Michael Heisch

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Michael Heisch (born May 20, 1963 in Schaffhausen ) is a Swiss composer , double bass player , cultural critic and illustrator .

Life

Heisch was born in 1963 as the son of the writer and satirist Peter Heisch . From the age of seven he received piano lessons from Henri Chappat. He first completed an apprenticeship as an advertising assistant. Heisch decreased 1,980 private bass -classes at Bruno Brandenberger . From 1981 to 1984 he studied with Yoan Goilav at the Winterthur Conservatory, from 1989 to 1991 with Hämi Hämmerli at the St. Gallen Jazz School and from 1991 with Andreas Cincera at the Conservatory of the City of Zurich . From 1990 to 1991 he also completed a preliminary course at the school for design in Romanshorn .

From 1990 to 1994 he studied music theory with Martin Neukom and Christian Bänninger at the School for Music Theory in Zurich as well as privately composition with Hans Ulrich Lehmann and choir direction and conducting with Christian Siegmann and Johannes Schöllhorn . From 1994 to 1995 he studied synthetic sound analysis with Gerald Bennett at the Zurich Conservatory. From 1998 to 2002 he studied composition with Johannes Schöllhorn and Mathias Steinauer at the University of Music and Theater Zurich-Winterthur.

Heisch lives as a composer and cultural journalist in Zurich . As a double bass player, he has already worked with the musicians Luigi Archetti , Sebastian Hofmann , Martin Lorenz and M. Vänçi Stirnemann . He is a member of the composers' college of the Swiss Center for Computer Music (SZCM), a member of the board of the International Society for New Music , Section Zurich and the forum for contemporary music ADESSO .

Awards

  • 1998: Prize at the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo Di Musica Elettroacustica in Varese
  • 2004: Nominated for the Bodensee Art Prize in Schaffhausen

Works (selection)

  • Eisenfresser (1996). Electroacoustic music for tape
  • Theuth I and Theuth II (1996). Electroacoustic music for tape
  • Flaneur (1996). Electroacoustic music for tape
  • 5 serifs for string trio (1997) for violin, viola and violoncello
  • 5 Logogramme (1997) for flute solo
  • Orchestral arrangements (1997) based on 4 piano pieces by Franz Liszt
  • Edison (1998). Electroacoustic music for tape
  • Moiré - Studies for 4 Organets (1999) for 4 Organets
  • Agnus Dei (1999). Electroacoustic music for tape and organ
  • Zirufim (1999). Electroacoustic music for tape and electric guitar
  • School of Silence (1999/2000). A kind of mini music theater for tape, actors and an obligatory cassette recorder
  • Brouillage / Bruitage (1999, rev. 2002) for double bass
  • ... butt-fine line of square length ... I to V (2000). Electroacoustic music for tape, work-in-progress
  • Wechselspielwechsel I. Fall (2000) for organ and percussion
  • Brouillage / Bruitage (2000, rev. 2003) for piano
  • Night Bites (2000) for string quartet and speaker
  • Bird flies, fish swims, man runs (2001). Chamber / audio / play / piece for actors and musicians and tape recordings
  • Chinese Cookies (2001) for saxophone quartet and speaker
  • Wechselspielwechsel II. Cases (2001) for accordion and percussion
  • 6 Serifs (2001) for soprano and piano
  • Kitchen Accidents (2002) for percussion quartet and speaker
  • Everblacks - five fake Weanalieda (2002) for voice, bassoon, piano, viola and double bass
  • Brouillage / Bruitage (2002) for actor
  • Best before: see lid (2002) for 2 pianoforte, celesta and harpsichord
  • Night Bites - every Night (2003) for string orchestra and speaker
  • zu rich (2003) for voice, violoncello, piano and turn tables
  • carpe noctem (2004) for bass flute, electric guitar and drums
  • kykloi (2004). Solo / voice / drums
  • In the Belly of the Turk (2004). Piano solo
  • Rondo (2005). Short opera for variable cast
  • anadiplosis / parekbasis (2005) for flute, violoncello and piano
  • Disintegration (2005) for clarinet, accordion and double bass
  • Disintegration (Transkription, 2008) for saxophone, accordion and cello
  • Arc (2008) for saxophone, violoncello and piano
  • Shadow boxing (2008/09) for singers, ensembles, boxers and actors
  • How would Lubitsch have done it? (2010) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano and drums
  • Bouillage / Bruitage - Penelope (2010) for percussion
  • Bouillage / Bruitage - Circe (2010) for (alto) flute
  • Moiré (2011) for saxophone, piano and percussion

Discography (selection)

  • 2008: Jack In The Box (DVD)
  • 2008: Dutch proverbs
  • 2010: Frozen Solid
  • 2010: Shadow Boxing (DVD)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Hey, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss composer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Schaffhausen