Svend Aaquist Johansen

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Svend Aaquist Johansen (born December 7, 1948 in Kongens Lyngby , Denmark ) is a Danish composer, conductor, pianist and computer programmer.

Life

Svend Aaquist studied at the University of Copenhagen and at Det Kongelige Danske Conservatory of Music . He took part in international courses. His teachers included the Danish-Hungarian pianist Elisabeth Klein (1911–2004), the Danish conductor Arne Hammelboe (1916–2005) and the Swiss conductor and composer Michel Tabachnik . From an early age he worked full-time as a composer, conductor and pianist. From 1969 he directed several choirs, chamber ensembles and orchestras. He was a member of Det Unge Tonekunstnerselskab DUT [Society of Young Composers], a group for alternative music, and the Lyngby Ung Tonekunst LUT [Junge Tonkunst Lyngby], which he founded in 1969 with his colleague and school friend Hans Abrahamsen . They had dedicated themselves to the performance of contemporary works. From 1969 to 1975 he taught as a teacher. From 1972 to 1979 he was a member of the Statens Musikråd [State Music Council ]. Here he was a member with special insight into contemporary music and represented the Statens Musikråd at several national and international events . As chairman of Dansk Komponistforening [Danish Composers' Union] from 1973 to 1974 on behalf of Mogens angle Holm (1936-1999), he organized the Nordic Music Days 1974. From 1975 he taught conducting at Royal Danish Academy of Music and at the Southern Denmark Conservatory of Music in Esbjerg . He has led numerous seminars and courses in music and conducting. He was chief conductor and artistic director of the Esbjerg Symphony Orchestra. In 1984 he became artistic advisor to the Esbjerg Ensemble . He has given concerts with many orchestras, including the Odense Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has performed at many concerts, festivals and radio and television recordings in Germany and abroad. 1981, 1982 and 1984 he went on concert tours with the Ensemble Modern . Since the mid-1980s, he has conducted several acclaimed opera and music theater productions at Det Kongelige Teater and Den Anden Opera in Copenhagen, Danmarks Radio and Musiktage Lerchenborg.

At The 1990 International Computer Music Conference in Glasgow he performed the live computer music project Netvaerk with Wayne Siegel, Ivar Frounberg and Fuzzy . Aaquist Johansen founded the Danish Chamber Players, also called Ensemble Storstrøm, in 1991. From 1980 to 1984 he was chairman of the Danish section of the International Society for Contemporary Music ISCM. From 1992 to 2002 he was again chairman of the Dansk Composers Forum . The composer Andy Pape (* 1955) was one of his students.

Works (selection)

Svend Aaquist Johansen's works span many genres. He wrote them for a wide variety of occupations. He wrote chamber music, musical theater and orchestral music. His works have been performed in many countries in Europe, North and South America, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. A list of works is published on Aaquist's homepage and at komponistbasen.dk.

  • Kyrie for mixed choir, 1968
  • Pentagram for two violins, cello and chamber orchestra, commissioned in 1969
  • Sonata for violin and piano, 1970. Commissioned by the Danish violinist and composer Birgitte Alsted (* 1942)
  • Mellem Spil og Sange [Between Playing and Singing] for soprano and two pianos. Text: Jesper Tang (* 1948)
  • Songs in Between op.5, 1970 for two pianos, tenor and soprano
  • Min sang for mixed choir. Text: Jesper Tang (* 1948)
  • Salut-Salut, composed 1970. for brass ensemble, percussion and bevaebnet conductor [armed conductor] Published 1978 by Edition S for horn, two trumpets, trombone, tuba and cymbals as op. 7
  • Romeo & Julie , incidental music for chamber orchestra, 1971 commissioned by the Virum Statsskole
  • Romeo & Julie, Suite for Chamber Orchestra, 1971
  • Summer music for chamber orchestra, 1971
  • I'll let you be in my dreams for symphony orchestra, 1971, commissioned by the University of Copenhagen
  • Four piano pieces, 1971
  • Solla Famire Dosi for two horns, five trumpets and three trombones, 1972. Published by Edition S as op. 15. Commissioned for Aarhus Festuge .
  • Ke-Tjak for chamber orchestra, 1973. Published by Edition S; Recorded with a chamber orchestra under the direction of Aaquist Johansen and published in 1980 on EMI.
  • Unite, 1974
  • Sisyphus Synger [ Sisyphus sings] for orchestra, choirs, dancers, actors and soloists based on texts by Inger Christensen . It was commissioned for the inauguration of the concert hall in the Kulturhuset in Stockholm in 1976 and was performed there three times under the direction of Aaquist. It was later performed again by the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Aaquist's direction.
  • Sinfonia, 1976. Live recording of a performance from 1980 with the Radiounderholdningsorkest under the direction of the Danish conductor Frans Rasmussen (* 1944) published on Paula Records.
  • Malinche, 1979
  • Sun, 1983
  • Hymn with dances, 1985
  • Lullaby for alto, flute, violin and cello, 1974 Text: Bertolt Brecht
  • Nocturne for piano. Recorded by Paul Rosenbaum on Contemporary danish piano music . Published by Danica

Recordings

  • Lars Klit (* 1965): The sidste virtuoso [The last virtuoso]. Chamber opera. Head: Svend Aaquist Johansen. May 11, 1995. Counterpoint 32221
  • Ole Buck (* 1945): Landscapes . Danish Chamber Players. Head: Svend Aaquist Johansen. Published in February 1996 by DACAPO under 8.224034.
  • Kristian Black: Harra paetur og Elinburg, ballet. Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester . Head: Svend Aaquist Johansen . Released December 28, 1999. Tutl FKT-2
  • Andy Pape: Houdini the Great, opera. Head: Svend Aaquist Johansen. Helikon Records HCD 1003

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Svend Aaquist. In: http://www.verbindungenbasen.dk . Dansk Musikforening, accessed December 11, 2017 (Danish).
  2. ↑ a b c d e Svend Aaquist - composer and conductor - Udvalgte værker. Retrieved December 11, 2017 (Danish).
  3. ^ A b David M. Cummings: International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-948875-53-3 ( google.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  4. ↑ International Music & Opera Guide . Tantivy Press, 1986, pp. 44 (English, google.de [accessed December 11, 2017]).
  5. ^ David M. Cummings: International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory: (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-948875-53-3 ( google.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  6. ^ Mara Helmuth: The 1990 International Computer Music Conference, Glasgow . In: Perspectives of New Music . tape 29 , no. 1 , 1991, ISSN  0031-6016 , pp. 312-318 , doi : 10.2307 / 833083 , JSTOR : 833083 .
  7. ^ Gary Montague: Live Electronics . CRC Press, 1992, ISBN 978-3-7186-5116-0 , pp. 207 (English, google.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Andy Pape. In: http://www.randers-kammerorkester.dk . Retrieved December 10, 2017 (Danish).
  9. ↑ Svend Johansen Aaquist Bio, Albums, Pictures - Naxos Classical Music. In: https://www.naxos.com . Naxos Digital Services Ltd, accessed December 10, 2017 .
  10. ^ Maurice Hinson: Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide . Indiana University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-253-11306-7 , pp. 99 (English, google.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  11. ↑ Winkel Holm *, Johansen *, Abrahamsen *, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen * - Tarantel / Ke-Tjak / Rundt Og Imellem / Genbrug. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
  12. ^ Edith Guillaume, Jan Lund, Jesper Buhl, Jørgen Ole Børch, Hanne Andersen - Klit: The Last Virtuoso (KON 32221) | SteepleChase Productions ApS. Retrieved December 10, 2017 (American English).
  13. ^ Karsten Steiger: Opera discography: directory of all audio and video recordings . Walter de Gruyter, 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5 ( google.de [accessed December 10, 2017]).
  14. ↑ vookal. In: http://www.helikonrecords.dk . Retrieved December 10, 2017 (Danish).
personal data
SURNAME Aaquist Johansen, Svend
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish composer, conductor, pianist and computer programmer
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Kongens Lyngby , Denmark