Pierre Oser

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Pierre Oser (* 1956 in Mainz ) is a German composer , musician and conductor .

biography

Born as the son of a Franco-German family in Mainz in 1956, Pierre Oser studied in Munich from 1978 to 1981 at the Jazz School (piano with Jo Haider), and then from 1981 to 1986 at the Richard Strauss Conservatory (concert exam piano with Benedikt Köhlen ).

In addition to his studies, Osers began active work in various formations and projects as a composer, keyboardist and pianist . He worked as a pianist with the Wasteland Company (William Osborne and Abbie Conant).

Since 1988 he has worked intensively with silent film music and has worked closely with the German Film Museum Frankfurt and other film archives. There were adaptations of original compositions z. B. on the armored cruiser Potemkin ( Sergej Eisenstein ), Tartüff ( Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau ), The Adventures of Prince Achmed ( Lotte Reiniger ), as well as numerous new dubbing on behalf of international festivals, television and radio stations. So z. For example, in the opening program for the 2001 Munich Film Festival, the first performance of the orchestral music for Die Lampen Asiens ( Franz Osten ) on behalf of ZDF / Arte, as well as the new setting for Michael ( Carl Theodor Dreyer ) for the 2006 Biennale .

In 2009 Oser wrote the music for Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom ( Rolf Randolf ) for the radio orchestra of the WDR and ZDF / Arte . (First performance 2010 in the Bismarcksaal of Westdeutscher Rundfunk / Cologne). He played and conducted his compositions and arrangements in countless concerts in Europe, Asia and America.

Since 1993, Pierre Oser has been working as a composer, stage musician and musical director for various theaters (including the Residenztheater in Munich , the Schauspielhaus in Vienna , the Saarbrücken State Theater , the Salzburg State Theater , the Hanoi National Theater, theaters in Berlin, Zurich and Erlangen) and others. a. with the director Beverly Blankenship, as well as Eberhard Köhler and Ruedi Straub.

Pierre Oser has been writing and producing numerous pieces of music for radio play and audio book productions since the mid-1990s . In a close collaboration with the director Walter Adler , which continues to this day , compositions for Otherland ( Tad Williams ), the Orient Cycle ( Karl May ), 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas ( Jules Verne ) and the Stieg Larsson Millennium were created, among many others -Trilogy delusion, damnation, forgiveness . With the director Martin Zylka he worked on Shadows of the Wind ( Carlos Ruiz Zafón ) and Deep Water ( Patricia Highsmith ). The music for the Orient cycle was released as a radio play soundtrack on Westfire Entertainment as an audio CD. The WDR radio orchestra commissioned the composer for a concert piece based on this music (premiere 2008).

From 1997 to 2002 Pierre Oser headed the audio book publisher Tympano , which has numerous award-winning publications a. a. to visual artists (van Gogh, Gauguin, Rodin, Dali, Kandinsky / Münter, Monet etc.), and whose program was distributed by Prestel Verlag Munich. Since 2003, compositions for TV and cinema productions, short films and documentaries and series have been created on behalf of public broadcasters and other production companies.

In 2010, on behalf of the Goethe Institute and for the German Year of Culture in Vietnam , Pierre Oser wrote the large, multi-disciplinary music theater work Der durch das Tal goes for singers, dancers, actors and orchestra based on a libretto by Tankred Dorst . The multilingual work tells the story of the young Parzival . The Through the Valley premiered at the Hanoi Opera in January 2011 with the participation of the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vietnam National Opera & Ballet Theater under the direction of the composer.

Film music

  • 2008–2018: Nashorn, Zebra & Co - animal documentary series by Felix Heidinger and Jens-Uwe Heins, production for ARD
  • 2010: Who sees with his fingers - cinema documentary by Savas Ceviz, MusOna Filmproduktion
  • 2007: The Old Lady's Visit to Hanoi - Documentary by Alexandra Krismer
  • 2007: De eebsch Appel - short film by Michael Schäfer and Sebastian Schnabel
  • 2006: Nice prospects - feature film by Savac Cevic, at W-Film
  • 2005: Marie's smile - short film by Michael Schäfer, Die Manufactur
  • 2004: Sophie & Claire - short film with Susanne Hoss & Alexandra Krismer
  • 2003: Willi the green toad - Documentary by Felix Heidinger, BR
  • 2002: Alemanya - short film by Savac Cevic, boxing film

Silent movie

Radio play music

  • 2018: Brothers (Hilary Mantel), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (WDR 2018)
  • 2017: Licht im August (William Faulkner), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (SWR 2017 / CD-Edition at HörbucHHamburg)
  • 2015: Dshan (Lothar Trolle based on motifs by Andrej Platonow), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (SWR 2015)
  • 2014: A pornographic relationship (Phillippe Blasband), directed and edited by Walter Adler , (WDR 2014)
  • 2013: Judith (Lothar Trolle), directed by Walter Adler , (DLF / HR)
  • 2012: Oops, wrong planet! (Gesine Schmidt), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (DLF / WDR)
  • 2011: Terror (Martin Maurer), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (WDR)
  • 2011: Forgiveness ( Stieg Larsson ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (WDR, Random House)
  • 2010: Verdammnis ( Stieg Larsson ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (WDR, Random House)
  • 2010: Das Geisterhaus ( Isabel Allende ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (SWR / HR, DHV-DerHörverlag)
  • 2009: Verblendung ( Stieg Larsson ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (WDR, Random House)
  • 2008: Basic Beliefs (Michael Esser), directed by Walter Adler , (WDR)
  • 2006: Orient cycle ( Karl May ), text version and direction Walter Adler , (WDR, DHV-DerHörverlag)
  • 2005: Deep Water ( Patricia Highsmith ), directed by Martin Zylka, (WDR, DAV)
  • 2005: Schneesterben (Anne Chaplet), directed by Walter Adler , (BR, DAV)
  • 2005: Otherland ( Tad Williams ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (HR, DHV-DerHörverlag)
  • 2005: Nothing but Truth (Anne Chaplet), directed by Walter Adler , (BR)
  • 2005: The Shadow of the Wind ( Carlos Ruiz Zafón ), directed by Martin Zylka, (WDR, DHV-DerHörverlag)
  • 2003: Caruso no longer sings ( Anne Chaplet ), directed by Walter Adler , (BR)
  • 2003: Apeiron (Michael Esser), directed by Walter Adler , (NDR)
  • 2003: 20,000 miles under the seas ( Jules Verne ), direction and text editing Walter Adler , (MDR, DAV)
  • 2002: Zügellos ( Dick Francis ), directed by Klaus Zippel , (SWR / MDR, DAV)
  • 2002: Verrechnet (Dick Francis), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR / MDR, DAV)
  • 2002: The Happiness of Others ( Stewart O'Nan ), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR, DAV)
  • 2001: Festgenagelt ( Dick Francis ), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR / MDR, DAV)
  • 2000: Verbgewalt ( Dieter Kühn ), directed by Walter Adler , (WDR)
  • 2000: Vincent van Gogh - What could I be fit for? , (Tympano Verlag)
  • 2000: Character assassination (Dick Francis), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR / MDR, DAV)
  • 2000: Paul Gauguin - Life means singing and loving , (Tympano Verlag)
  • 2000: Mojsche and Rejsele ( Karlijn Stoffels ), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR)
  • 1999: Elevator to the scaffold ( Noël Calef ), directed by Walter Adler , (SWR)
  • 1999: Esau (Philip Kerr), directed by Walter Adler , (BR)
  • 1999: Alexander von Humboldt - Adventurous Journey on the Orinoco , (Tympano Verlag)
  • 1998: Radio Romance ( Garrison Keillor ), directed by Walter Adler , (SDR / WDR)

Incidental music

  • 2020: The Heavenly Mirror , commissioned composition for the choreography by Hans-Henning Paar based on the "Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
  • 2017: [Datenraum] , op. 46a, concert piece for mixed choir (SATB), based on a text by Michael Esser from the radio play Apeiron .
  • 2016: [Datenraum] , op. 46, concert piece for male choir (TTBB), commissioned composition based on a text by Michael Esser from the radio play Apeiron .
  • 2013: EXCIDIUM , op.45 , concert piece for choir (SATB), (WP Arezzo / Italy)
  • 2012: Songs from the Inner World , op. 44, seven songs for tenor, baritone, cello & piano, based on texts by Gesine Schmidt.
  • 2012: NENIA - Lamentation for string quintet, op.43 , chamber music (Vln 1 + 2, Vla, Vlc, Kbs)
  • 2011: Who goes through the valley , op 41 (WP), music theater for singers, dancers, actors and orchestra. Based on the libretto by Tankred Dorst / collaboration with Ursula Ehler , UA Hanoi Opera House (Vietnam)
  • 2008: Oriental Suite , op.39 (WP), concert piece for orchestra, (commissioned by WDR Rundfunkorchester)
  • 2006: The visit of the old lady , ( Friedrich Dürrenmatt ); Hanoi (Vietnam), incidental music
  • 2005: The wild horse under the tiled stove (WP), ( Christoph Hein ); Parkaue Berlin, incidental music
  • 2003: Grenzfluss / Oder (UA), (Odette Bereska); Parkaue Berlin, incidental music
  • 2003: Cowboy, Cowboy (Kim F. Aakeson); Theater Zamt & Zunder, incidental music
  • 2001: As You Like It ( William Shakespeare ); Landestheater Salzburg, incidental music
  • 1998: Merlin or Das wüsten Land , (Tankred Dorst); Landestheater Salzburg, incidental music
  • 1997: Cyrano de Bergerac , ( Edmond Rostand ); Theater Erlangen, incidental music
  • 1997: Bunuel, the fish and the water (WP), (Alexander Widner); Schauspielhaus Wien, incidental music
  • 1996: Hope in Year 2 (DE), ( Trevor Griffiths ); Theater an der Winkelwiese, Zurich, incidental music
  • 1996: Duck Variations , (David Mamet); Theater an der Winkelwiese, Zurich, incidental music
  • 1996: The Downfall , ( Walter Jens after Euripides ); Theater Erlangen, incidental music
  • 1996: Allerleirauh (WP), (Andreas Hänsel after Brothers Grimm); Theater Erlangen, incidental music
  • 1995: Consultation hours (WP) ( Ludwig Harig ); Saarland State Theater, incidental music
  • 1995: Summer guests , ( Maxim Gorkij ); Acting Academy Theater, incidental music
  • 1995: Oleanna , ( David Mamet ); Saarland State Theater, incidental music
  • 1994: Merlin , ( Tankred Dorst ); Saarland State Theater, incidental music
  • 1993: Bibione (WP) (Josef Suttner); Saarland State Theater, incidental music

Discography

  • 2007: Senitza soundtrack for radio play Oriental cycle

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personal data
SURNAME Oser, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, pianist, conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz