Wolfram Wagner (composer)

Wolfram Wagner (born September 28, 1962 in Vienna ) is an Austrian composer and flautist .

After studying composition with Erich Urbanner and Francis Burt in Vienna, with Robert Saxton in London and as a guest auditor with Hans Zender in Frankfurt, he has been a lecturer in composition and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna since 1992 . He gave guest lectures at the Paris Conservatory and at the universities in Amsterdam and Greensboro / USA.

Works

Vocal music for choir and solo voices; numerous orchestral works; various chamber music and solo forms.

Stage works

• Maria Magdalena Church Opera (2019); Libretto: Monika Steiner; WP 07/06/2019 Festival Retz; Conductor: Andreas Schüller, Director: Monika Steiner
• Türkenkind Chamber Opera (2011); Libretto: Kristine Tornquist (based on "Maria Theresias Turkenkind" by Irène Montjoye); World premiere September 14, 2011; siren opera theater ; Conductor: Jury Everhartz , Director: Kristine Tornquist.
• The Sarabande Chamber Opera (2008); Libretto: Kristine Tornquist (based on Leo Perutz Night Under the Stone Bridge ); WP June 12, 2009; siren opera theater ; Conductor: Jury Everhartz , Director: Kristine Tornquist
• Stretta Lyric Scene (2003); Libretto: Friederike Mayröcker ; WP October 31, 2004; Tyrolean State Theater & Siren Opera Theater ; Conductor: Dorian Keilhack , Director: Kristine Tornquist
• Finally the end of the chamber opera (2002); Libretto: Silke Hassler (based on the play of the same name by Peter Turrini ); WP September 13, 2003; New Opera Vienna ; Conductor: Walter Kobera , Director: Monika Steiner
• The Unfinished Ballet (1997); Libretto: Alf Kraulitz; WP July 5, 1997; Danube Festival ; Conductor: Peter Keuschnig , Choreography: Liz King
• When the Devil Dances Comical Opera (1996); Libretto: Ernst A. Ekker ; UA 7/17/1996; Carinthian summer ; Conductor: Peter Keuschnig , Director: Felix Benesch
• Oedipus Chamber Opera (1994); Libretto: Herbert Vogg ; UA October 13, 1994; New Opera Austria ; Conductor: Ottokar Procházka , Director: Thomas Birkmeir
• In the Eternity of the Moment Scenic Symphony (1991); Text: Adelbert v. Chamisso ; UA 10/16/1992; Odeon Vienna ; Conductor: Herwig Reiter

Awards

• Appreciation Award of the State of Lower Austria (2008)
• Federal Chancellery Prize and State Scholarship for Composers (1998)
• Winner of the international Anton Bruckner composition competition Linz (1997)
• Publicity Prize from Austro Mechana (1995)
• Composer in Residence at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, London (1993)

literature

• Christian Fastl: Wagner, Wolfram. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 . (Print edition: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, vol. 6, 2574)
• Stefan Schmidl: Wolfram Wagner . In: Music in the past and present . Second, rework. Edition, ed. by Ludwig Finscher , Kassel etc., Personen, Vol. 17, 2007, 380–382.

Web links

• Works by and about Wolfram Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.wolfram-wagner.com/
• siren opera theater
• Music Information Center Austria : Wolfram Wagner (accessed October 30, 2013)