Michael Amann

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Michael Amann (born February 25, 1964 in Dornbirn ) is an Austrian composer .

Life

Michael Amann grew up as the youngest of five children of the middle school teacher Meinrad Amann, a brother of the composer Gerold Amann, in Rankweil . After his first musical impressions at home and in the children's choir, he learned from 1977 to 1984 at the Vorarlberg State Conservatory in Feldkirch trombone with Josef Amann trombone as well as composition and composition with Robert Nessler. 1979–1984 he attended the Feldkirch high school for music. During this time, his pieces were performed at concerts at the Musikgymnasium, at the Forum for Contemporary Music in Feldkirch and at events organized by the Austrian Association of Composers. Resident in Vienna since 1984 , he completed a teaching degree in music education with a focus on composition with Heinz Kratochwil and Herbert Tachezi from 1986–1991 at what was then the University of Music and Performing Arts (Diploma thesis Timelines in New Music - The organization of time in some Styles of music after 1945 , 1990); He also studied English and American studies at the University of Vienna . From 1990–1995 a diploma course in composition ( Iván Eröd ) and composition ( Erich Urbanner ) followed at the music academy . After completing his civil service in Vorarlberg, he began teaching in 1991 as a music teacher at Viennese grammar schools.

Amann's compositions have been spreading beyond Vorarlberg since the early 1990s, initially mainly in performances by the association for the presentation of new Austrian music "Music on Line", later also at various festivals ( Wien Modern , Klangbogen Wien , audio courses, Bludenzer Tage contemporary music , Bregenz Festival, etc.). In 1998 the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation presented its Fantasy for Ensemble at the annual International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. Amann was composer-in-residence at the Composers' Forum in Mittersill in 1999 and at the Vienna University of Music and Art from 2004–2005 .

Awards, grants (selection)

  • 1993: Music Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
  • 1995: Austrian State Scholarship for Composition
  • 1997: Theodor Körner Fund Prize
  • 2006: Composition grant from the state of Vorarlberg

Works (selection)

  • Concerto for oboe, harp, string quintet and string orchestra (1991)
  • Penelope . Quintet for string quartet and piano (1992)
  • Four Organ Pieces (1992/93)
  • String Quartet (1993)
  • Music for orchestra (1993/94)
  • Kirke for voice, violin, piano and percussion (1995)
  • ... for cello solo (1995)
  • La raya voladora for bassoon and piano (1995/96)
  • Spheres sounds for string quartet (1996)
  • Fantasy for ensemble (1997)
  • Second string quartet (1997)
  • ... for two pianos (1998)
  • Pan for oboe solo with e-bow ad lib. (1998/99)
  • Indian Summer for piano solo (1999)
  • Duo (version of Three Cows, Two Clarinets for flute, oboe and tape) (2000)
  • Islands for violoncello and piano (2000)
  • Darkening / solidification for ensemble (2001)
  • Quaoar for violin (or viola) and piano (2003)
  • Maze for violin and piano (2003)
  • Light thickens . Version for ensemble (2004)
  • estinguendo for viola solo and string orchestra (2005)
  • Three studies on »Se la face ay pale« for vocal ensemble (2006)
  • Arachne for violin, violoncello and piano (2007)
  • Aestus erat for vocal quartet and recorder quartet (2008)
  • Many Happy Returns! for large orchestra (2009)
  • Broken Lines for orchestra (2010)
  • Book of madrigals for seven voices (2011/12)
  • Breath of Statues for Ensemble (2014)
  • The bridge is broken . Music to texts from the writing workshop in the VinziRast-CortiHaus for recitation, trumpet, accordion, viola and percussion (2015)
  • Swing Bridge for violin and viola (2016)
  • Third string quartet (2018)
  • Concerto for violin and ensemble (2019)
  • Schafe im Schnee - 50 bars for the birthdays of Norbert Sterk and Thomas Heinisch for flute, clarinet, violin and violoncello (2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://presse.vorarlberg.at/land/dist/vlk-19349.html
personal data
SURNAME Amann, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn