Ulrich Alexander Kreppein

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Ulrich Alexander Kreppein (born February 9, 1979 in Leverkusen-Opladen ) is a German composer .

Life

Ulrich Kreppein, born in Leverkusen-Opladen and raised in Schorndorf ( Baden-Württemberg ), studied at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf and at Columbia University in New York. In 2006 he went on to study for a doctoral thesis at Harvard University in Boston (USA), which he completed in 2011 with a Ph.D in composition. His composition teachers include Manfred Trojahn , Tristan Murail , Helmut Lachenmann and Julian Anderson .

Since 2014 he has been teaching composition at the Liszt School of Music Weimar .

Ulrich Kreppein has received numerous prizes and grants. His compositional oeuvre encompasses a broad oeuvre from instrumental solo works to vocal music, with particular emphasis on orchestral works and music theater. The interpreters of his works include the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln , Orchester national de Belgique, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR , Orchester national de Lille, Ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Modern , Ensemble intercontemporain , Concerto Köln , Bachakademie Stuttgart , Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Boulanger Trio . Kreppein's first full-length opera The Temptation of Saint Anthony was premiered on May 8, 2012 at the Oldenburg State Theater. The Opera Lab Berlin realized Kreppein's experimental music theater Körper / Schatten (premiere 23 March 2016).

Prizes and awards (selection)

Compositions (selection)

Solo works

  • Script for flute solo (2015)
  • evenings on shadowy paths ... for cello (2013)

Chamber music 2-3 players

  • Playroom for accordion, viola (2016/17)
  • Whisper room for 2 guitars (2016/17)
  • Trio for piano, violin, cello (2016)
  • Windinnres (Phantasiestück 1) for string trio (2010)

Chamber music 4-9 players

  • Night piece for flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello (2018)
  • Windinnres - Wuchungen for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello (2015/16)
  • Constructions of Twilight for Percussion Quartet (2010)
  • Nightshade Vortex (Phantasiestück 2) for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, string quartet (2010)
  • Phantasiestücke (1: Windinnres ; 2: Nightshade Vortex ; 3: Evening Song ) for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, string quartet (2008-10)
  • Abendlied (Phantasiestück 3) for flute, clarinet, piano, string trio (2008)
  • Sine Nomine for flute, clarinet, horn, trombone, string trio (2007)
  • 2nd string quartet (2004/09)
  • Night piece for brass quintet (2000)

ensemble

  • Les oiseaux dans ma tête - discours imaginaire for 12 strings (7 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 1 double bass) (2017)
  • Echo Chambers - polyworks for four chamber ensembles in the room: accordion, viola - soprano, accordion, piano, drums - soprano, flute, cello - 2 guitars (2016/17)
  • Départ for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, harp, piano, 2 percussionists, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (2013)
  • Nachklänge - Echos - Klangbilder from Friedrich's world for 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoons, 2 horns, 2 percussionists, strings (2011)
  • Mirror images for flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, string quartet (2007)

orchestra

  • King is coming for children's choir, speaker and orchestra (2017/18)
  • Leise for orchestra (4-3-4-3, 4-4-4-1, 2 perc, hfe, strings) (2014/15)
  • Flucht for orchestra (4-3-4-3, 4-4-4-1, 3 perc, 2 hfe, piano, strings) (2013/14)
  • Fragments - ruins. Approaches to old castles and a Bach chorale for orchestra with historical instruments (2-2-2-2, 2-2-3-0, perc, strings: 8-7-5-4-3) (2013)
  • Labyrinth for large orchestra in the room (4-3-4-3, 6-3-3-1, 3-4 perc, 2 hfe, piano, strings) (2013)
  • Spiel der Schatten for orchestra (3-3-3-3, 4-3-3-1, 2-3 perc, hfe, piano, strings) (2009)
  • Paysage Nocturne II for small orchestra (2008)
  • Paysage Nocturne I for small orchestra (2006)
  • Le soleil s'est noyé dans son sang qui se fige ... for large orchestra (2000)

Vocal music

  • Angstraum - Based on texts by Federico García Lorca for soprano, flute, violoncello (2016/17)
  • Wutraum for soprano, accordion, piano, percussion (2016)
  • calles y sueños for 8 voices and ensemble (alto flute, oboe, clarinet, drums, piano, violin, viola, cello) (2016)
  • Infinite secrets of silent messenger based on texts by Novalis for soprano and ensemble (flute, clarinet, trombone, 2 percussionists, accordion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass) (2012/13)
  • George songs for soprano, flute, violin and cello (2007)
  • Agnus Dei for 12-part a-cappella choir (2004)
  • Melodrama based on a text by Franz Kafka for speaker and piano (2001/02)

Musical theater

  • Body / shadow . Experimental music theater based on Peter Weiss for voice and 8 instruments (2015–16)
  • The Temptation of St. Anthony after Gustave Flaubert for 6 soloists, 2 actors, vocal ensemble, choir and large orchestra (2011/12)

CDs

  • Portrait CD Ulrich Kreppein: Spiel der Schatten : 2nd String Quartet / Phantasiestücke I-III / Départ / Spiel der Schatten col legno 2013 (WWE 1CD 40406)

Fonts (selection)

  • "Total work of art! Gesamtkunstwerk as a genre - a systems-theoretical approach ”. With Fabian Czolbe. In: MusikTexte . Issue 154 (2017). Pp. 51-56
  • “Plots instead of experiences. About pulling fences ”. Essay on New Conceptualism. In: MusikTexte . Issue 148 (2016). Pp. 5-7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical entry on the teaching page of the FRANZ LISZT Weimar University of Music . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. ^ Review of The Temptation of Saint Antonius in Die Deutsche Bühne . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. ^ Project description Body / Shadow on the website of the Opera Lab Berlin . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Report on the New Ashford Fellows in The Harvard Gazette, Nov. 16, 2006 . Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Blodgett Composition Competition Winner on the archive pages of the Music Department of Harvard University. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Scholarship holders of the Young Academy of the Arts 2011 . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  7. ^ List of all scholarship holders since 1981 at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  8. ^ Alexander Zemlinsky Prize for Composition at the University of Cincinnati, general information and previous winners . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Federal government press release on artist grants for stays abroad in Rome, Venice and Paris 2018/19 . Retrieved May 3, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Kreppein, Ulrich Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreppein, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Leverkusen