Søren Nils Eichberg

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Søren Nils Eichberg (born July 23, 1973 in Stuttgart ) is a German - Danish composer , pianist and conductor .

Artistic career

Eichberg studied piano and composition at the Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen with Tom Ernst and Friedrich Gürtler as well as piano and conducting at the Cologne University of Music with Arbo Valdma and Michael Luig .

His breakthrough came in 2001 when his violin concerto Qilaatersorneq was awarded first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition . In 2010 he was named the first composer in residence in the history of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra . Hilary Hahn recorded his composition Levitation for Deutsche Grammophon for their album The Hilary Hahn Encores , which won a Grammy Award in 2014. He received other commissions from the Ensemble Modern , the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the ARD competition .

Eichberg's SciFi opera Glare premiered in November 2014 at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden in London and received further productions at the Koblenz Theater and through the en: Riksteatern in Jönköping and Stockholm. His opera, Schönerland, about escape and home, premiered in 2017 at the Wiesbaden State Theater . In 2017 he was nominated for the German Music Author Award in the "Symphonic" category. For the 2020 Music Author Award, he was appointed jury spokesman and juror for the "Music Theater" category. His works are published by Universal Edition and Edition Wilhelm Hansen (MusicSales).

As a conductor he worked with the Northwest German Philharmonic, Hofer Symphoniker, Prussian Chamber Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Soloist Ensemble Kaleidoskop, Austrian Ensemble for New Music and members of the Munich and Berlin Philharmonic.

Life

Eichberg grew up in Denmark and now lives in Berlin . He is the son of Henning Eichberg .

Awards

  • 2001: Grand Prix of the International Composition Competition Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels for his violin concerto Qilaatersorneq
  • 2002: Composition Fellowship of the Tanglewood Music Festival, USA
  • 2006: Composition grant from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
  • 2006: Composition Grant from the Greek Alexander Onassis Foundation
  • 2007: Three-year composition award from the Danish Ministry of Culture

Works

Orchestra and ensemble

  • 2001 Qilaatersorneq for violin and orchestra
  • 2001 Spiritual Twilight for 11 instruments
  • 2002 Pa'am for mixed choir, string quartet, piano and harp
  • 2002 Hærværk quasi un concertino per pianoforte e 10 strumenti
  • 2002/4 piano concerto
  • 2005 Symphony No. 1 for large orchestra
  • 2006 Night Machine for ensemble
  • 2006 cello concerto
  • 2010 Symphony No. 2 for large orchestra
  • 2012 Morpheus Concerto for Orchestra
  • 2015 Symphony No. 3 for choir, electronics and large orchestra

Chamber music and solo

  • 2000 Two Aspects for 2 pianos & 2 percussionists
  • 2001 Quartet movement for string quartet
  • 2001 Toccata for 2 violins
  • 2002 Shards of 19 Etudes-Postludes for piano
  • 2002 … and then she went to the sea… for violin and piano
  • 2003 @ | / | 7 | 7 # 35 | 5 (Antithesis) for multi-percussion and electronics
  • 2003 4 pieces for bassoon and piano for bassoon and piano
  • 2003 piano trio
  • 2004 4 for viola and overtone singing
  • 2005 Natsukusa-Ya for violin, viola, cello and piano
  • 2005 Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini for violoncello
  • 2005 Cantus for recorder, saxophone and percussion
  • 2010 In Circles - 16 Imaginary Dances for 18 Players . Premiere: December 2011, Alte Oper Frankfurt am Main by Ensemble Modern .
  • 2011 Nefertiti , piano, commissioned work for piano fever 2011, inspired by the bust of the same name, Neues Museum , Museuminsel , Berlin; Premiere: June 22, 2011 at the Berlin State Library .

Musical theater

supporting documents

  1. ^ Søren Nils Eichberg , composer portrait at MusicSalesClassical
  2. ↑ Beethoven and Sören Nils Eichberg: Archimedischer Punkt , concert recording from April 10, 2015 from the Konzerthaus Copenhagen, Deutschlandradio Kultur from April 29, 2015
  3. ↑ Glare - Productions 2014/15 - Royal Opera House , accessed April 24, 2015.
  4. ^ Eichberg: Schönerland , website of the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden
  5. ^ The Nominees - German Music Author Award. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Music Author Award - Jury - Søren Nils Eichberg. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
  7. ^ Søren Nils Eichberg . In: dacapo-records.dk . Accessed June 2011.

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personal data
SURNAME Eichberg, Søren Nils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart