Siegrid Ernst

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Siegrid Ernst (born March 3, 1929 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ) is a German contemporary composer , pianist and music teacher .

Life

Siegrid Ernst grew up in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. From 1948 she studied music education with a major in piano in Heidelberg and Mannheim with Else Rehberg, from 1950 piano in Frankfurt am Main with August Leopolder and in Vienna with Richard Hauser. At the same time she studied composition with Gerhard Frommel and attended the Darmstadt summer courses for new music. As a pianist, she was particularly interested in contemporary music in solo and chamber music ensembles . a. in a piano duo with Konrad Meister . Later the compositional work increasingly formed the focus of her activity. At the University of Music and Performing Arts in Heidelberg and Mannheim and at the University of the Arts Bremen , she taught piano , composition , composition , theory of forms, analysis of contemporary music and improvisation .

As a teacher, Ernst was also active in the music school sector. As a juror she participated in the competitions Jugend musiziert and Jugend composed and was invited to Japan in this capacity . In 1998 she chaired the jury for the Bremen Composers Prize.

Siegrid Ernst worked in various committees of the German Music Council , in the State Broadcasting Council , on the board of the Bremen Composers Working Group and the German Composers Association. She is a member of GEDOK and co-founder of the International Working Group on Women and Music , which she chaired for 15 years. In 1980 she accompanied the development of the International Congress on Woman in Music in New York and organized this festival with concerts and lectures in 1988 in Bremen. In 1981 she received a grant from the Federal Republic of Germany for the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris . In 1989 she was awarded the title of hc professor at the Interamerican University of Humanistic Studies, Florida.

Siegrid Ernst's oeuvre includes piano and chamber music , orchestral works, song cycles, cantatas , play music for children, a children's opera and performance compositions . Works by Siegrid Ernsts are performed in Europe , the USA , Mexico and Japan and are documented in recordings (including on the Vienna Modern Masters label ).

Honors

Works (selection)

Stage work

  • Jaga and the Little Man with the Flute (1990). Children's opera. Libretto: Helga Rink (based on Irina Korschunow )

Vocal compositions

  • 7 miniatures based on Japanese haikus (1961) for low voice, viola, violoncello and piano
  • Little hand in my hand (1966). Twelve songs for soprano and piano. Texts:?
  • Wohin (1972) for three groups (voices and instruments). Text:?
  • So that it starts differently between all of us (1983) for mixed choir and organ. Text: Hilde Domin ( Abel stand up )
  • 15 new tunes from A- and other tits (1983) for children's choir and instruments. Texts:?
  • Weg… (1988) for voice, saxophone, violoncello and sound column. Texts:?
  • Kreisgerade (1991) for voice, saxophone, violoncello and sound column. Texts:?
  • Hommage (1992) for soprano, trombone, percussion and organ. Text:?
  • What does language sing to us, what does music speak (1992). Hands-on game for voice, clarinet, violoncello and percussion. Text:?
  • Reunification (1995) for a singer, two actors and a chamber orchestra. Text:?
  • All roads are still open (1995/96). Oratorio for choir groups, three solo voices, wind instruments and organ. Text: Klaus Meyer-Bernitz
  • Spiral (1997). Ten humoresques for soprano solo. Texts: Raymond Queneau ( style exercises )
  • Naselang das Elefantenkind (2003) for speaking voice and piano. Text:?
  • Para (2004) for mezzo-soprano, flute, violoncello and piano. Text:?
  • Memento (2008) for baritone, saxophone, percussion and piano. Text: Castro Alves ( Navio Negreiro )
  • The signal for speaking voice and organ (2012). Texts: Rose Foreigner

Orchestral works

  • Variations (1965) for large orchestra
  • Three pieces (1984) for orchestra
  • Facetten (1984) for orchestra
  • Recitativo appassionato e salto (1985) for string orchestra
  • Triad (1994) for chamber orchestra
  • Peace Now (1983/97) for orchestra

Chamber music

  • Small suite (1963) for piano
  • Sextet (1965) for woodwind instruments
  • Quattro mani dentro e fuori (1975) for piano four hands
  • Mutabile (1977) for recorders (eleven instruments, three performers)
  • Play for pedal and register (1980) for organ
  • Concertantes Duo (1991) for recorders and percussion
  • E… staremo freschi! (1992) for tenor saxophone
  • Spaltung (1998) for piano and electronics
  • Trio (1999) for flute, viola and guitar
  • For three (2000) for flute, clarinet and bassoon
  • Zwiefach versatil (2001) for two performers with recorders, transverse flutes and tam-tam
  • Schattenspiele (2004) for piano

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biogramm Siegrid Ernst www.munzinger.de,
  2. ↑ Siegrid Ernst's résumé, www.pianoworte.de
  3. ↑ resume Siegrid Ernst, www.klassika.info
  4. ^ Press release from the Woman and Music Archive
personal data
SURNAME Seriously, Siegrid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serious Master, Siegrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein