Thomas Daniel Schlee

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Thomas Daniel Schlee (born October 26, 1957 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer , cultural manager and organist .

Family, education and career

Thomas Daniel Schlee is the older of two sons of the Austro-German musicologist, theater scholar and music publisher Alfred Schlee (1901–1999) and Margarethe Molner, which means that he has been in close contact with a large number of important personalities of the music of the 20th Century.

After taking organ lessons with Friedrich Lessky , Schlee studied organ with Michael Radulescu as well as harmony and counterpoint with Erich Romanovsky from 1976 at the Vienna Musikhochschule , and composition with Francis Burt from 1982–1985 . At the same time, he studied musicology and art history at the University of Vienna , which he obtained in 1984 with a doctorate. phil. completed. 1977–1978 he was a listener in the composition class of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris ; he was also a private student of Jean Langlais .

1986–1989 Thomas Daniel Schlee was music dramaturge at the Salzburg State Theater , while from 1988–1990 he held teaching positions at the Vienna University of Music and at the University of Salzburg . He began his career as a music manager in 1990–1998 in the role of music director of the Brucknerhaus Linz and artistic director of the International Bruckner Festival . 1999–2003 he was deputy director of the International Beethoven Festival in Bonn and 2004–2015 director of the Carinthian Summer Festival . Schlee also worked for the Guardini Foundation Berlin as a musicological project manager (1995–1998) as well as its president (1998–2001), member of the executive committee (2001–2013) and chairman of the music advisory board (2004–2011). 2008–2013 he was also a member of the University Council of the Mozarteum Salzburg.

As an organist, Thomas Daniel Schlee has given a large number of concerts and radio recordings in Austria and abroad, and has also participated in important international festivals. For his CD recordings he was a. a. with the prize of the German Record Critics and the Diapason d'Or award.

Compositions (selection)

  • Picture and parable op.92 (2019/20) for organ
  • The Robe of the Messiah op. 91 (2018/19) for piano trio
  • Sancta Trinitas, unus Deus op.90 (2018/19) for organ for 2 and 4 hands and pedal
  • Three marches, two trios and a waltz op.88 (2015/17) for orchestra
  • Fourth string quartet op.86 (2014/15)
  • Suite op. 82 (2012/13) for violin and piano
  • Symphony No. 2 op.81 (2010/13) for large orchestra
  • “Call to me” op. 80 (2011/12) for organ and large orchestra
  • Horai op. 79 (2011/12), concert music for organ and chamber orchestra
  • “What we are” op. 77 (2010/11), cantata for children's choir and orchestra
  • Growing blue op. 76 (2010) for 2 solo violins and string ensemble
  • String trio op.75 (2008/11)
  • Two psalms op.74 (2004/10) for organ
  • Tränen op. 73 (2003/09), nine dances for piano
  • Concerto for piano and orchestra op.70 (2008)
  • “Ich, Job” op. 68 (2006/07), church opera
  • Sinfonia tascabile op.67 (2006) for orchestra
  • Concert overture, music for a festival, op. 64 (2005) for orchestra
  • Missa, op. 61 (2005) for baritone solo, mixed choir, brass, percussion and organ
  • Die Schöne Lau , op. 60 (2004) for soprano, speaker and orchestra
  • Third string quartet, "Tempus Floridum" op. 56 (2003)
  • and I saw, op. 55 (2002-03) oratorio for solos, choir and ensemble
  • The Way of the Cross of our Lord and Savior, op. 52 (2001) for organ and string orchestra
  • Symphony No. 1, op. 51 (2000-01) for orchestra
  • De Profundis for viola and double bass, Op. 43 (2000)
  • The donkey Hesékiël, op. 46 (1998–1999) for narrator and orchestra
  • Orchestral Games, op. 45 (1997–1998) for orchestra
  • Sonata da Camera, op. 42 (1996–1997) for chamber orchestra
  • Light, Color, Shadow, op. 38 (1995–1996) for ensemble
  • Concertino, op. 36 (1995) for two piccolo trumpets (or oboes) and string orchestra
  • Wacht auf, Harp und Saitenspiel, op. 35 (1994–1995) for harp and string orchestra
  • The Tree of Salvation, op. 33 (1993–1994), oratorio
  • Aurora, op. 32 (1992–1993) for orchestra
  • Ricercar, op. 31 (1990–1992) for orchestra
  • Cinq Pièces, op. 29 (1990–1992) for organ
  • The fire of the Lord, op. 27 (1989) cantata for soloists, children's choir and chamber orchestra
  • Alba for flute and viola, Op. 26 (1986)
  • Second string quartet, op. 21 (1983–1985, rev. 1997)
  • ... and calling with one voice, op. 20 (1987) for orchestra

Prizes and awards

Discography (selection)

  • "Cech. Ligeti. Schlee “, ORF CD 46 (1995): Ricercar
  • "Masterful Concerts", DD Records CD DD945182 (1996): Wake up, harp and strings
  • "Playing with the oboe", Weinberg Records CD SW 010058-2 (1997): Aulodie et Jubilation
  • The tree of salvation , extra CD EX 320-2 (1997)
  • “Thomas Daniel Schlee”, ORF Edition Zeitton CD 274 (2001): 2nd String Quartet , Preludes op. 6 / III, IV, Then the almond tree is in blossom , The Lord's Fire
  • "Aurora", extra CD EX-SP 020-2 (2002): light, color shade , Quia tu es Deus fortitudo mea , Alba , wake up, harp and strings , Aurora
  • “New Music from Austria” IV, ORF Edition Zeitton CD 325 (2003): Orchestral Games
  • Pure present , ORF Edition Zeitton CD 329 (2003)
  • "Paradisfloden", Rondo Records RCD 8376 (2005): Cantus (trumpet and organ)
  • Missa op.61 , CD Domradio Cologne (2005)
  • Canticum Sancti Floriani Martyris (Kropfreiter / Schlee), CD ORGANpromotion OP 8001 (2006)
  • From evening to morning , Audiomax 703 1545-2 (2009)
  • Me, Job , paladino music pmr 0002 (2010)
  • “Polyphonic” No. 5, HeiVo LC 16167 CD 104 (2010): In those days
  • “New Music from Salzburg 2006-09”, CD ORF / University Mozarteum / IGNM (2010): Sicut ros Hermon
  • Sept pièces blanches , Seefeld Prelude , CD Gramola 98976 (2012)
  • Body in Cafés , ORF CD 3149 (2013)
  • "Thomas Daniel Schlee: Organ Works" ( Pier Damiano Peretti at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Trinité in Paris), Ambiente-Audio ACD-2030 (2013): Préludes op. 6 / I, II, IV, VII, IX, XI, Fantaisie op.15 , Two Psalms op.74

Fonts (selection)

  • " La Légende de Tristan de Charles Tournemire", in: "Les Ecrivains Français et l'opéra", ed. By Jean-Paul Capdevielle and Peter-Eckhard Knabe (Cologne 1986)
  • "The Cinq Rechants by Olivier Messiaen", in: Studies on Valuation Research, Volume 20 ("On the relationship between contemporary music and contemporary poetry", edited by Otto Kolleritsch), Vienna / Graz 1988
  • Texts on Quatuor pour la fin du temps , Quatre Etudes de Rythme and Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen, in: “Milestones of Music”, Volume III, ed. by Hans A. Neunzig, Harenberg Verlag (Dortmund 1991)
  • " Christophe Colomb - Stages of a collaboration between Paul Claudel and Darius Milhaud", in: "Columbus between two worlds", ed. by Titus Heydenreich (Latin American Studies 30 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Frankfurt a. M. 1992 (pages 697-705)
  • “A lost daughter?” - Religion and Music at the End of the 20th Century, in: “Autonomy and Responsibility”, ed. by Karl Lehmann and Hans Maier (Regensburg 1996)
  • “Olivier Messiaen. La Cité céleste - The heavenly Jerusalem “- About the life and work of the French composer. Text of the catalog part. Edited by Thomas Daniel Schlee, Dietrich Kämper (Verlag Wienand, Cologne 1998)
  • Georges Auric, in: Neue MGG, Volume 1 (Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel 2000)
  • “Les solitudes de Jean Françaix”, in: Actes du Colloque International Jean Françaix, Paris / Le Mans November 26-28, 1999, ed. by Muriel Bellier, Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris 2001)
  • “La Cité céleste - Olivier Messiaen in memory”, documentation of a series of symposia, ed. by Christine Wassermann Beirão, Thomas Daniel Schlee and Elmar Budde (Berlin 2006); therein: "The aspect of the material collection in Olivier Messiaen"
  • “Messiaen and the French organ tradition”, in: “Olivier Messiaen and the French tradition”, ed. by Stefan Keym and Peter Jost (Verlag Dohr, Cologne 2013)
  • “Boundaries (in) of Art”, lecture given on October 14, 2013 in the Bamberg Saal Villach as part of an event organized by the University Club - Carinthia Science Association, publisher. by Horst Peter Groß (Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.edition-lade.com ; accessed on June 6, 2020
  2. ^ Neue Zeitschrift für Musik , Volume 9
  3. ↑ www.oxfordmusiconline.com
  4. ^ NKO 1957–2007: Chronicle of the Neuss Chamber Orchestra: History and Stories . Published by: Association of Friends and Supporters of the Neuss Chamber Orchestra, 2008
  5. ↑ State honorary mark for Intendant Schlee and professor title for the club chairwoman Litschauer . Article dated July 9, 2015, accessed August 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Schlee, Thomas Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer, cultural manager and organist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna