Michael Starke

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Michael Thomas Starke (* 1969 in Pegnitz , Upper Franconia ) is a German composer.

Live and act

Michael Starke completed a teaching degree for music and theology at the University of Bayreuth from 1991 to 1996 with Helmut Bieler, among others, and at the Munich University of Music . In 1995 he received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Foundation . Later on he studied composition with Volker Blumenthaler and singing with Sibrand Basa in Nuremberg.

In 1994 Starke co-founded the choir “Lingua Musica” in Pegnitz. Under his musical direction the choir performed Carmina Burana and Der Mond by Carl Orff , Orpheus and Eurydike by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Mozart's Requiem, among others . Starke also oversaw various music theater projects in cooperation with Theater Schall und Rauch in Pegnitz until 2006 .

Starke has been a teacher for music and Protestant religious studies at the Johannes Kepler secondary school in Bayreuth since 2001. Since 2007 he has been the second chairman of the Bayreuth Tonkünstlerverband .

Starke received various composition commissions and a. from the Francaix Ensemble , the Ensemble Musica viva and the Duo concertante .

Awards (selection)

  • 2001: 2nd prize at the VE Becker composition competition of the city of Bad Brückenau for the work "Psalm 23"
  • 2007: Culture Prize of the Bayreuth District with the choir "Lingua musica"
  • 2009, 2013, 2019: Winner of the composition competition of the Bavarian Tonkünstlerverein
  • 2009: Citizen Medal of the City of Pegnitz for voluntary cultural commitment
  • 2011: 3rd prize in the composition competition of the Tonkünstlerverband Würzburg for the work "Dunkler Traum"

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

  • 2011: Dark Dream (orchestral version)
  • 2014: Ruach

Stage and vocal works

  • 2000: Psalm 23 for choir a-cappella
  • 2002: Magnificat for mixed choir, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and organ
  • 2008: from unstoppable space based on poems by RM Rilke for mixed choir a-cappella
  • 2011: Der Knabe im Moor based on a poem by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff for mixed choir a-cappella
  • 2012: Magnificat for mixed choir and organ
  • 2012: Renunciation monodrama for mezzo-soprano and piano based on letters from Mathilde Wesendonck to Richard Wagner
  • 2017: Lazarus for mezzo-soprano, choir and string orchestra based on a text by Maximilian Ponader

Organ and instruments

  • 2001/2002: Musica sacra for 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and organ
  • 2018: Choral fantasy about Verleih uns Frieden mercifully for organ solo

Chamber music

  • 1996: 4 scenes from Faust for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola and violoncello
  • 1999: Meditation for 2 oboes, 2 horns and 2 bassoons
  • 2004/2005: ... and the glow for piano and percussion is immeasurable
  • 2008/2009: 4 fragments for violin and piano
  • 2010: Dark Dream for piano solo (for the 200th birthday of Robert Schumann )
  • 2010: Symphonic pieces from the opera The Nightingale and the Rose for violin, violoncello and piano
  • 2012: Minimal Toccata for 2 marimbaphones and 4 players
  • 2012: Epitaph for N. for percussion solo
  • 2013: Reger -Metamorphosis for flute and piano
  • 2014: Night piece for violin, horn and piano
  • 2015: Mouvements for 2 flutes and piano
  • 2015: Gloria in excelsis deo for flute solo
  • 2018: Tristan and Isolde , sketch for a stage design by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle for solo cello
  • 2020: Trois visions for piano solo

literature

  • Strong, Michael. In: St. Zeller: One hundred years of the Tonkünstlerverband: the 2011 events. In: Chr. Henzel, St. Zeller (Hrsg.): The Würzburger Tonkünstlerverband. History - present - future. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary . Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8260-4591-2 , p. 230.
  • Strong, Michael. In: W. Dohr: Compendium of German song and choir composers of the 20th / 21st centuries Century. 2003.
  • Strong, Michael. In: L. Rugel: 25th presentation of the Valentin Becker Prize July 15, 2001. Bad Brückenau 2001, p. 12.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Verlag Neue Musik: Michael Starke, composer. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
  2. ↑ The board of directors. In: Tonkünstlerverband Bayreuth. Retrieved May 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Strong, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Starke, Michael Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Pegnitz