Wilfried Krätzschmar
Wilfried Krätzschmar (born March 23, 1944 in Dresden ) is a German composer .
Life
Krätzschmar received piano lessons from 1952. After graduating from the Extended Oberschule in Reick , he studied composition with Johannes Paul Thilman , piano with Wolfgang Plehn and conducting with Klaus Zoephel at the Dresden University of Music from 1962 to 1968 . In 1963 he led a trombone choir in Dresden. From 1968 to 1969 he took over the management of the theater music at the Meiningen Theater . After this time he went back to the Dresden Music Academy as an aspirant of Fritz Geißler . In 1975 he took over the artistic center for the promotion of young composers in the Dresden district. In 1988 he was appointed associate professor in Dresden. From 1991 to 2003 he was rector of the Dresden University of Music and from 1992 to 2009 full professor for composition . In 2003 he was appointed President of the Saxon Music Council. From 2011 to 2014 Krätzschmar was Vice President and from 2014 to 2017 President of the Saxon Academy of the Arts . He lives in Dresden.
Awards
- 1971 award of the Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Competition
- 1972 and 1973 Mendelssohn scholarship from the Ministry of Culture
- 1979 Hans Stieber Prize from the Halle Composers' Association
- 1980 Hanns Eisler Prize for Broadcasting in the GDR
- 1985 Art Prize of the City of Dresden
- 1986 Art Prize of the GDR
- 1990 Criticism Prize of the Music Criticism Commission of the Association of Composers and Musicologists of the GDR for the GDR Music Days (for "... possibilmente alla serenata")
- 2012 Johann Walter plaque from the Saxon Music Council
Compositions (selection)
- 1974: Suoni notturni for solo flute and ensemble, UA Dresden
- 1976: Hölderlin fragments for 2 choirs and instruments, WP Dresden
- 1979: 1st Symphony, premier Dresden
- 1980: 2nd Symphony Explosions and Cantus , premiered in Berlin
- 1982: Heine scenes for baritone, choirs, organ and orchestra, premiered in Leipzig
- 1982: 3rd Symphony, premiered in Berlin
- 1985: 4th Symphony, premiered in Dresden
- 1987: scenario piccolo for piano and ensemble, WP Dresden
- 1987: cataracta for orchestra, premier Berlin
- 1988: Chamber Concert II , premiered in Schwerin
- 1991: and already now for two choirs and a large ensemble, UA Dresden
- 1993: Klanggewächse for orchestra, UA Pirna
- 1993: Follow-up to the morning of a Ubu for ensemble, premier Berlin
- 1995: Reigen for orchestra, premiere 1995 Dresden
- 1996: turns for six percussionists, UA Dresden
- 1998: Chamber Concert III , premier in Dresden
- 2003: age, spectra sonantia temporibus for orchestra, WP Dresden
- 2006: Gallop - mouvement , UA Leipzig
- 2006: Key Opera. A burlesque game , libretto: Michael Wüstefeld , UA Dresden
- 2008: maga musica , hymn for children's choirs, premiere in Dresden
- 2009: But it won't stay dark for choir and percussion ensemble, UA Dresden
- 2012: Fragmentum for two choirs and orchestra, UA Dresden
- 2019: 5th Symphony, premier Dresden
student
His students include Michael Flade , Arnulf Herrmann , Caspar René Hirschfeld , Alexander Keuk , Ekkehard Klemm , Uwe Krause , Rolf Thomas Lorenz , Christian Münch , Theodor Schubach and Sylke Zimpel .
literature
- Krätzschmar, Prof. Wilfried. In: Wilfried W. Bruchhäuser: Contemporary composers in the German Association of Composers. A manual. 4th edition, German Association of Composers, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-55561-410-X , p. 715.
- Jörn Peter Hiekel (Ed.): Wilfried Krätzschmar. Perspectives of his work . Sandstein, Dresden 2005, ISBN 3-937602-55-0 .
- Hanns-Werner Heister : Double choir and speaking in tongues. Wilfried Krätzschmars and already now (1991), in: The Dresden Church Music in the 19th and 20th Centuries , ed. by Matthias Herrmann , Laaber 1998, pp. 555-572 ( Musik in Dresden 3 ), ISBN 3-89007-331-X
Web links
- Works by and about Wilfried Krätzschmar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Wilfried Krätzschmar in the archive of contemporary composers of the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden
- Wilfried Krätzschmar at Discogs (English)
- Wilfried Krätzschmar ( memento from October 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at the Carl Maria von Weber Academy of Music in Dresden
- Wilfried Krätzschmar at the Saxon Academy of the Arts
Individual evidence
- ^ Saxon Academy of Arts: Wilfried Krätzschmar. Retrieved February 7, 2018 .
- ^ Price of Criticism . In: Neue Zeit , March 6, 1990, vol. 46, issue 55, p. 4.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krätzschmar, Wilfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |