Urs Liska
Urs Liska (born May 23, 1973 in Stuttgart ) is a German pianist and music theorist . His pianistic focus is on the romantic art song on the one hand and on the performance of new music in ensembles and orchestras on the other. He also performs improvised and composed electronic music .
Life
Liska received his first piano lessons from Rudolf Dennemarck in Stuttgart. This was followed by studies at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg im Breisgau , where he studied piano with James Avery , song design with Ramón Walter and music theory with Eckehard Kiem . The pianistic training was completed in the master class for song composition with Irwin Gage at the Zurich Conservatory . Additional studies in musicology followed at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and the Universität der Künste Berlin .
Urs Liska maintains an artistic activity that is not limited to playing solo piano and composing songs. In addition to the classical repertoire, he is engaged in contemporary music in the ExVoCo and VARIANTI ensembles as well as in the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Basel Symphony Orchestra. He is co-founder and organizer of the "Initiative for New Music SUONO MOBILE". One focus is also the area of live electronic and computer music.
He had appearances at festivals, a. a. in Amsterdam (“Klap op de Vuurpijl” festival), Darmstadt (summer courses for new music), Munich (“Festspiel +” as part of the opera festival), Oslo (“Ultima” festival), Paris (Théatre musical de la ville + Center Pompidou), Salzburg (Mozarteum), Stuttgart, Vienna, Zurich, Japan and Indonesia.
He lives with his family in Freiburg im Breisgau .
Scholarships
- 2000: Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg (as a song pianist)
- 2002: Akademie Schloss Solitude (as interpreter of new and electronic music)
- 2002–2005: Graduate College of the Berlin University of the Arts (as a musicologist)
Projects
song
In the 2000s Liska dealt with the songs of Arnold Schönberg . In cooperation with Deutschlandradio Kultur , he produced a complete recording of the songs, which for the first time includes all songs (see discography ).
In this context, the first part of the Gurre-Lieder was set up with two- to eight-handed piano accompaniment, which is based on the partial premiere in a concert on January 14, 1910 in the Ehrbar Hall in Vienna . It is based on the original early versions of the songs - reconstructed as part of the Arnold Schönberg Complete Edition - as well as the arrangements of the orchestral parts made by Anton Webern for this concert, which Urs Liska edited from the handwritten sources.
Opera
In the 2010/11 season Liska took on the role of solo pianist in Mauricio Kagel's “Lieder-Oper” “Aus Deutschland” in a new production by the Freiburg Theater , under the musical direction of Fabrice Bollon and directed by Calixto Bieito . In this opera, the piano largely takes on the role of the opera orchestra and is only occasionally supported by smaller groups of instruments (from the “off”).
electronics
- Music of the times - old and new music with countertenor and synthesizer / computer, together with countertenor Daniel Gloger . Mainly church concerts.
- GRAFT , an acoustic-electronic improvisation collective, emerged from the time at Akademie Schloss Solitude . With Daniel Hjorth, Carl Rosman and Sam Hayden (Glenn Larsson a. G.).
Discography
CDs
- Arnold Schönberg: Piano arrangements , with Claudia Barainsky , Konrad Jarnot , Irmela Roelcke, GrauSchumacher Piano Duo . Capriccio C5277, 2016
- Arnold Schönberg: Complete songs , with Claudia Barainsky , Melanie Diener , Konrad Jarnot , Christa Mayer , Markus Schäfer , Anke Vondung . Capriccio C7120, 2012
- Review , with Jens Lohmann . Works by Arnold Schönberg , Bernd Alois Zimmermann , Wolfgang Rihm , Heinz Holliger , Anton Webern and Dieter Schnebel . sound-rel 2008
- Winterreise (Schubert) , with Michael Volle , Animato 2007
- ... from today , with Michael Volle . Songs by Hugo Wolf and Arnold Schönberg. sound-rel 2004
- We are without a stay , with Gisela Müller and Doris Wolters. Audio book with texts by Marie Luise Kaschnitz and music by Dieter Schnebel . Audio book 2000
- this is a song ... with Hanna Aurbacher. Songs and solo works by Erik Satie , Claude Debussy , Guillaume de Machault , Fortunato Depero , Dieter Mack , Younghi Pagh-Paan , Anton Webern , Luciano Berio . sound-rel 1994
Individual evidence
- ^ Arnold Schönberg: Piano Arrangements (on www.capriccio.at)
- ^ Arnold Schönberg: Complete songs (on www.capriccio.at)
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Liska, Urs |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pianist and music theorist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |