Thomas Christoph Heyde

Thomas Christoph Heyde (born November 12, 1973 in Leipzig ) is a German composer , media artist and curator . He is chairman of the Forum for Contemporary Music Leipzig .

Life

Thomas Christoph Heyde was born in 1973 as the son of a pastor in Leipzig. From the age of seven he was trained on the piano and later received private composition lessons from Lorenz Stolzenbach . Without a high school diploma, he first completed a pharmaceutical training and worked as a nurse in a Leipzig hospital. In 1994 he took a special test to study composition with Peter Herrmann and electroacoustic music with Eckhard Rödger at the "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" University of Music and Theater in Leipzig . Thanks to two scholarships, he studied from 1997 to 1999 as a master class student for composition with Friedrich Schenker at the Berlin Academy of the Arts and with Thomas Kesseler at the Electronic Studio of the Music Academy of the City of Basel .

From 1998 to 2006 he taught media art at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig , where he was head of the electronic studio. From 2001 to 2002 he was the organizer of the concert series Sende (r) musik of the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). He was the curator of several projects a. a. Interferences from the Beck & Eggeling Gallery , Düsseldorf (1998), the Spinnerei Festival for contemporary music, Leipzig / Dresden (1999–2001), the Musik-Zeit-Herbstfestival , Leipzig (2001), the Matrix-Herbstfestival für Klangende Kunst, Leipzig (2003), the Grenzregionen-Festival for Eastern European Music, Leipzig (2004), the project ost.usw , Leipzig (2003) and the art festival electric renaissance , Halle (2005). Since 2003 he has been artistic director of the Forum for Contemporary Music Leipzig (FZML). He organized u. a. the international art and music project Cage100 (2012/13) and the transmediale project ABENDMAHL - "decreasing horror | increasing love". In the winter semester 2012/13 he was a lecturer on the subject of John Cage and in the winter semester 2016/17 on the subject of musical concepts after 1945 at the Institute for Musicology at the University of Leipzig .

He mainly writes orchestral and chamber music . His compositions have already been broadcast on Deutschlandradio , Deutschlandfunk , MDR, BR , WDR and on Swiss radio. He is particularly interested in live electronics and video art . So he worked with Ulrich Polster . The resulting art videos were shown in museums in France and Great Britain.

He has two children with the linguistics professor Tatjana Zybatow ( University of Flensburg ). He is married to the psychologist and therapist Ina Habt.

Heyde is chairman of the board of the Mosaik Leipzig eV The facility operates u. a. a migration counseling service and a psychosocial center for refugees.

Audio language

The music journalist Dirk Wieschollek described Heyde as: "Socialized with« classical »,« new music »and« techno »equally”. In the radio section of Deutschlandradio Kultur it was said: “He wants to inspire people for new music who have little contact with high culture. For this he also has concerts played in very unusual places. "

Awards

• Scholarships from: Akademie der Künste Berlin, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes , Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation , Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
• 2001: Handel Prize of the City of Halle (shared prize for composition)

Works (selection)

Without electronics

• Apparitions I (1995/96) for trumpet solo
• String Quartet No. 3 (1995) - 1st version (1996/97) - 2nd version
• Characteristic studies for piano (1995/96)
• Three “songs” (1995/96) for baritone and piano
• String Quartet No. 4 (1995/96)
• Rhythmica Moblié (1995) for four pianists on two pianos
• Apparitions II (1995). Chamber music for 9 players
• Lament? (1996). Requiem for 3 instruments, 2 speakers and vocals. WP Weimar 1997
• NO NAME (1997). A potpourri of awakening for ensemble. Premiere Berlin 1997
• mein fremdes Land (1998) for flute solo
• ENSEMBLE (1998) for prepared piano. WP Leipzig 1998
• Before me along (1998) for four recorder players
• Apparitions V (1999) for solo violin
• Schwebung (1999) for two-manual harpsichord
• for S. (1999). Aria for baritone and chamber ensemble (based on a text by Jürgen Becker ). WP Leipzig 1999
• call? no, want! (1999) for ensemble
• Viewer Network (2000) for English horn, bassoon, guitar and viola. WP Leipzig 2001 (Musik-Zeit-Herbstfestival, Schaubühne Lindenfels , Ensemble Sortisatio )
• Schwarzfahrer-March I / II (2007) for accordion, triolas and percussion
• Balls und Felle (2008) for accordion and 3 percussionists

With electronics

• Apparitions III (1995/96) for solo violin, 4-channel playback tapes and live electronics. Premiere Leipzig 1996
• KULTUS (1996/97) for mezzo-soprano, chamber orchestra, chamber choir, live electronics and tape (with texts). WP Leipzig 2000
• Apparitions IV (1997/98). Audio images for oboe, 4-channel tape and live electronics (based on texts by Anna Achmatowa and Jurij Brězan ). WP Leipzig 1998
• ARENA (1998) for orchestra
• Handling-Aufstieg-Abgang (1999) for flute, oboe, trumpet, percussion, live electronics and 4-channel tape
• "Waters of Light" (2000) for mezzo-soprano, small ensemble and tape (based on a text by Johannes Bobrowski )
• Piano (s) -Chat (2000) for MIDI piano, computer and live electronics. WP Leipzig
• Fernen (2001) for 3 recorders, 8-channel tape and live electronics. Premiere Berlin
• Ich-ein Fremder (2001) for voice, chamber orchestra, 7.1 surround tape and live electronics (based on texts by Miguel de Unamuno and Thomas Christoph Heyde). WP Dresden (Dresden Center for Contemporary Music, Titus Engel (lead))
• “Confetti Parade with Hardcore Romanticism” (2002) for flute, electric guitar, video and electronics
• Apparitions VI (2002) for bassoon, 2-channel tape and subwoofer
• Apparitions VI (2002/05) for recorder, 2-channel tape and subwoofer
• High-Culture-Motherfuckers (2002/03) for 4 percussionists and tape
• 3x short 3x long (2005/06) for ensemble, live electronics and tape
• 3xshort 3xlang II (2007/08) for ensemble, live electronics and tape
• CH-GS1978 (2005/06) for 3 recorders, mobile video monitors and tape
• Frost (2004–07) for violoncello, electronics and video screens
• memory-faded (2006/07) for viola, piano and live electronics
• Fieldz (2006/07) for piano, 4 percussionists and electronics
• Death Is Not the End (2008) for organ, viola and electronics

Fonts (selection)

• Paths - ways out - detours. On the situation, structures and content of contemporary music . In: Neue Musikzeitung 51 (2002) 2. (together with Péter Kőszeghy )
• New music without festivals? In: Positions 52 (2002), pp. 32–35. (in cooperation with Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf )
• Free time work . In: Positions 76 (2008), pp. 42–43.
• BACH | CAGE. Two world folders, Leipzig and CAGE100 . In: Positions 93 (2012).

literature

Anthologies

• Heyde, Thomas Christoph. In: German Composers 'Association (ed.): Contemporary composers in the German Composers' Association: A manual. 5th edition, ConBrio Verlags-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 2000, ISBN 3-932581-34-2 , p. 446.
• Heyde, Thomas Christoph. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 184.

Interviews and discussions

• Ronny Arnold: Between the concert hall and the brothel. The composer Thomas Christoph Heyde . Deutschlandradio Kultur , March 11, 2013.
• Thomas Buchholz : The new thing about new music as a questionable quantity. A "mail exchange" between Prof. Thomas Buchholz and the composer Thomas C. Heyde . In: Neue Musikzeitung 51 (2002) 2.
• Stefan Reisner: Don't set off fireworks, but have a lasting effect. An interview with Thomas Chr. Heyde about the cage interpretation in the 21st century . In: Neue Musikzeitung 61 (2012) 11.

Web links

• Official website of Thomas Christoph Heyde
• Literature by and about Thomas Christoph Heyde in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by Thomas Christoph Heyde in the bibliography of music literature
• Thomas Christoph Heyde at Discogs (English)
• Thomas Christoph Heyde in the composer's dictionary

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d} Ronny Arnold: Between concert hall and brothel. The composer Thomas Christoph Heyde . Deutschlandradio Kultur, March 11, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Kürschner's Musicians Handbook 2006, p. 184.
3. ↑ Katja Heinecke (ed.): Heimat Moderne . Jovis, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-936314-79-9 , p. 411.
4. ↑ Cage100 ( Memento of 5 April 2013, Internet Archive ). Website of the Federal Cultural Foundation. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
5. ↑ SUPPER - »waning horror | increasing love «. Retrieved on May 1, 2019 (German). 
6. ↑ Institute for Musicology at the University of Leipzig: Course catalog winter semester 2016/17. September 1, 2016, accessed May 1, 2019 . 
7. ^ University of Leipzig: Institute for Musicology, annotated course catalog, winter semester 2012/13 (PDF; 1.0 MB). Website of the University of Leipzig. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
8. ↑ Tatjana Heyde-Zybatow at the University of Leipzig ( Memento from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the University of Leipzig. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
9. ↑ The Artists - EVENING MEAL - »waning horror | increasing love « . In: ABENDMAHL2017 . ( Abendmahl2017.de [accessed on March 17, 2018]).
10. ↑ Mosaik Leipzig eV Accessed on May 1, 2019 (German). 
11. ↑ Mosaik Leipzig eV Accessed on May 1, 2019 (German). 
12. ↑ Mosaik Leipzig eV Accessed on May 1, 2019 (German). 
13. ↑ Dirk Wieschollek: HCMF - Works for Instruments and Live Electronics . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 05/2009, p. 88.
14. ↑ Johannes Killyen: Contemporary fig leaf on the edge of the festival. Prize winners concert of the composition competition in the new theater . In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , June 12, 2001.