Roland Vossebrecker

Roland Vossebrecker (* 1965 ) is a German composer and pianist .

Life

After graduating from the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Bergisch Gladbach , Roland Vossebrecker studied piano with W. Neuhaus and conducting with Volker Wangenheim at the Cologne University of Music . From 1991 to 2000 Vossebrecker was director of the Aachen student orchestra (including performances of works by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner, Franck and many more). In 1992 he completed his conducting exam concert with the Cologne University Orchestra and works by B. Martinů - viola concert and A. Webern - six orchestral pieces op. 6. He lives as a freelance composer, conductor, pianist and teaches these subjects in Bergisch Gladbach. From May to October 1994 he was a scholarship holder of the Foundation for Art and Culture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. In this context, the new version of the “Lyric Requiem” for large orchestra and the composition of the concerto for 21 instruments were created. In 1998 the composition “Lyric Requiem” based on texts by children from the Theresienstadt concentration camp was performed . As a teacher as well as a composer, he is particularly interested in conveying an emotional and intellectual understanding of music. In workshops and seminars, he gives the curious music lover an insight into the way composers think and work. Vossebrecker composed numerous piano, chamber music, ensemble and orchestral works. Roland Vossebrecker is married and has two children.

Performances

In addition to numerous other performances of his own works as a pianist and conductor at home and abroad, the following took place:

• 2001 "O Meer", motet for 6-part choir and string orchestra commissioned for the LJKO NRW,
• 2001 Multiple performances of the commissioned composition "O Meer" in Lithuania
• May 2005 World premiere of the "Piano Book 2004"
• 2006 First trio for oboe, heckelphone and piano
• 2007 World premiere of the trio for oboe, heckelphone and piano, Cologne Philharmonic

Catalog raisonné

Overview

• “Lyric Requiem” based on texts by children from the Theresienstadt concentration camp (1989/1990) for baritone, alto and 21 instruments; New version for large orchestra (1994): premiered February 1995
• Concerto for viola and 9 instruments (1990); Premiere November 1991
• Concerto for piano and 9 instruments (1991); Premiere November 1991
• Lament for bass and 12 instruments (1992/93); Premiere February 1994
• Concerto for 12 instruments (1993); Premiere February 1994
• Concerto for 21 instruments (1994/95); Premiere March 1996
• Sonata (1996), version for piano; WP October 1996; Version for chamber ensemble: Premiere October 1997
• Concerto for violin, oboe (English horn), clarinet, cello, piano and orchestra (1998); Premiere June 1999
• Adagio for 21 strings (1999)
• Agitato for piano (1999); Premiere February 2002
• 12 German folk songs, exercises in Brahmsian style (2000)
• Quartet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano (2000); Premiere February 2002
• Sonata for cello and piano (2000); Premiere May 2010
• For Joshua (piano piece) (2000); Premiere February 2002
• 6 Eichendorff songs, exercises in romantic style (2000/01); Premiere January 2011
• “O Meer”, motet for 6-part choir and string orchestra (2001), (commissioned for the LJKO NRW); Premiere September 2001
• Scherzo for 21 strings (2000/01)
• Agitato for 21 strings (1999/2001)
• Introduction and Scherzo for flute, oboe and English horn (2002); November 2002
• Music for oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano (2002); Premiere March 2004
• For Judith (piano piece) (2003); Premiere March 2004
• A piano book (2004); Premiere May 2005
• 1st Trio for oboe, heckelphone and piano (2006); Premiere June 2007
• “The Meadow Behind the White House” (piano piece) (2007); Premiere May 2010
• A piano book Volume 2 (2007/08); Premiere November 2008
• A lesson in composition (2008); Premiere November 2008
• Three pieces for oboe and piano (2009); Premiere May 2010
• For heckelphone and piano (2009); Premiere May 2010
• 2. Trio for oboe, heckelphone and piano (2009); Premiere May 2010
• Two pieces for oboe and piano (2010)
• Three pieces for clarinet and piano (2011)
• Four songs based on a poem by Rilke (2011)
• Duet for a soprano and a tenor instrument with piano accompaniment (2011)
• Adagio for piano (2012)
• Sonata for clarinet and piano (2012)

A piano book (2004)

The piano book (2004) is considered to be one of the composer's main works and is an example of his compositional work:

The work consists of 34 short sentences that are related to one another in a variety of ways. The appeal of the work consists on the one hand in the varied and entertaining sequence of many succinct character pieces, on the other hand in the understanding of the refined and sometimes spectacular cross connections that exist between the movements.

For example, there is an étude for the left hand alone, as well as the theme and variations for the right hand alone, and these two pieces at the same time. There are several movements of completely different character, all moving towards the same climax. There are two children's pieces (composed for the composer's two children); there is something exciting, meditative, dramatic and humorous, integrated into a refined form concept.

In 2007/08 the continuation of the piano book Volume 2 was created, which contains several allusions to the first volume, but comes up with a new formal concept.

literature

• Dream about freedom. Songs of the persecuted . BoD, Münster / Norderstedt 2018, ISBN 978-3752859133 . With a foreword by Roland Vossebrecker

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.klavierhaus-klavins.de (accessed February 18, 2011)
2. ↑ http://www.klavierhaus-klavins.de/veranstaltungen/Vergangenes_2006.htm ; Accessed February 18, 2011
3. ↑ http://www.klavierhaus-klavins.de/veranstaltungen/Vergangenes_2008.htm , accessed February 28, 2011

Web links

www.roland-vossebrecker.de Website of the artist