Peter Wittrich

Peter Wittrich (born November 28, 1959 in Freising ) is a German composer and university professor .

Life

Wittrich studied school music and composition at the University of Music and Theater in Munich with Dieter Acker, among others . After his diploma in composition and the 2nd state examination with distinction in 1987, he completed the master class in composition.

Wittrich has been a full-time lecturer since 1989, and since 2004 Professor of Music Theory at the Munich University of Music.

Awards

• 1998 1st prize in the composition competition of the Franz Josef Reinl Foundation in Vienna with Segnali capricciosi
• 1999 1st prize in the composition competition of the European Church Music Festival in Schwäbisch Gmünd with hymn mottete
• 2002 2nd prize at the Siegburg composition competition with the piano cycle of the minute album

Works (selection)

In 2007 Wittrich commissioned Audi AG to compose the four-movement work AUDIophonie for the AUDI Wind Philharmonic.

• Scarlatti suite based on harpsichord sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti for septet (clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin and double bass, 2007).
• Double bass stories for double bass and piano (2013). Schott, Mainz.
• Esercizii musicali nuovi for baroque instruments (oboe, violin, violoncello, double bass and (chests) organ (2010)). Commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera for the chamber concert series
• The cheerful farmer . Humorous variations on a theme by Robert Schumann in various styles from Bach to Liszt for piano. Schott, Mainz. ISMN 979-0-001-17268-4.
• Prayer on the hills for vibraphone solo. Schott, Mainz 2014. ISMN 979-0-001-19744-1.
• Well thank you all . Jazz partita for organ. Schott, Mainz 2015. ISMN 979-0-001-19496-9.
• Choral blues about "O sadness, o Herzeleid": for organ . Schott, Mainz 2012. ISMN 979-0-001-18737-4.
• Concerto 1 - 3 for organ. Schott, Mainz 2014–2017.
• Minute album: short pieces. 8 pieces for piano. Zimmermann, Frankfurt am Main 2006. ISMN M-010-35170-4.
• Proprium for a festival of saints: for choir, organ and / or wind instruments . Friedemann Strube, Munich 2004.
• Missa in Blue for soprano and baritone solo, mixed Choir, concert organ (or piano / e-piano), clarinet (also alto saxophone), trumpet, trombone, percussion, accordion and double bass (2014).
• Three impressions based on Chinese poems from the T'ang period: for female choir a cappella. Edition Ferrimontana, Frankfurt am Main 1998.

Web links

• Literature by and about Peter Wittrich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Program booklet Concerts at Neuschwanstein Castle from May 8, 2011 (main source, as of February 11, 2014)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vita Wittrich on dohr.de (as of: February 11, 2014).