Rainer Rubbert

Rainer Rubbert (* 1957 in Erlangen ) is a German composer .

Life

1975–81 Rubbert studied composition with Witold Szalonek at the Berlin University of the Arts . In 1989, together with Martin Daske (* 1962), he founded the concert series Unheard Music in the Berliner Kabarett Anstalt .

Rainer Rubbert lives as a freelance composer in Berlin; 2001–03 he was a member of the Council for the Arts .

1979 Prix Marcel Josse of the Association of French Saxophonists
1984 winner of the Franco-German Youth Office
1985 laureate at the forum of young German composers for orchestral music
1986/87 scholarship stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris
1988/91 composition scholarships from the Berlin Senate for Culture
1989 2nd prize at the Budapest International Composition Competition (for the wind quintet ... des lignes raides fuient dans la nuit )
1992 sponsorship award of the Berlin Art Prize
2002 Villa Serpentara Scholarship from the Academy of Arts (Berlin)
2007 Carl von Ossietzky Composition Prize of the Choir of the University of Oldenburg (for the cantata Aus der Fremde )

Kleist . Opera. Libretto : Tanja Langer . Premiere March 2008 Brandenburg an der Havel ( Brandenburger Theater ; Director: Bernd Mottl, Conductor: Michael Helmrath)

eleven variations on the topic die post (1977) for alto, speaker, harp, celesta , vibraphone and metal hammer. Texts: Reiner Kunze
German Kyrie and Credo (1980/81) for 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, mixed choir and strings
Tropus ad Gloria (1980/81) for 2 trumpets, tenor solo, male choir, piano and double bass
Galgenlieder (1983/85) for soprano, alto saxophone in Eb (clarinet), bassoon (violoncello) and piano. Texts: Christian Morgenstern
From abroad (1984/86). Cantata for 4 solos, mixed choir and boys' choir (ad lib.). Texts: Franz Werfel
Camille Claudel - I was once beautiful . Scene for mezzo-soprano and piano. Text: Tanja Langer . Premiere November 2008 Berlin ( Claudia Herr [mezzo-soprano], Liana Narubina [piano])

Movements (1978) for 37 string instruments. Premiere 1985 Berlin ( Berliner Philharmoniker )
Movements II (1995) for orchestra
Gegenwelten (2000) for large orchestra

Ü = Ø (1999) for alto flute, English horn (horn) and harp. WP June 1999 Berlin (Hanstedt Trio)
Extraits (2008). WP December 2008 Nuremberg ( Neues Museum ; Pegnitzschäfer sound concepts )

1. Capriccio for clarinet - 2. Elegy for horn - 3. Toccata for bassoon