Simon Stockhausen

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Simon Stockhausen, 2019

Simon Stockhausen (born June 5, 1967 in Bensberg ) is a German composer . His parents are the artist Mary Bauermeister and the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen , the musician Markus Stockhausen is his half-brother.

Life

Simon Stockhausen plays soprano saxophone (2019)

Stockhausen received his musical training from his father and various private teachers. He wrote his first compositions as a child and appeared publicly in 1980 in the performance of his father's composition Sternklang as a synthesizer player . In 1981 he performed as soprano saxophonist at La Scala in Milan in the opera Thursday from Light . After graduating from high school in 1986, which he completed at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule Gymnasium Rösrath , Stockhausen performed worldwide with his father's ensemble. a. involved in the production and composition of the electronic music for two operas from the light cycle . In 1996 he stopped working with his father.

Since 1982 he has also worked in various ensembles (including Kairos , Aparis and Possible Worlds ) with his half-brother Markus Stockhausen . Together with Jo Thönes they formed the jazz trio Aparis , which performed internationally and published two CDs on ECM . In 1991 Simon and Markus composed the piece Köln Music Fantasy for the fifth anniversary of the Cologne Philharmonic and in 1996 the piece Jubilee for the tenth anniversary. After the release of their album nonDuality in 2005, the musical paths of the half brothers parted.

Since 1991 Simon Stockhausen has been composing for various German ensembles in the field of contemporary music, including the Ensemble Modern and the Musikfabrik NRW. This was followed by jazz compositions and keyboard appearances with, among others, Lalo Schifrin and James Morrison , with whom he founded the band On the Edge in 2003 . Since 1998 he has composed numerous plays a. a. for the Berliner Ensemble , the Schauspielhaus Dortmund , the Staatstheater Mainz , the Schauspiel Frankfurt , the Bad Hersfeld Festival , the Düsseldorfer and Cologne Schauspielhaus , as well as the Nationaltheater Mannheim (drama). He worked with directors such as Peter Palitzsch , Burkhard C. Kosminski and András Fricsay .
For the Neukölln Opera , Simon Stockhausen composed the musical theater piece Rheingold Feuerland in 2011 based on the opera Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner to the libretto by Bernhard Glocksin.

In 1999 he founded the group MIR with Manos Tsangaris - for whom he also co-composed various theater music - in which the Cologne drummer Jaki Liebezeit was also involved. In addition, he has given concerts in a wide variety of formations as a keyboard player, live electronics player and soprano saxophonist. a. with Vince Mendoza , Peter Erskine , Michael Riessler , Péter Eötvös , the WDR Bigband , the Sharoun Ensemble and the Berliner Philharmoniker . In 2004 he founded the band Royce with Christian Weidner . In addition, Simon Stockhausen composed numerous film scores for feature films, documentaries and short films, including the cinema documentary Trip to Asia - The Search for Harmony and films by Israeli film director Amos Gitai .

For the award of the 47th Grimme Prize on April 1, 2011, Simon Stockhausen and a musician ensemble put together for the occasion designed the musical framework program. Stockhausen composed its own music for each of the 16 prizes awarded, which related to the respective award-winning films.

In the 2012/2013 concert season, Simon Stockhausen was “Artist in Residence” with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and premiered a total of five new works, including a large orchestral piece entitled “Doctrine of Peace”.

Since 2016 Simon has also been working with his mother, the artist Mary Bauermeister , and has composed a.o. a. the work Farbrausch for the picture series Farbrausch , which was performed on various occasions.

Compositional method

In his compositional work, Simon Stockhausen makes use of the current state of computer technology. He is particularly interested in the potential musicality of noises and the exploration of sound in all its dimensions. Textures, rhythms and harmonies are derived from sounds through sound synthesis and then processed into compositions. Through basic processes such. B. with time parameters, the dynamic change through compression and the possibility of playing back recordings, recorded sounds are changed, that is, processed. In musicological terms, this approach can be described as “compositional sound synthesis”. He uses found sounds as material to create music in which the boundaries between pop, jazz, electronics and new music dissolve. The preparation of the material with the aid of compositional sound synthesis has long been part of the process of composing music that can detach language from its message and make sounds into music.

Works

Autonomous music

  • Music for boys 12 pieces for piano and / or melody instruments 1974–1976
  • When all are unfaithful for mixed a cappella choir based on a poem by Novalis , 1976
  • Harmonie for trumpet, flute, clarinet and piano, 1977
  • In sich / beyond sich for trombone, percussion and tape, 1991 - composition commission for the state of Baden-Württemberg
  • Cologne Music Fantasy , instrumental-electronic music to light, lasers and fireworks, 1991 - composition commission for the Cologne Philharmonic
  • Parametrics for flute, harp, trumpet or flugelhorn, electric guitar, percussion and electronic music, 1992/1993 - composition commission for the Musikfabrik NRW
  • Steel Spirit for percussion, trombone, didgeridoo, synthesizer, eight-channel tape and dance, 1993
  • Point of no return for flute, string quintet, bassoon, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano / synthesizer, two percussionists and tape, 1993 - composition commission for the Styrian autumn and the Ensemble Modern
  • Music for a glass house room composition for glass harp, percussion, flutes, saxophone, electronic music and dance 1994
  • Fibonacci is dead for flutes and electronic music, 1994/1995
  • LOTUSBLUME based on a poem by Heinrich Heine for solo soprano and piano, 1995
  • Twelve Tone Puppies for soprano saxophone and tape, 1995
  • Brandnächte for flutes, oboe, clarinets, trombone, trumpet, piano, two percussionists and tape, 1996 - composition commission for the IMD / Darmstadt
  • Jubilee , multi-media show on the occasion of the ten-year existence of the Cologne Philharmonic for trumpet, soprano saxophone, violin, cello, flutes, drums, big band and electronic music
  • Inner Circles , composition for the WDR big band, 1997
  • Sounds from Kolumba 8-channel sound performance with saxophone for the Kolumba ruins in Cologne, 1998
  • Berlin stories for 17 musicians, 1998/1999 - composition commission for the Hessischer Rundfunk and the Ensemble Modern
  • Ten fragments for trumpet / flugelhorn, tuba and piano, 1999
  • Drivin 'on my Harley with Harley Davidson motors, voices, electric guitar, synthesizer / sampler, soprano saxophone, acoustic and electronic drums, 2000 - composition commission for a project of the Adk / Berlin
  • Steel body for electronic music and orchestra, 2001
  • 3 - 5 - 8 - 13 Composition for brass ensemble, synthesizer and solo trumpet, 2001 - Composition commission for the brass ensemble Bach, Blech & Blues
  • OPERA.tion Life Nexus III , music for an art and dance performance by Lucy Orta , 2001
  • da SPEECH featuring George W. Bush electronic music with original soundtracks, 2001, da SPEECH instrumental version, 2003
  • OPERA.tion Life Nexus Acte VIII , music for a light performance by Jorge & Lucy Orta, 2002
  • Jerusalem 2 , electronic music with processed TV news, original sounds and a text by Dr Martin Luther King jun. 'the six principles of nonviolence', 2002
  • Winter's Tale - Electronic Fantasy, 2002
  • 1,000,000 Berlin City of Lights , music for an art event by Misha Bolourie , 2004
  • HAND G MACHT (Son of Helios) - Composition for 13 musicians / 6 singers and conductor, 2004
  • Identity 1 & 2 - collection of pieces with electronic, chamber music and orchestral compositions, 2006–2008
  • Rheingold Feuerland - Music theater for the Neukölln Opera for 5 singers, electronic music and 4 live musicians - Libretto: Bernard Glocksin, 2011
  • Minimal Nightmare - dream impressions for string orchestra, alto saxophone, electronic music, live electronics, electric bass, drums, 2012
  • Immanenz - spatial composition for 8 instrumentalists and electronic music, 2012
  • Doctrine of Tranquility - Composition for symphony orchestra, sampler and live electronics, 2012
  • Midrasc - for two speakers, soprano, oboe / cor anglais , cello and live electronics - text: Old Testament , Talmud , Maya culture (Popol Vuh), Stephen Hawking , Chinese mythology , 2013
  • Windschatten - for solo flugelhorn, symphony orchestra and live electronics, 2013

Others

Film music fiction

Film music for Amos Gitai
  • 1991 Golem - The Spirit of Exile - 105 min.
  • 1992 Metamorphosis of a Melody - 90 min.
  • 1993 The Petrified Garden - 84 min.
  • 1994 The War of the Sons of Light Against The Sons of Darkness
Theater / film music for 2 voices, 4 speakers, trumpet and synthesizer / sampler performed for the opening of the Venice Biennale in June 1993 in the Jewish quarter with Hannah Shygullah and Samuel Fuller - director: Amos Gitai
  • 2004 Promised Land - 90 min. - Movie theater
  • 2007 Disengagement - new setting / new composition of Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler with mezzo-soprano Barbara Hendricks

Others

  • 2006 We can't go home again - 111 min. - Kino - a film by Toshi Fujiwara

Film music for documentaries and short films

  • Herrmann Röchling or The War as an Industrial Challenge - Music for a documentary by Franz Lehmkuhl, 1990 - ARD
  • Just In Time , 1998/1999 - electronic film music with trumpet / soprano saxophone and flute (s) for a short film by Kirsten Winter
  • da Speech , featuring George W. Bush, 2001 electronic music with original sounds for this piece, many video films by authors from different countries were created in 2002/2003 at the suggestion of Toshi Fujiwara / Tokyo on the occasion of a film competition in Singapore
  • Film music Esther , 2001 for a short film by Johann Camut
  • Filmmusik Walk , 2003 for a short film by Toshi Fujiwara - electronic music with original sounds, speech and song
  • Film music for a documentary film trilogy by Reinhold Böhm, 2003
The Lord of the Three Rings (portrait Berthold Beitz) - WDR
Krupp - from myth to global player - ARTE
The Krupp Complex - WDR
Part I The force of tradition
Part II The steel thriller on the Ruhr
  • Film music Weird Time , 2003 - ZDF / 3sat for a documentary by Olafgur Sveinsson
  • Film music The day that changed everything , 2004 - ARTE for a documentary by Monika Kirschner
  • Film music Der Kaiser der Paradeiser , 2004 - ARTE / 3sat for a documentary by Monika Kirschner
  • Film music for Alfredo's models , 2005 - rbb / ARTE for a documentary by Angi Welz-Rommel
  • My star is , 2005 - ARD - music for eight TV spots as part of the Confederation Cup - director: Georg Müller-Frank - with portraits of players from the German national soccer team
  • FIFA WM 2006 ™ Insights , 2005/2006 - WDR / ARD - Director: Georg Müller-Frank - Music for 37 short editorial formats / TV spots on television
  • Film music Der Fasan , 2005 - based on a short film by Zorana Musikic
  • Film music Shanty Garden Town , 2006 - Music for a documentary by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti produced by zero fiction , Berlin
  • Film music Trip to Asia , 2008 - documentary / cinema - produced by Boomtown Media in coproduction with ZDF / BBC - director: Thomas Grube
  • Film music Schattenwelten , 2008 - based on a film by Thomas Kutschker
  • Film music The Disappearance of Time , 2008 - based on a film essay by Ina Borrmann for the MDR - premiered on October 24th at the Hof Film Festival
  • Film music psst pp Piano - Homage to Mary Bauermeister , 2009 based on an animated film by Gregor Zootzky funded by the Filmstiftung NRW and the LVR Rheinland - Premiere on September 20th at the Filmforum NRW in Cologne
  • Film music Between Worlds , 2009 for a documentary by Miguel Müller-Frank for WDR - premiere on June 29, 2010 in 3sat
  • Film music An instrument for every child - A year with four tones , 2010 for a documentary by Oliver Rauch for the WDR - premiere on June 2, 2010

Theater music

  • Views of a Clown by Heinrich Böll , 1993 Production of the Clown and Mimentheater Bonn together with Markus Stockhausen Electronic theater music with trumpet
  • Big things don't stay big, and small doesn't stay small , 1993/1994 an evening with poetry set to music for solo soprano (Maria Husmann)
Live electronics and soprano saxophone, director: Peter Palitzsch
  • I want to live, puff your sun… 1998 - Theater music for the Berliner Ensemble - Director: Peter Palitzsch
Setting by Brecht - poetry for voice - (Maria Husmann), speaker - ( Volker Spengler ) live electronics and soprano saxophone (Simon Stockhausen)
  • The Tin Drum by Günter Grass , 1998 - theater music for the clown and pantomime theater in Bonn
  • Kronos / Kairos , 1997–2001 - Theater music for the State Theater Mainz Composition together with Markus Stockhausen, Manos Tsangaris and Hannah Schygulla
Director: Julie Brochen
  • Mr. Mazel by Magdalena Felixa, 1999 - theater music for the Schauspielhaus Dortmund, director: Arie Zinger
  • The tragic history of Dr. Faustus - by Oliver Marlowe, 2000 - theater music for the Brandenburg Theater , director: Marc Cotter
  • The women's trap by Friedrich-Karl Praetorius - 2000 - theater music for the Frankfurt a. M., director: Peter Palitzsch
  • Gilgamesh epic panels I + II , 2000 - "Words" for the Gilgamesh epic with David Bennent, Markus Stockhausen and Andrea Stockhausen-Bürgin
performed on November 17, 2000 in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin in front of the still preserved Ishtar Gate
  • Die Möwe - by Anton Chekhov , 2001 - theater music for the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, directed by Anna Badora
  • LIEBES kummer SPIEL - various authors, 2001 - an evening with poetry and music designed together with the actor Stephan Wolf-Schönburg
  • We don't sleep - by Kathrin Röggla, 2004 - theater music for the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, director: Burkhard C. Kosminski - premiere on April 7, 2004
  • The cat on a hot tin roof - by Tennessee Williams - theater music for the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, director: Burkhard C. Kosminski - premiere on September 24, 2004
  • Centralstation - by Manos Tsangaris - theater music as co-composer and sound designer for the Schauspiel Köln, director: Manos Tsangaris - premiere on April 29, 2006
  • Messengers - Orestie - by Manos Tsangaris - theater music as co-composer and sound designer for the Schauspiel Köln, director: Manos Tsangaris - premiere on April 27, 2007
  • Romeo and Juliet - by William Shakespeare - live stage music with wind ensemble, drums and children's soprano for the Bad Hersfeld Festival, directed by Arie Zinger - premiere in the Bad Hersfeld monastery ruins on June 18, 2008
  • Macbeth - by William Shakespeare - theater music for the Nationaltheater Mannheim (drama), direction and version: András Fricsay - premiere on June 6, 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the Neukölln Opera
  2. ↑ Press information from the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra (PDF; 65 kB)
  3. ^ Kunsthaus Van Ham, invitation to the 2017 exhibition
  4. ↑ Attila Kornel: (Er-) finding the music - Compositional sound synthesis with Simon Stockhausen , in: MusikTexte, magazine for new music, issue 146, August 2015, ed. by Gisela Gronemeyer, Frank Hilberg u. a., pp. 45-49.
personal data
SURNAME Stockhausen, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Bensberg