Volker Nickel

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Volker Nickel (born December 31, 1970 in Augsburg ) is a German composer .

Life

Nickel received his first musical lessons at home and attended the humanistic-musical high school near Sankt Stephan (Augsburg) (Abitur 1990). This was followed by studies of musicology, philosophy and psychology in Augsburg and Munich, and later composition with Hans-Jürgen von Bose at the State University for Music and Theater in Munich. Nickel lives and works as a freelance composer in Munich. Nickel teaches music theory at the LMZ at the University of Augsburg and is a member of the board of the Munich Tonkünstlerverband.

Honourings and prices

  • Paris scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts 2008
  • Art Prize of the City of Gersthofen 2005
  • First Prize Günter Bialas Composition Competition 2004
  • Scholarship from the Wilfried Steinbrenner Foundation 2003
  • Postgraduate scholarship from the Free State of Bavaria in 2000
  • Prize of the Raiffeisen Schulze Delitzsch Foundation 1997
  • Award of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation 1996
  • Scholarship from the Bavarian capital 1995

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Nickel's compositions were initially characterized by a more postmodern eclecticism ( postmodernism ), which, however, always saw itself as part of a varying process and only allowed things that are connected to one another on a deeper structural level to appear in different shapes. Later, under the influence of more recent literature, such as the " Zettelkasten ", Nickel developed a precisely contrapuntal, discontinuous and structurally subtle musical style based on cantus firmus-like periods (see Cantus firmus , Ars nova , Renaissance ) and a varying one Assembly technology works. The structure of his pieces is densely worked and characterized by varied tableaus. Nickel's music has received numerous awards, including the prestigious award from the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Nickel was a scholarship holder at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and teaches at the LMZ at the University of Augsburg.

Musical theater

  • A celebration of music theater (2000)
  • WaldLust Chamber Opera (2001)
  • Twilight - or Anna and the Hare Chamber Opera (2001)
  • Orfeus - music along the river Musiktheater (2005)

Orchestra and ensemble music

  • Lanaia I for violin and orchestra (1990)
  • Dance music for orchestra (1995)
  • Divertimento I for chamber orchestra (1996)
  • Divertimento II for chamber orchestra (1997)
  • Study for a Gloria for chamber orchestra (1998)
  • Divertimento III for chamber orchestra (2000)
  • hide @ park for chamber ensemble (2003)
  • distant music for chamber orchestra (2007)
  • 2 silent film scores for ensemble (2011)

Chamber music

  • M (1986) for quintet
  • Das Cognaglied (1989) for piano trio
  • Cassation (1995) for clarinet and violoncello
  • String Quartet (1996)
  • Canon for harpsichord (1997)
  • 3 songs based on poems by Reiner Kunze (2003)
  • Pruning the apple trees in winter (2004) for violoncello solo
  • 3 pieces for violin, viola, double bass and harp (2004)
  • Mosaic for Zither Solo (2007)
  • like things made of clay for violin and piano (2008)
  • music-4-a-joyce-tick-cl [:] ock-box for string quartet (2008)
  • piano puzzle pieces for piano solo (2009)
  • Das Fliegenschleich the little soul for piano quartet (2011)
  • Duets for 2 violins (2010)
  • 2 songs for soprano and piano (2011)
  • "In Homemade Water Flow"  for clarinet, violoncello and piano (2012)

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personal data
SURNAME Nickel, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg