Peter Branka
Peter Branka (* 1972 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer .
Live and act
Peter Branka studied composition, piano and conducting at the Vienna Conservatory . He led various musical workshops and composed various commissioned works. Among other things, he was the musical director and composer of the children's musical “Der Weihnachtsapfel” in Vienna and the musical “Rainbow Girl” (first performed in 1992 in St. Pölten, Austria).
His compositions are characterized by modern tonal music with both film music influences and elements from pop music and jazz. Many of his symphonic orchestral works have the character of program music.
Works
- Children's musical “Der Weihnachtsapfel” 1995, numerous performances for children in Vienna
- Marilyn Monroe musical "Rainbow Girl" in the Landestheater St. Pölten 1992
- Cooperation with the Orchestra of the Lower Austrian Tonkünstler
- Performance of Christmas carols by the Mozart Boys Choir Vienna under Peter Lang
- World premiere of the Aberdeen Fair 2005
- World premiere of Mystica (a work for choir and orchestra) in collaboration with the Mozart Boys Choir, the Choir Curiositas and the Conservatory of the City of Vienna as part of the Wiener Festwochen 2007
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| SURNAME | Branka, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |