Thomas Asanger

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Thomas Asanger (born November 8, 1988 in Linz ) is an Austrian composer and conductor .

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Thomas Asanger, son of Franz Asanger and his wife Monika, lives in Perg and graduated from the federal high school there in 2007 .

He received his musical training first in the subjects of bassoon , piano , solfeggio and music theory . From 2005 to 2008 he continued this in composition with Helmut Schmidinger . After graduating from high school, he did military service with the Upper Austria Military Music . Asanger studied German philology at the University of Vienna as well as music education (Mag. Art.) Majoring in choral conducting with Alois Glaßner at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . From 2013 to 2017 he studied vocal pedagogy there.

In the 2011/12 season, Asanger assisted the production of Les contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach in the “Jugend an der Wien” series at the Theater an der Wien . 2012/13 he worked as musical assistant of Raphael Schluesselberg in et Béatrice Bénédict by Hector Berlioz worked. As an arranger he is responsible for the arrangements of the Vienna Brass Connection. From 2014 to 2018 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Analysis, Theory and History of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . Since 2015 he has been teaching the wind orchestra ensemble at the Upper Austrian State Music School and since 2019 at the Institute for Music Education at the University of Art in Graz .

In addition to his work as a composer and arranger , he acts as a speaker at advanced training courses and as a juror at various orchestral competitions, including the Summa cum laude - International Youth Festival in Vienna at the Wiener Musikverein . Asanger has been the regional music director of the Upper Austrian brass band since 2019 .

Awards (selection)

Works (selection)

Most of his works for symphonic wind orchestra can be classified as program music. In 2008 his first compositions were published by OrchestralArt Music Publications. In 2009 he was signed by the Dutch Tierolff publishing house, since 2012 with the music publishing house Rundel (Rot an der Rot). Since then they have been performed worldwide and recorded on CD by renowned orchestras from around the world, including the Bundeswehr Music Corps , the Belgian Hageland Wind Orchestra, The Washington Winds, the Belgian Air Force Orchestra and the Army Music Corps Middle of the Japanese Army.

Symphonic music

  • Movements (2016)
  • Saint Cecilia (2015)
  • CMYK (2015)
  • Voices of Diversity (2016)
  • Utopia (2012)
  • Blue Hole (2012)
  • Jubilate Musica (2012)
  • Medieval Dances (2012)
  • Concertino for trombone & wind band (2012)
  • Vogler Fanfare (2012)
  • Caresse (2011)
  • After this deluge for soprano & wind orchestra (2011)
  • Freedom Of The Seas (2011)
  • Klek Mountain (2010)
  • Grand Canyon (2010)
  • Danuvius (2010)
  • Festivity (2009)
  • Kaleidoscope (2008)
  • La Festa (2008)
  • Visions (2008)

Chamber music

  • 80 seconds for a birthday (for Balduin Sulzer ) for brass instruments (2012)
  • Play of colors for brass quintet (2012)
  • Dab of color for woodwind quintet (2011)
  • Duet for oboe solo (2012)
  • Morphology for 3 euphonies (2010)
  • Discussions for Clarinet Quartet & Brass Quintet (2010)
  • Rondo Capriccioso for soprano saxophone & positive organ (2010)
  • Out of necessity a virtue for percussionists solo (2008)
  • Rudiments for piano four hands (2006)
  • In a nutshell - aphorisms for oboe, clarinet, violoncello & piano (2006)

Discography

  • 2016 Condor's Eye (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - The Royal Band of the Belgian Air Force, conductor: Matty Cilissen, TMPCD-130634
  • 2015 turning points (Rundel, Rot an der Rot) - Musikkorps der Bundeswehr , conductor: Christoph Scheibling , MVSR099-2
  • 2015 Canals of Amsterdam (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - The Royal Band of the Belgian Air Force, conductor: Matty Cilissen, TMPCD-130633
  • 2014 Crazy Tongues (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - Military Music Upper Austria, Conductor: Harald Haselmayr, TMPCD-130631
  • 2013 Impressions of Petra (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - Military Music Upper Austria, Conductor: Harald Haselmayr, TMPCD-130629
  • 2012 Take One (Preiser Records, Vienna) - Vienna Brass Connection, conductor: Johannes Kafka, PR 91217
  • 2012 Two Marimba Reflections (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - Hageland Wind Orchestra, conductor: Evan Feldman, LMCD-12402
  • 2012 Blue Hole (Rundel Musikverlag, Rot an der Rot) - The Washington Winds, conductor: Edward Petersen, LC-10621
  • 2012 The Mystery Of Antarctica (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - BJO Gmunden, conductor: Christian Radner, FS-Prod 20403
  • 2011 Tales Of A Castle (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - Hageland Wind Orchestra, conductor: Benoît Chantry, LMCD-12388
  • 2011 Compulsory pieces 2011/12 of the ÖBV (Austrian Brass Music Association) - Military Music Upper Austria, conductor: Harald Haselmayr
  • 2010 Symphonic Wind Composers Project (Austrian Association of Composers) - Symphonic Youth Wind Orchestra Vienna, conductor: Herbert Klinger
  • 2010 Grand Canyon (Tierolff Muziekcentrale, Roosendaal) - Hageland Wind Orchestra, conductor: Peter Snellinckx, LMCD-12370

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ vienna-brass-connection.at December 10, 2012
  2. ^ Institute for Analysis, Theory and History of Music July 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Institute for Music Education November 13, 2019
  4. ↑ sclfestival.org Summa Cum Laude Festival, June 21, 2011
  5. ↑ ORF Upper Austria November 13, 2019
  6. ↑ Austrian Youth Brass Musicians May 22, 2020
  7. ↑ OrchestralArt Musikverlag September 17, 2013
  8. ↑ Tierolff Muziekcentrale September 17, 2013
  9. ↑ Rundel Musikverlag , September 17, 2013
  10. ↑ Thomas Asanger's website , September 17, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Asanger, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz