Thomas Lukan

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Thomas Lukan (born Thomas Herwig Schuler on January 18, 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer .

biography

Lukan's first exploration of music began in his youth. He began taking piano and recorder lessons at the age of six, and was also a member of a boys' choir. The first attempts at composition were made. In 1980 he graduated from a technical college specializing in communications engineering. Initially with the intention of studying electrical engineering, he attended the Technical University of Vienna from 1980 to 1982 .

From 1982 to 1991 he studied composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Erich Urbanner , Augustin Kubizek , and from 1983 to 1985 took private composition lessons with Robert Schollum . He also took up composing studies with Augustin Kubizek from 1982 to 1985. Despite studying composition, he successfully passed the master's examination for radio and television technology in 1984. He also attended a sound engineer training from 1985 to 1987.

After completing his composition studies, he was given a teaching position at the Institute for Music Theory and Basic Harmonics Research at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, which he held until 2002. From 2003 he was assistant to Prof. Erich Urbanner and held a teaching position at the Institute for Composition and Electroacoustics until his retirement.

In the period from 2002 to 2005 he completed a doctoral degree on his own music theory at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and at the University of Vienna, which he obtained with his dissertation "Fractal Tonality", a scientific presentation of his own music theory based on overtones, completed.

He has been a freelance composer since 1986 and is particularly concerned with microtonality and overtones . He consistently uses tonal means, which are expanded and redefined by introducing ekmelic sounds. He tries to compose free of aesthetic categories and without fear of contact. In this way, he particularly draws on unit-bound micro- and polytonality and the resulting new possibilities for compositional technique and voice guidance, which he represents in his music theory "fractal tonality".

He is married to the singer and instrumental and vocal teacher Danja Lukan. The two have a daughter together.

Works (selection)

Orchestral works

  • ISLAND-island op.16 , 1993
  • Essentia op. 22, 1995
  • Movements.Dimension Shift op. 23, 1996
  • "... and today a stone loosens itself ..." op. 28, 1998
  • The Poetry of Nature's Silence op.46, 2003
  • Northern Lights - an echo of the solar wind op.51b, 2007
  • Widerhall.Stille op. 56 5 Intermezzi to "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, 2008

Choral works and cantatas

  • Vespers for the Assumption of Mary for soloists and a cappella choir , 1985
  • Echoes and Correspondences A seven-part choir cycle for 8-part mixed chamber choir, harp and clarinet based on poems by Franz Richter, 1986
  • Lifestyle - the green light in the Raufwald op.34 , 2000
  • Frieden.Fach.Sieben op.43 cantata for mixed choir and orchestra based on texts from the Essen Gospel, 2002
  • joy is ... cantata for 2 choirs and ensemble based on a text by students from BAKIP Vienna 21, 2003
  • Cantica Sacra op.45 Eine Hoch_Zeit der Natur, cantata for solo soprano, male choir and orchestra based on psalm texts from the Bible in a translation by Martin Buber, 2004

Scenic works

  • Eine Autostopperin Small music-dramatic scene for flute, clarinet, double horn, two percussionists, double bass and soprano based on a text by Franz Richter, 1990
  • From the Strange Tales of a Faun to the Friends of Pan, op.10 Poetic Pantomime in Music, Color, Language and Dance, 1991
  • Leda and the Swan op.20 An opera-dramatic scene for high-pitched voice, concert clarinet and chamber ensemble based on a text by Franz Richter, 1994
  • The Clever Mau s op.36 A musical scene based on a text by Johannes Wolfgang Paul for two children's choirs and folk music ensemble, 2000

Songs

  • Five Rubaiyat after Omar Khayya op.14 for baritone and mixed ensemble, 1992
  • Mariae proclamation for higher and lower voice and piano based on a text by Rainer Maria Rilke, 1995
  • A Rhapsody of the Unspeakable Op. 21 for high voice and piano based on own verses, texts from the Bible and a poem by Paul Verlaine, 1995
  • You, from all wonders bright op.32 for soprano, violin and violoncello based on a text by Ephides, 1999
  • Heimlich connects the inner striving op.33 ritual songs for soprano, violin, cello and harp based on texts by Ephides, 1999
  • SommerSonnenWege op.53 love songs for soprano and harp based on poems by Ulrich Schaffer, 2007
  • 12 songs for voice and piano op.54 based on poems by Achim von Hirschheydt, 2007

Chamber music

  • Chamber Music II op.2a Rhapsody for chamber ensemble, horn and lower voice based on texts from the Sermon on the Mount, 1988
  • Festival music for 3 trumpets op.3a, 1988
  • Saxophone Quartet op.5, 1989
  • Quintet for piccolo, flute, violin, violoncello and piano op.6a , 1990
  • Sextet for piccolo, flute, violin, violoncello, harp and piano op.6b , 1990
  • A Little Harmony Music, Op. 7, 1990
  • Metamorphoses for flute and piano op.12, 1992
  • Bagatelle for 12 saxophones op.13, 1992
  • Piano trio op.18, 1994
  • Selbst.Spiel.Kreis - Ein Kringelumrisz op.27 Sextet for two string trios , 1997
  • String Quartet No. 1 Aspirations, Close to the Center, Op. 29, 1999
  • Strong dragon flies me across the ocean for 2 flutes and harp, 2001
  • Wedding quintet op.44 for oboe and string quartet, 2004
  • Piano trio No. 2 op.50, 2004
  • Duo for harp and violin op.51, 2006

Instrumental works solo

  • Concert piece for organ solo op.4, 1989
  • Sigrid's Song Etude for piano solo, 1990
  • Touches op.17 for piano solo, 1994
  • Strong dragon fly me across the wide sea for piano solo, 2001
  • Small loop for harp solo , 2005
  • Anthology for harp solo op. 52, 2009
  • Nachtstück - in the center of W. op.58 for solo viola, 2009
  • Morning mood for harp solo , 2013

Awards

1987 Music Prize from the Provincial Government of Vienna

1988 Award of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government

1988 Music Promotion Prize from the Austrian Federal Chancellery

1991 Winner of the international composition competition "Mozart 91"

1992 State grant for composition from the Republic of Austria

1991 Prize of the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture Austria

1994 Award of the Theodor-Körner-Foundation

2002 First prize in the composition competition for choir and orchestra of the 14th IDOCO International Choir Festival

Discography

  • Vienna String Orchestra - Bernhard Steiner, KMM-Records, 1994
  • ein Klang 1996 - 1998 / 1st - 3rd Composers Forum Mittersill, ein_klang Records 1998
  • Musik_Wissen - 7th Composers Forum Mittersill, ein_klang Records, 02/2002, CD

literature

  • Barbara Boisits , Art. "Thomas Herwig Schuler", in: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon , edited by Rudolf Flotzinger, Vol. 4, Vienna 2005
  • Ambros Berger, Mathematical Analysis of "Fractal Tonality": An Investigation of the Music Theory of the Composer Thomas H. Schuler , VDM Publishing, 2011

Web links

on the subject of fractal tonality

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Herwig Schuler Music Austria Music Database. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Lukan, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schuler, Thomas Herwig (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna