Tim Ovens

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Tim Ovens (born February 11, 1960 in Flensburg ) is a German pianist , chamber musician, composer and piano teacher .

Life

Tim Ovens studied piano in Hanover and Vienna with Kurt Bauer , Hans Leygraf , Karl Engel , Paul Badura-Skoda and Hans Kann . In 1987, at the age of 27, he was invited to the Xi'an Conservatory as a visiting professor for six months . He then taught at the music academies in Beijing (Central Conservatory), Shanghai , Shenyang , Jinan and Nanning and gave solo and orchestral concerts nationwide. Ovens was one of the first German pianists to live as a pianist and guest lecturer in China after the opening of China (until the end of 1988). Since then he has been working and performing regularly in various cities in the country. In 2006 the China Conservatory in Beijing awarded him a visiting professorship.

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Tim Ovens lives in Hanover and Vienna. From 1988 to 2009 Tim Ovens taught as a lecturer at the Hanover University of Music and Theater . In 2009 he was appointed university professor for piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna .

Tim Ovens works internationally as a pianist. He appears at music festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival , the Dresden Music Festival , Ludwigsburg Castle Festival and others. One focus of artistic creation of Ovens is located next to the works of Robert Schumann and Claude Debussy to contemporary music . He has made a name for himself with the interpretation of the piano works of John Cage .

In 1996 Tim Ovens founded a duo together with the Chinese enthusiast Ma Xiao Hui , which performs traditional Chinese and Western music in arrangements.

Sound art (selection)

In addition to his work as a pianist, Tim Ovens designs and realizes sound installations .

  • ... on the go (2005, "Silent Station" Hanover)
  • Horae (2007 in Schleswig Cathedral )
  • Wasserläufer (2007, Festival for New Music "zeit.punkt 07")

CD recordings (selection)

  • Robert Schumann : Piano Works - Fantasy in C major op.17, Kreisleriana op.16
  • Birds Singing in Lonesome Mountains - Chinese and Western Music for Erhu and Piano (with Ma Xiao Hui, Erhu)
  • John Cage - Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano (CD with CD-ROM)
  • Music for drums and piano (with Kalamazoo Percussion Trio)
  • Works by Alfred Koerppen - (Concerto à Quattro for two grand pianos and percussion)

Publications

  • Publications in the Neue Musikzeitung (nmz)
  • "Der Klangsammler", published in: "Anarchische Harmonie - John Cage and the future of the arts", Ed. Rautmann / Schalz, Bremen 2002
  • "The Prepared Piano of John Cage" in the Frankfurt Journal for Music Studies, vol. 6 (2003)

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personal data
SURNAME Ovens, Tim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist, chamber musician, composer and piano teacher
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg