Michael Emanuel Bauer

Michael Emanuel Bauer (2012)

Michael Emanuel Bauer (born January 4, 1974 in Roding ) is a German composer .

Life

After attending grammar school in Zwiesel , Michael Emanuel Bauer studied musicology as well as ancient, modern and modern history at the University of Regensburg from 1995 . In 1997 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he graduated in 2003 with a Magister Artium in musicology. He also attended composition courses with Karlheinz Stockhausen , Dieter Schnebel and Bernhard Lang . He also took part in the Darmstadt summer courses for new music.

In addition, in 2002 Bauer completed piano studies at the New Jazz School in Munich with Max Neissendorfer. From 2004 to 2006 he took private lessons in film and theater music with the Fassbinder composer Peer Raben , with whom he also worked. In this context, u. a. an arrangement of Peer Raven's musical contribution to Wong Kar-Wai's film 2046 .

In 2006, Bauer began studying for a doctorate at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz . In 2012 he received his doctorate there. phil. in musicology / jazz research with a dissertation on Peer Raven's film music for selected Fassbinder films.

Bauer has been working as a freelance composer since 2001, primarily in the field of music and spoken theater. His works were performed at the Wiener Festwochen , at the Deutsches Theater Berlin , Residenztheater Munich , Staatsschauspiel Dresden , Staatstheater Stuttgart , Schauspielhaus Bochum , at the Neuköllner Oper Berlin and at the Munich Biennale (collaboration with, among others, Nurkan Erpulat , Fabian Gerhardt, Ulrich Rasche , Matthias Rebstock , Johannes Schmid , Sandra Strunz and Miriam Tscholl ). The second focus of his artistic activity is the composition of chamber music works. He also writes music for art house and documentaries .

Bauer's work moves in the field of tension between music, visual arts, film and theater. He often makes use of various collage techniques with interwoven and adapted musical quotations (" found footage "). In this he is close to the Appropriation Art , as z. B. is practiced by the artists Elaine Sturtevant , Wade Guyton , Cindy Sherman , the collective Equipo Cronica and by Martin Arnold .

In addition to his work as a composer, Bauer is a lecturer for theater and composition at the chair for theater studies at the University of Bayreuth and at the University of Hildesheim , Institute for Music and Musicology. In 2019 he was a jury member in the 10th International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague . Since 2003 he has been teaching music as an elective at the technical college in Regen .

Michael Emanuel Bauer lives in Munich and Regen.

Works

Work in the field of music theater (selection)

• This is not a love song , concept and direction: Ulrich Rasche, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, electronics: Wolfgang Musil, Wiener Festwochen, 2007.

• Der Wilhelmine-Code , music theater, text: Constantin von Castenstein, director: Lilli-Hannah Hoepner, commissioned by Theater Erlangen, 2009 (published by schaefersphilippen).

• The Abduction from the Seraglio , a monologue based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , concept and direction: Ulrich Rasche, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, electronic composition: Hannes Strobl, Sophiensäle (Berlin), 2010.

• Wasteland. Stories from Nothing , music theater by Matthias Rebstock, Tilman Rammstedt and Michael Emanuel Bauer, directed by Matthias Rebstock, Neuköllner Oper (Berlin), 2010.

• making of - a music theater installation, concept, composition, staging: Michael Emanuel Bauer, 13th Munich Biennale - International Festival for New Music Theater, 2012.

• Wanderlust. From the life of a couch potato . Music theater by Matthias Rebstock, Hermann Bohlen and Michael Emanuel Bauer, directed by Matthias Rebstock, Neuköllner Oper (Berlin), 2012.

• The Götterdämmerung in Vienna . Documentary course based on Alexander Kluge , music theater, text: Constantin von Castenstein, director: Lilli-Hannah Hoepner, Theater Osnabrück / Spieltriebe 5, 2013.

• The nose , based on Nikolai Gogol , music theater, text version: Miriam Tscholl, director: Miriam Tscholl, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 2013.

• Expedition Freischütz , a music theater project based on Carl Maria von Weber by Matthias Rebstock, director: Matthias Rebstock, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, electronics: Matthias Meyer, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, 2014.

• The Metamorphosis , a music theater project based on Franz Kafka by Miriam Tscholl and Michael Emanuel Bauer, director: Miriam Tscholl, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, Deutsches Theater Berlin, 2015.

• Pizzeria Anarchia , a dance music theater project by Thomas Desi , Bernhard Glocksin and Balletto Civile, text: Thomas Desi and Balletto Civile, direction and choreography: Michela Lucenti, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, Musiktheatertage Wien, Neuköllner Oper Berlin, Teatro della Tosse Genova, 2015.

• Invention about H , music dance theater by Rakesh Sukesh and Michael Emanuel Bauer, choreography and dance: Rakesh Sukesh, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, aperitif as part of the Zurich Festival, 2017.

• Aunt Sally - A Jaap Kool Rework for speaker, jazz sextet and Mixtur-Trautonium, A-Trane Berlin, 2017.

• 47 ° 22'12 "North / 8 ° 32'28" East. An acoustic survey of the city of Zurich , music theater installation for 12 children's choirs and 8 percussionists, director: Barbara Falter, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, Zurich Festival, 2018.

• Funkhaus Weimar - with Nietzsche on the air. A music theatrical search for traces of the “New Man” , concept, text, director: Matthias Rebstock, music: Michael Emanuel Bauer, Kunstfest Weimar (in cooperation with the German National Theater Weimar), 2018.

Working in the field of spoken theater (selection)

• Mogadischu window seat by Friedrich Christian Delius , dramatization: Beate Seidel and Regina Wenig, director: Regina Wenig, Staatstheater Stuttgart, composition of incidental music, 2007.

• Don Quixote von der Mancha von Cervantes , dramatization: Georg Holzer and Johannes Schmid, director: Johannes Schmid, Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel / Cuvilliéstheater, composition of incidental music, 2009.

• Only horses are given the coup de grace by Horace McCoy, director: Miriam Tscholl, dramaturgy and adaptation: Martin Heckmanns, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, composition of stage music, 2010.

• Clash , text: Nurkan Erpulat and Dorle Trachternach, director: Nurkan Erpulat, dramaturgy: Barbara Kantel, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, composition of incidental music, 2011 (invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen der Jugend 2011).

• The tenderness of the Russians by Dagrun Hintze, director: Sandra Strunz, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, composition of incidental music, 2011.

• Katzelmacher by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, director: Anja Sczilinski, Residenztheater München / Marstall, composition of incidental music, 2012.

• Morgenland , an evening with Dresden residents from the Orient, director: Miriam Tscholl, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, composition of incidental music, 2015.

• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare in the version by Martin Heckmanns, director: Miriam Tscholl, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, composition of incidental music, 2016.

• Arc de Triomphe by Erich Maria Remarque in the version by Stephan Wipplinger and Fabian Gerhardt, director: Fabian Gerhardt, Schauspielhaus Bochum, composition of stage music, 2017.

• The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, director: Miriam Tscholl, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, composition of incidental music, 2017.

• Memories of a nervous patient by Daniel Paul Schreber in the version by Stephan Wipplinger and Fabian Gerhardt, director: Fabian Gerhardt, Schauspielhaus Bochum, composition of stage music, 2018.

Film and television (selection)

• 2046 , written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai , Jet-tone Pictures, arrangement of the film music contribution by Peer Raben, 2004 (feature film). Golden Horse Award Taipei 2004, "Best original filmscore", Hong Kong Film Award 2005, "Best original filmscore"

• Life out of control , written and directed by Bertram Verhaag, Denkmal Film in collaboration with ARTE and SWR, film music, 2004 (documentary). Prices and a. IDA`s 20th Annual Competition 2004, Los Angeles / USA.

• Contact , book: Gordan Mihic, director: Sergej Stanojkovski, Busse & Halberschmidt in collaboration with ZDF / Kleines Fernsehspiel, film music together with Peer Raben, 2005 (feature film). Pre-nomination in the category “Best foreign language film” for the Academy Award (Oscar) 2007.

• Armin , script and direction: Ognjen Svilicic, Busse & Halberschmidt, film music together with Karger / Holzapfel, 2006 (feature film). Berlinale (Forum) 2007, Cannes (Market) 2007, pre-nomination in the category “Best foreign language film” for the Academy Award (Oscar) 2008.

• Spoilers , written and directed: Georg Nonnenmacher and Henning Drechsler, Busse & Halberschmidt, film music together with Karger / Holzapfel, 2006. (Documentary) Hessian Film Prize 2007.

• W as in knowledge, Der Rhythmus des Etna (broadcast on March 25, 2012), written and directed by Frank Bäumer, BR / ARD, film music, 2012 (documentary film).

• perfection , script and direction: Benedikt Röskau, Benedikt Röskau Filmproduktion and Amalia-Film, film music together with Christoph Reiserer, 2014 (short film). Premiere at the 48th Hof International Film Festival. The film was also shown in 2015 at the Babylon Short Film Festival Berlin and the Fort Myers Film Festival (USA).

radio play

• Dead in New York , radio opera by Peer Raben and Jean-Jacques Schuhl. New version for jazz band, narrator, cinema organ and breaking news by Oliver Held and Michael Emanuel Bauer. Published by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus and Grimm MDG Scene 2015.

• Desperados or Hitler goes to the cinema , radio play by Rudolf Herz and Julia Wahren, composition: Michael Emanuel Bauer, Bayerischer Rundfunk 2018.

Concert music (selection)

• 3 times 3 for flute, accordion and violoncello (2006)

• 4x3 for piano (2008) / commissioned composition festival “Alles im Fluss” / New Music Network

• sonification… crippled for flute and double bass (2009) / commissioned by the Göttingen Handel Festival

• the franz is the hans sein ignaz for double bass, treble zither , harp and dulcimer (2010) / commissioned by Georg Glasl and “Zither 8” Munich

• shanzhai for flute and guitar (2013)

• take… breath… take for soprano saxophone, accordion and playback CD (2014)

• Superflat for large ensemble (2016) / Composition commissioned by the Munich Society for New Music MGNM / Direction: Peter Hirsch / Recording from Bayerischer Rundfunk and broadcast in “Horizonte” / BR-Klassik on April 6, 2017.

• and so it goes. for flute, soprano saxophone and piano (2017) / Contemporary Music Evenings Tbilisi / Tiflis (Georgia) 2017.

• Clarinet Zombie for clarinet and accordion (2017) / Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts Munich (UA).

• Master of the Universe for accordion orchestra (2018) / commissioned by the Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra, Tafelhalle Nürnberg

• Gray for flute (2018) / Contemporary Music Evenings Tbilisi / Tiflis (Georgia) 2018.

• Close-up: Bergman for piano solo (2018) / “Antennenglühn” - Night of New Music, Small Concert Hall Gasteig Munich.

• A Marseillaise is missing! Europe has become a sober project. You can't sing it! for vocal choir, speaking choir, soloists and combo (2019) / commissioned by the 4th European Citizens' Stage Festival, Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Publications

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Peer Raben: an introduction to the film music work of the Fassbinder composer. Graz, Univ. for music and performing arts, dissertation, 2011.

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Peer Raven: An obituary . In: cinema musica, issue 8 / April 2007. Ed .: Tonspurverlag Bremen. Bremen 2007, p. 10f.

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Music as theater . An introduction to scenic work. In: Crossing borders. Focus on school theater 14. Journal for theater and aesthetic education. Seelze 2015.

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Between the Chairs . Musical strategies in composed theater. In: MusikTexte 149. Journal for New Music. Cologne 2016.

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Made, staged and trimmed . Postmodern tendencies in the music of the Fassbinder composer Peer Raben. In: MusikTexte 154. Journal for New Music. Cologne 2017.

• Bauer, Michael Emanuel: Vers une musique appropriante. A plea for "advanced eclecticism". In: MusikTexte 161. Journal for New Music. Cologne 2019.

Awards

• 2005 Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize from the City of Munich. The laudation emphasized: “(...) Bauer's previous work appears so interesting because he knows how to move confidently within the most varied of musical genres and to discover new artistic possibilities. (...) Skillful use of current composition techniques - such as B. stylistic and historical quotations or collage techniques (...) make his music tangible and surprising at the same time. "

literature

• Pongratz, Roland: a passionate composer valued by clients, musicians, colleagues and listeners - composer Michael Emanuel Bauer from Regen. In: Beautiful Bavarian Forest 2006, 172, p. 6.

Web links

• Entry in the composers lexicon of the German Composers Association , accessed on November 22, 2018.
• Michael Emanuel Bauer at filmportal.de , accessed on August 2, 2014.
• Michael Emanuel Bauer in the ensemble of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , accessed on August 2, 2014.
• Entry at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin , accessed on August 2, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Team of the Theater Studies University of Bayreuth ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on August 13, 2014. 
2. ↑ Schulz, Reinhard: Mummenschanz of feelings . Süddeutsche Zeitung / Feuilleton February 13, 2009.
3. ↑ Fuchs, Jörn Florian: Lust and frustration of life . Wiener Zeitung January 30, 2009.
4. ↑ Polaczek, Dieter: I'm now singing a song about nothing . Opera World November 11, 2010.
5. ↑ Munich Biennale ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 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. , accessed on August 13, 2014. 
6. ↑ Review by Michael Bartsch in Dresdner Latest News September 30, 2013.
7. ^ Review by Raphael Barth in Sächsische Zeitung April 9, 2014.
8. ↑ Brief description on the website of the Deutsches Theater Berlin , accessed on January 16, 2016.
9. ↑ Review by Dieter David Scholz in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on January 16, 2016.
10. ↑ Brief description , accessed on April 18, 2017.
11. ↑ Program opening of the Zurich Festival 2018 , accessed on November 18, 2018.
12. ↑ Program entry at Kunstfest Weimar , accessed on November 18, 2018.
13. ↑ Review in nmz (new music newspaper) , accessed on November 18, 2018.
14. ↑ Brief description on the program of the Dresden State Theater ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2016 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. , accessed January 16, 2016. 
15. ↑ Review in the "Nachtkritik" . Further reviews appeared in the taz and in the Sächsische Zeitung (each December 1, 2015) and in the WELT (December 2, 2016).
16. ↑ Summary in the program of the Schauspielhaus Bochum ( memento of the original from April 19, 2017 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. , accessed April 18, 2017. 
17. ↑ Brief description on the program of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden , accessed on November 22, 2018.
18. ^ Review of the premiere in the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , accessed on November 18, 2018.
19. ↑ Brief description on the website of the FilmFernsehFonds Bayern , accessed on November 14, 2014.
20. ↑ http://babylonberlin.de/bsff2015.htm
21. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 18, 2016 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. 
22. ↑ Details on the MDG website , accessed on November 18, 2018.
23. ↑ Description in the ARD audio game database , accessed on November 18, 2018.
24. ↑ WP (= world premiere ) Pálffy Palác Prague 2006
25. ^ UA Vilshofen 2008
26. ↑ World premiere of the Göttingen Handel Festival 2009
27. ^ UA Gasteig Munich / Black Box 2010
28. ^ WP Gasteig Munich / Small Concert Hall 2013
29. ↑ Premiere on November 20, 2014 in the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts: Program , accessed on January 16, 2016.
30. ↑ Program MGNM event , accessed on 18 April 2017th
31. ↑ Details on the Nuremberg Accordion Orchestra website , accessed on November 18, 2018.
32. ↑ Program antennengluehn / night of new music 2018 , accessed on November 18, 2018
33. ↑ Brief description by Friedrich-Verlag , accessed on January 16, 2016.
34. ↑ The award ceremony took place on December 6, 2005 in the i-camp / Neues Theater Munich. The laudation was given by the then cultural advisor Prof. Lydia Hartl.