Oliver Schneller
Oliver Martin Schneller (born March 26, 1966 in Cologne ) is a German composer and saxophonist .
Life
Grew up faster in Ireland , Sudan , Belgium and the Philippines . He studied musicology, political science and history at the University of Bonn . From 1990 to 1991 he worked for the Goethe Institute in Kathmandu , Nepal . In 1994 he moved to the USA ; there he studied composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston . From 2000 to 2002 he attended a one-year course at the IRCAM / Center Pompidou , Paris . In 2002 he received his doctorate in composition from Columbia University as a student of Tristan Murail , where he also taught composition and computer music as his assistant. Master classes with Salvatore Sciarrino , Jonathan Harvey , Brian Ferneyhough , George Benjamin and Vinko Globokar rounded off his education and had a great influence on his later work. From 2002 to 2004 he was compositeur en recherche at IRCAM, where he mainly devoted himself to work on “Jardin des fleuves”, a composition for ensemble and live electronics.
In 2004 he was the artistic director of the “Tracing Migrations” festival in Berlin , which led to the founding of the “Tracing Migrations Project”, an ongoing documentation and constantly updated database for compositions, recordings and institutions for modern music in the Arab world. In addition, Schneller founded the composers collective “Biotope” together with Jean-Luc Hervé and Thierry Blondeau in 2004. In 2005 he became curator of the “The Musical Moment” project at the House of World Cultures in Berlin. He is the artistic director of the SinusTon Festival for Experimental Music in Magdeburg , which he founded in 2008 together with Carsten Gerth. Since 2009 he has been working as a Sound Arts Curator at the ha'atelier Platform for Philosophy and Art and the Taswir projects.
Oliver Schneller's music was shown at international festivals such as E.g. the Agora Paris Festival, Musica Strasbourg, the Munich Biennale, Maerzmusik Berlin, the Witten Days for New Chamber Music , the Ultrasound Festival, Wien Modern , the summer courses for New Music Darmstadt , Tremplins Paris, Les Musiques Marseille, musique action Nancy, Musica nova, Wintermusic Berlin, Karnatic Lab, Alternativa Moscow, the International Computer Music Conference, in Singapore and Gothenburg , Musicaaoustica Beijing, Takefu Japan, Indaba, Aspen Music Festival and School, Tanglewood Music Festival, "Frankfurt 2000", the Festival of Contemporary Music from the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, the Festival Résonances at IRCAM or in the Millennium Stage Series at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, performed by well-known artists such as Ensemble Modern , Ensemble intercontemporain , Ensemble musikFabrik , Ictus Ensemble , Avanti !, Ensemble recherche , Speculum Musicae, Court Circuit, Ensemble Mosaik, the SWR Symphony Orchestra , the Chamber Ensemble e Neue Musik Berlin, Ensemble Courage, Antares, the Tanglewood Symphony Orchestra or the St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble.
Oliver Schneller is also active as a saxophonist and has played with the George Russell Big Band, the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa , the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Steve Drury, Heather O'Donnell, Jiggs Whigham (Big Band), Bernhard Lang , Ned McGowan , Robin Hayward , Vinko Globokar and Gert Matthias Wegner.
Teaching
After gaining initial teaching experience as assistant to Professor Tristan Murail, Schneller set up the Computer Music Studio at the Graduate Center CUNY during his time in New York and also taught harmony and counterpoint at Baruch College . From 2005 to 2006 he had the opportunity to work as a “guest lecturer and mentor” at the GLOBAL INTERPLAY project in Cairo . He also taught the seminar "Psychoacoustics and acoustics for composers" at the Berlin University of the Arts . From 2009 to 2010 Schneller was Professor of Composition at the State University for Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, substituting for Prof. Marco Stroppa ; From 2012 to 2015 he was a professor of composition at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media . From 2015 to 2019 he was Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester . Since 2019 he has held a professorship for composition at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf, where he currently lives with his wife, the American pianist Heather O'Donnell, and his daughter.
Prizes and awards (selection)
- 1984 First Prize in Instrumental Performance First prize in the “Instrumental Performance” competition of the Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools
- 1996 Robert Starer Prize
- 1998 Boris Rapoport Composition Prize
- 1998–2002 Presidential Fellowship from Columbia University
- 1999 Award from the National Flute Association
- 1999 Benjamin Britten Memorial Scholarship, Tanglewood Music Center
- 2000 Paul Fromm Prize, Tanglewood Music Center / Harvard University
- 2002 residency at the Maison-Heinrich-Heine of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
- 2004–2005 scholarship from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art , Villa Concordia Bamberg
- 2006–2007 Rome Prize and scholarship from the Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo
- 2010 Ernst von Siemens sponsorship award
- 2011 scholarship from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation
Works (selection)
Orchestral works
- Gammes , Symphony Orchestra, 1995
- Tightrope Dancer , Symphony Orchestra, 1996
- Wu Xing / Fire , Symphony Orchestra, 2010
- Wu Xing / Metal , Symphony Orchestra, 2006–11
- Dreamspace , symphony orchestra and solo ensemble, 2011
- Wu Xing / Water , Symphony Orchestra, 2013–14
- Tropes, symphony orchestra, 2014
Solo and chamber music (2-4 players)
- Big City Divertimento , 4 saxophones, 1995
- Kumoijoshi , soprano saxophone and Koto, 1995
- Hoqueterie , alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, guitar and percussion, 1996
- Marsyas , amplified flute, amplified cello, 1996
- Processional Suite , two guitars, 1996
- Five Miniatures after Maurice Sendak , horn, trumpet, trombone, 1998
- Joyce Paraphrases , amplified string quartet, tape, 1998
- Trio , cello, piano, accordion, 1999
- Topoi , clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2000
- Soleil in memoriam Iannis Xenakis , flute, piano, 2001
- Twilight Dialogues, flute, clarinet, viola, percussion, 2005
- String Space , violin, viola, cello, live electronics 2005
- Resonant Space , 2 pianos, 2 percussionists, 2007
- per maggior intreccio , flute, harpsichord, 2007
- Rugged Space , accordion, piano, live electronics, 2009
- The infinite delicacy of space , organ, horn, tuba, percussion, electronics, 2005
- Four scenes , flute, percussion, piano, 2010
- Cyan , 2 pianos, 2 percussionists, 2011
Ensemble (5–22 players)
- Finnegain Speaking , 9 players, 1997
- Aqua Vit , 8 players, 1999
- Phantom Islands , 14 players, live electronics, 2000
- Diastema , 14 players, 2001-2002
- Jardin des fleuves , 16 players, live electronics, 2002–2004
- Clair / Obscur , 7 players, live electronics, 2005–2006
- Stratigraphie I , 6 players, live electronics, 2007
- Musica ficta , 5 players, live electronics, 2008
- Paysage sauvage , 4 players, live electronics, 2009
- Stratigraphie II , 6 players, live electronics, 2009–2010
- Kagura , flute, 22 players, 2010–2011
- Transatlantic jukebox , piano and chamber orchestra, 2012
- Amber , two string quartets, 2011–2012
- Alice Blue , Ensemble, 2014
- Superstructure , 6 percussionists, 2014
vocal
- Rice Pudding (text by AA Milne), speaker, piano, 1993
- Three Songs after Hopkins, Shelley and Meredith , soprano, piano, 1994
- Alice Setting (text by Lewis Carroll), soprano, mixed choir, piano, drums, string orchestra, 1997
- Pour beak max . Hommage à Max Ernst (text by the composer), 3 male voices, 1999
- Candidum lilium , vocal ensemble (SSTTB), live electronics, 2005
- Evening song, voice, clavichord, violin, cello, 2009
- Monodi, voice, live electronics , 2010
- Mugen , voice, live electronics, 2011
- Kireji, vocal ensemble, loudspeaker, 2015
solo
- Four caprices , piano, 1989–90
- Seven pictures , piano, 1995
- Reed-Weed , alto saxophone, 1996
- Labyrinth , piano, 1996
- Aurora , piano, 1997
- Clouds , piano, 1998
- Five Imaginary Spaces , piano, live electronics 2001
- And Tomorrow , piano, live electronics, 2004
- Turbulent Space , recorder, live electronics, 2005
- Track & Field , piano, video, live electronics, 2006–07
- Open space , organ, live electronics, 2011
Electroacoustic works and installations
- Variations on a Word , tape, 1997
- Bell / Man, tape, 1998
- Proteus , tape, 1999
- Cell Cycle , Six Channel Audio / Video, 2007
- La couleur du son , four-channel audio-visual installation, 2005
- WuXing , five-channel audio-visual installation 2007
- Voice Space , six-channel audio-visual interactive installation, 2007
- An Atlas of Sounds , 42-channel audio-visual installation, 2009–2010
Working together
- Trojan Lion , 5.1-channel interactive sound installation with Peter Wyss, 2010
- Lichtkörper, 4-channel installation for disused loudspeakers with Alexander Polzin, 2009
- IO , 5.1-channel installation with Curtis Anderson, 2006
- Cento Correnti , 20.1-channel sound installation with Iris Dupper, 2006
- Ritratto Romano , soundtrack to a video by Christoph Brech, 2006
- Duets I-VII , soundtracks to seven videos by Eberli / Mantel, 2006–2011
- Imperfect Enjoyment , soundtrack to a video by Almut Determeyer, 2004
Arrangements
- Six Little Piano Pieces Op. 19 (No. 1, 2, 6) (Arnold Schönberg), orchestra, 1989
- Ten Marches to Miss Victory (Nos. 5, 9) (Mauricio Kagel), orchestra, 1995
- All of Me , orchestra, 2007
- My Funny Valentine , orchestra, 2007
- You're the Top, wind ensemble, 2012
Publications (selection)
- Donald Martino's Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra , CD-liner text © New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music, No. 80529-2, 1998
- Sounds of an exhibition. Notes on the contrapuntal sound course by Taswir , in: "TASWIR. Islamic image worlds and modernity", Nicolai Verlag Berlin, 2009, pp. 133-137
- Acoustic model and composed structure , Institute for New Music and Music Education, Darmstadt 2008, Schott Verlag Mainz, 2009, pp. 183–189
- Six works by Sebastian Stier . Schott Verlag Mainz / WERGO Edition Contemporary Music (German Music Council), booklet text WER 6569 2, 2008
- Migration and Identity: Perspectives in Contemporary Arabic Music , Yearbook of the Berlin Society for New Music, Pfau Verlag Friedberg, 2006, pp. 127–139
- HörRaum Stadt , yearbook of the Berlin Society for New Music 2003/2004, Pfau Verlag Friedberg, 2006, pp. 99–100
- Raumklang-Klangraum: About Pierre Boulez 'Répons , Berlin Philharmonic magazine, October 2005, pp. 38–40
- Does new music need the chamber music hall? , Bauwelt 8/05 (2005), pp. 26-27
- A Contemporary Response to Charles Ives in: Berliner Festspiele (ed.), MaerzMusik. Festival for Current Music 2004 Saarbrücken, Pfau Verlag Friedberg 2004, pp. 146–153
- Sound layer and time harmony. Encounter with Gottried Michael Koenig , program for the “3. Magdeburg Concerts ”. Festival of the Music History of Magdeburg, October 2003
- Music and Space , Research Commission of the House of World Cultures Berlin, 2003
- Sonic Arts in Germany, MIT Press Computer Music Journal 26, 4, spring 2002, pp. 54–57
- Chambres Séparées, KOMA, entrop, Zwischenwelten: Gerhard Winkler, MIT Press Computer Music Journal 25, 1, 2001, pp. 75–76
- Material Matters, Current Musicology 67/68, Winter 2002, pp. 156-174
- IRCAM at Columbia 1999 , Dossier d'Information IRCAM, No. 18, October 2000, pp. 136-138
- Music and Utopia , Universalmaschine Heft 02, Berlin (2001), pp. 68-70
Translations (selection)
- Helmut Lachenmann - "Four Questions Regarding New Music", translated into English for: Contemporary Music Review, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, September 2004
- James Harley - "Sonic and Parametrical Entities in Tetras: An Analytical Approach to the Music of Iannis Xenakis" , translated into German for: Musiktexte 91, December 2001
- Neil Leonard - “Uncompromising and progressive. Juan Blanco: Cuba's Pioneer of Electroacoustic Music ” , translated into German for: Musiktexte 96, May 2003
Web links
- Documentation of Oliver Schneller's "Atlas of Sounds" by Merit Fakler (video, German / English), 3'33 ", taswir.org/merit-fakler.de, 2010; accessed on May 31, 2018
- Entretien avec Oliver Schneller by Eric Denut (French), accents. la revue de l'Ensemble Intercontemporain No. 24, 2004; accessed on May 31, 2018
- Sound spaces and irritations, CD review by Stefan Drees , Klassik.com, 2010; accessed on May 31, 2018
- Website of the composer (German, English); accessed on May 31, 2018
- Entry at IRCAM (French); accessed on May 31, 2018
- Entry on the homepage of the Eastman School of Music (English); accessed on May 31, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b oliver faster, biography. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ oliver faster, biography. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Joyce Paraphrases, Oliver Schneller. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Phantom Islands, Oliver Schneller. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Jardin des fleuves, Oliver Schneller. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Musica ficta, Oliver Schneller. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Paysage sauvage, Oliver Schneller. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Responses to Ives. December 1, 2013, accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Merit Fakler: TASWIR workshop series: Oliver Schneller - Sounds of an Exhibition. December 4, 2009, accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ↑ Oliver Schneller: "Trojan Lion" (2010) audio-visual installation by Peter A. Wyss (sculpture) and Oliver Schneller (sound design and lighting). November 1, 2010, accessed May 31, 2018 .
- ^ Almut S. Bruckstein, Hendrik Budde, Berliner Festspiele: Taswir - Islamic image worlds and modernity . Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-89479-554-2 .
- ↑ Jörn Peter Hiekel: Networks: New music in the field of tension between science and technology . SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH & Co KG, Mainz, Mainz 2009, ISBN 978-3-7957-1839-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Faster, Oliver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schneller, Oliver Martin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and saxophonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |