (produced by Max Doehlemann)
• Songs Of The Clown: Shakespeare-Lieder (2014), MG-Audio Berlin
• Azur (2014), Blackbird Studios Berlin

Works (selection)

• Piano Concerto No. 1
• “Musical Midrashim 1–4” for 4-handed piano
• "Oxymoron" for viola and electronics
• “7 Shakespeare songs” for baritone and piano
• “Marginalie” for oboe, flute and piano
• Psalm 95 for baritone, mixed choir and organ
• Psalm 137 for soprano, viola and piano
• Haschkiwenu for soprano and piano
• Uwa LeZion for soprano and piano
• Poèmes de Paul Valéry for soprano and piano
• Strange Days (based on a story by Arno Schmidt; version as melodrama and as a live radio play)
• Concert for vibraphone and orchestra

Web links

• Works by Max Doehlemann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Max Doehlemann's website
• Gerald Beyrodt: He is fascinated by starkness - Max Doehlemann makes music based on motifs from the Hebrew Bible , Deutschlandradio Kultur on June 17, 2011
• "Jakobs Traum" at "Musicweb international"
• Henryk M. Broder on the "Axis of the Good"
• hagalil.com on Jacob's dream
• Max Doehlemann in the Internet Movie Database (English)