Thomas Stöß
Thomas Stöß (born December 12, 1969 in Anklam ) is a German composer and conductor .
Life
Stöß began his musical training in Plauen at the Vogtland Conservatory “Clara Wieck” Plauen with Gerd Fiedler (piano) and Friedrich Reichel (music theory / composition). Even before his studies, he got a one-year engagement as a ballet repetiteur at the Theater der Stadt Plauen and wrote a little incidental music for Molière's “ The Doctor Against Will ” for the Freiberg Theater . From 1991 to 1998 he studied at the Liszt School of Music in Weimar with Antonius Streichhardt and Reinhard Wolschina (composition), Diethelm Müller-Nielsen (piano) and Reinhard Geilert (accompanist and conducting).
Stöß has been working as a freelance composer since 1997 and is also a teacher for piano and composition at the Chemnitz City Music School . For a time he conducted the youth symphony orchestra there. He has received several composition commissions, among others from the Neubrandenburger Philharmonie , the Philharmonie Erfurt , the Ernst Barlach Foundation Güstrow , the ensemble diX and the Chemnitz Barockorchester . Some of his works were recorded on CD and recorded on the radio. He has worked with renowned soloists and ensembles, including the pianist Sheila Arnold, the conductor Nicolás Pasquet, the baritone Mario Hoff, the Ensemble Sortisatio , the Utrecht String Quartet , the Trio pianOVo , the ensemble diX , the ensemble 01 and the Würzburger Piano trio .
His piano works for children and young people are establishing themselves as competitive pieces. In addition to solo and chamber music, Stöß wrote a piano concerto, a symphonic poem for large orchestra ( Europe ) and a Latin mass for solos, choir and string orchestra ( Missa Misericordiae ).
Works (selection)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1996)
- Europe , symphonic poem in two parts for large orchestra (1998)
- Fantasy for violin and piano (1999)
- Irritationen , two pictures for string quartet (1999)
- Frieze of the Listeners , music for the sculptures of the figure cycle of the same name by Ernst Barlach for oboe instruments, cello and piano (1999)
- 12 piano stories (2012)
Discography
- Frieze of those listening (Westend Classics Berlin 2010)
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Stöß in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Stöß. Musikverlag Ries und Erler, accessed on July 27, 2017 (list of works and biography).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Push, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer and conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anklam |