Philipp Maintz

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Philipp Maintz (born February 28, 1977 in Aachen ) is a German composer.

biography

Maintz studied composition with Michael Reudenbach , Robert HP Platz and electronic music with Karlheinz Essl , furthermore he complemented his studies with work at the CRFMW (Center de Recherches et de Formations Musicales de Wallonie) at the University of Liège and at the IRCAM (Institut des Recherches et Coordinations Musicales ) in Paris . In addition to awards and scholarships, he received the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Award in 2005 and a grant from the Federal Government for the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris in 2007 . In 2009 he received a scholarship for the Akademie Schloss Solitude . In 2010 he completed an annual stay at the Villa Massimo in Rome.

His works were performed at the Witten Days for New Chamber Music , the Salzburg Festival , at musica (Strasbourg) and Wien modern; they have been interpreted by the Arditti String Quartet, the Minguet Quartet, the Ensemble intercontemporain , the Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, the Ensemble 2e2m, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (Lothar Zagrosek), the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Pierre-André Valade). His opera Maldoror was performed at the 2010 Munich Biennale .

Works

  • NAHT (yo no pido a la noche explicaciones) music for violin and violoncello (1999/2000)
  • <schneeblind> music for violin solo (2002)
  • INNER CIRCLE music for string quartet (2003-04 / 06)
  • Violent Landscape with 16 Trees Music for large orchestra (2004/05)
  • LIED (burst) music for chamber ensemble and live electronics (2005)
  • September album / eight for female voice and piano (2006)
  • Terrain / drawing music for piano and live electronics [piano piece no.2] (2006)
  • Escape line music for baritone and ensemble (2006/07)
  • Furthermore, and always further music for organ solo (2007)
  • Océan music for soprano, large ensemble and live electronics (2007)
  • Archipel Music for large orchestra (2008)
  • Tourbillon music for violin, violoncello and piano (2008)
  • Maldoror , Opera in Seven Pictures (2010)
  • Commissioned by the Munich Philharmonic Music for large orchestra (2014)
  • Hanging gardens for large orchestra (2017)
  • Thérèse Chamber Opera (2019)

Discography

  • terrain / drawing , on: Jan Gerdes: Terrain / drawing - Piano , Edition Zeitklang 2008
  • alignment / NAHT / tourbillon / further, and always further / when stones pile up towards the sky , on: Portrait Philipp Maintz , Wergo 2013
  • trawl / NAHT / and gloomy eyes, covered in blood , on: Ensemble Alternance: Philipp Maintz - TRAWL , Stradivarius 2018
  • hanging gardens / tríptico vertical , on: Philipp Maintz - Orchestra Works Vol. 1 , Neos 2018
  • Wrathful nights , on: Strandgut - Ensemble LUX: NM , Genuin Classics 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Maintz, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen