Volker Ignaz Schmidt

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Volker Ignaz Schmidt (born May 26, 1971 in Leonberg ) is a German composer .

Volker Ignaz Schmidt (2019)

Life

Schmidt was a member of various rock and jazz ensembles as a pianist , keyboardist , trumpeter and songwriter . From 1993 he undertook his first studies in counterpoint , harmony & form theory as an autodidact. From 1995 he took private composition lessons with Franklin Cox (University of Maryland, USA). He later studied with Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp (Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer) (University of Hertfordshire, England).

His compositions, created from 2000 onwards, range from various solo pieces, chamber music works , vocal pieces, orchestral works to conceptual music . He also created textbooks for piano lessons and worked on educational projects for new music in schools and at teacher seminars.

Schmidt's compositions have been performed in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, France, England, Mexico, Russia and the USA. Some of his pieces have been published by Bellmann Verlag and Simon Verlag Berlin. Composition orders gave him u. a. the “belcanto” soloists, Franklin Cox, the New York Miniaturist Ensemble, the Trio Mondala, the Art Ensemble Berlin, the Duo Simolka & Wohlhauser and the Frankfurter Tonkünstlerbund.

Compositions (selection)

Solo pieces
  • Ikaros (2004) for cello (commissioned by Franklin Cox)
  • Tales from the topographic inside (2007) for piano
  • Ma (2011) for prepared harpsichord
  • Crossing Paths (2013) for 10-string guitar
Chamber music
  • Traumbilder (2007) for flute, guitar and viola (commissioned by Trio Mondala)
  • Adoration (2008) for bass flute and 10-string guitar
  • String Quartet 2017
orchestra
  • Aura (2009/2010) 2d2,0,2 + es + bass, 2 + 1 - 4,1,3,1, timp, perc, cel, pno, str: 12,12,8,8,6
  • Stardust (2011) timp, perc, mar, str: 11,4,4,3
  • Eiszeit (2016) 1d1,1,1 + bass, 1 + bass - 1,2d1 (cor), 1,1 + bass - timp, perc (3), hp, pno - str: 4,3,2,2, 1
Vocal music
  • Dürrson Lieder (2005) for Bartion and piano (published by Simon Verlag Berlin)
  • Goya I (2008) for 3 voices, flute & clarinet (commissioned by the Frankfurter Tonkünstlerbund)
  • The Tears of Eos (2011) for soprano and cello
  • Drei Grotesken (2016) for speaker, tenor and percussion
Electronic music
  • Scrunch (2008)
  • Eisschmelze-Soundscape # 2 (2016) for trumpet with feed
  • Fleisch-Soundscape # 3 (2016) for speaker, electric guitar, electric bass and drums with feed
Conceptual music
  • Dream diary (2015) for any instrument
  • KlangLandschaft (2015) for any ensemble (without conductor)

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