Hans Tutschku
Hans Tutschku (born 1966) is a German composer.
He has been a member of the Ensemble for Intuitive Music Weimar since 1982. He studied composition of electronic music at the Hochschule für Musik "Carl Maria von Weber", Dresden and since 1989 has participated in several concert cycles of Karlheinz Stockhausen to study the art of the sound direction. He further studied sonology and electroacoustic composition in 1991-92 at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (the Netherlands).
In 1994 there followed a one year study residency at IRCAM in Paris. He taught during 1995-1996 as a guest professor of electroacoustic composition in Weimar. In 1996 he participated in composition workshops with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. In 1997-2001 he taught electroacoustic composition at IRCAM in Paris and from 2001 to 2004 taught at the Conservatory of Montbéliard. In May 2003 he completed a doctorate (Ph.D.) with Professor Dr. Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham. During the spring term of 2003 he was the Edgar Varèse Guest Professor at the Technical University of Berlin.
Since September 2004 Hans Tutschku has held the position of Professor of Composition and Director of Electroacoustic Studios at Harvard University. During the last few years he has been invited to give master classes in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Singapore, Budapest, Darmstadt, Florence, Milano and Rome. He is the winner of many international composition competitions including: Bourges, CIMESP São Paulo, Hanns Eisler Prize, Prix Ars Electronica, Prix Noroit. In 2005 he received the Weimar prize. In 2013 he held a Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and in 2014 a Stipend from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission.
Discography
- Firmament - empreintes DIGITALes 2015
- Computer Music Journal - Volume 36, 2012
- 30 years festival inventionen Berlin, DAAD, 2012
- CIMESP 14th international Electroacoustic Music Contest of Sao Paulo
- Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 , Deutscher Musikrat
- Migration - Arizona University Recordings LLC, AUR CD 3134 2007
- "Für Kommende Zeiten" - Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar plays Karlheinz Stockhausen
- DVD - 50 Years TU Studio Berlin
- Klangreise - Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar (EFIM) 2004
- Computer Music Journal - Volume 27, 2003
- 15.+16. Tage Dresdner Tage Zeitgenössischer Musik
- Compendium International - IMEB Bourges 2000
- Presence II - Productions électro Productions (PeP) 2000
- MOMENT - empreintes DIGITALes 2000
- eXcitations - empreintes DIGITALes 2000
- Prix Ars Electronica Linz - 1998
- Ausbruch Aufbruch - DegeM-CD04 1998
- Prix International Noroit - Léonce Petitot 1998
- electroNIquE, CD for the opening of the electronic studios at the University Singapore
- CIMESP Sao Paulo - 1995
- Ausbruch der Klänge - Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar in Mexico City 1994
- Stimmen...Klänge - DegeM-CD01 1994
List of works
2015 - Shadow of bells - for piano and electronics
2014 - Issho ni - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2014 - interlaced 1 - for bass clarinet and electronics
2014 - Still Air 3 - for oboe, bass clarinet and electronics
2014 - Still Air 2 - for oboe and electronics
2014 - collaboration - interactive sound sculpture
2014 - THE OTHER SIDE - photo installation
2013 - Still Air 1 - for bass clarinet and electronics
2013 - under - for nine instruments and electronics
2012 - one minute for John Cage - for ensemble
2012 - unreal memories - sound installation for the Carpenter Center, Cambridge MA,
2012 - hommage à Schwitters - interactive sound sculpture
2012 - clin d'oreille d'Avignon - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2012 - entwurzelt - for six singers and electronics
2011 - Klaviersammlung - electroacoustic composition, 16 channels
2011 - Behind the light - for string quartet and live-electronics
2010 - Irrgärten - for two pianos and live-electronics
2010 - agitated slowness - electroacoustic composition, 24 channels
2010 - Firmament-schlaflos electroacoustic composition, 16 channels
2009 - fragile connections for violin, french horn and piano
2009 - Together music for a choreography by Larissa Douglas Koch
2009 - Ailleurs-Intérieur sound installation
2009 - Polyvision multimedia composition for dance, video projection and ensemble
2008 - Zwei Räume electroacoustic composition, 24 channels
2008 - Monochord electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
2007 - Einst mit dir - for soprano, violin, clarinet and live-electronics
2007 - Dialog für 2 Instrumentalgruppen - Improvisation concept for 2 ensembles
2007 - Zellen-Linien for piano and live-electronics
2007 - Shore for oboe and live-electronics
2007 - pour B electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
2007 - Distance liquide electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2007 - TELL ME! ... a secret ... interactive sound and video installation - Carpenter Center, Cambridge
2006 - Winternacht for piano, percussion and live-electronics
2006 - Salut du Mexique electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
2005 - Die Süsse unserer traurigen Kindheit - music theatre on poems and letters by Georg Trakl, Staatsoper Stuttgart
2004 - Cinq espaces du crépuscule - for organ and live-electronics
2004 - Similis - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2004 - Rituale - electroacoustic composition, wave field synthesis
2004 - object-obstacle - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2004 - Rojo - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2004 - Der unsichtbare Hörturm (The invisible bell tower) - open air sound installation - Radcliffe quadrangle, Cambridge
2003 - Klang der Stille - sound installation, Russischer Ehrenfriedhof Weimar
2003 - Die Kirche als Klangskulptur - sound installation, Friedenskirche Jena
2003 - Stimmen-Zeichen - sound installation, Pragsattel Stuttgart
2002 - Trois structures for Baschet Resonators and live-electronics
2002 - Cito for French Horn, piano and live-electronics
2002 - La joie ivre electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
2002 - Vibrations décomposées electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
2001 - Migration pétrée electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2001 - Der unsichtbare Hörturm (Le clocher invisible) - open air sound installation - on the tower of the castle Montbéliard
2000 - SprachSchlag for percussion and live-electronics
2000 - memory - fragmentation electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
2000 - Epexergasia - Neun Bilder electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
2000 - résorption - coupure electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
2000 - KlangSpirale sound installation - 16 channels
1999 - Das Bleierne Klavier for piano and live-electronics
1999 - Eikasia electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
1999 - human-space-factory electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
1999 - Klangschmelze sound installation in the ice cave Dachstein
1999 - Glockenklangfeld sound installation on the main place of Apolda
1999 - Die Kirche als Klangskulptur sound installation in 5 countries of Europe
1999 - NochDreiSekundenSchwarz video in collaboration with Kerstin Wagener, ZKM Karlsruhe
1999 - Klangwald_Lichtgestein - open-air multimedia composition - Ratssteinbruch Ilmenau
1998 - Départs - for soprano, percussion, 10 instruments and tape
1998 - Extrémités lointaines - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
1998 - Lissabon Projekt - music for the ballet "Lissabon-Projekt", Theatre Basle
1998 - Klanghochspannung - sound installation - 12 channels
1997 - Verdichtung - for two choirs and tape
1997 - Klanglabyrinth - sound installation - 42 channels in a cave
1997 - Der unsichtbare Hörturm (The invisible bell tower) - open air sound installation - on the tower of the castle Weimar
1996 - rapprochement_éloignement - for mezzo soprano, flute, viola and harp
1996 - Drei Traumgesichter - for English horn and tape
1996 - ...erinnerung... - electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
1996 - Les Invisibles - electroacoustic composition, 8 channels
1996 - Der unsichtbare Hörturm (The invisible bell tower) - open air sound installation - on the tower of the University Jena
1996 - Klangbrücke - sound installation
1996 - Flammenklang - open air multimedia composition for ensemble, dancers, choir, tape and 16 fire-projectors
1996 - Geschenk am Fuß - multimedia composition for dance, projection of images and ensemble
1995 - Freibrief für einen Traum - for soprano, flute, cello, percussion and tape
1995 - Über unsere Gräber - for flute, percussion and tape
1995 - Sieben Stufen - electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
1995 - Hochland oder der Nachhall der Steine - music for the ballet "Hochland oder der Nachhall der Steine", Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
1994 - Spiegelbilder - Improvisation concept for ensemble
1994 - Nachts - for bass clarinet, cello, percussion and tape
1994 - Flying Flute - electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
1994 - Sound Scapes - sound exhibition in 14 rooms (Schwarzer Bär - Weimar)
1993 - Zu Abend mein Herz - for trombone, percussion and tape
1993 - Unbekannte Galaxien - multimedia composition for a Planetarium
1993 - Ausbruch der Klänge - Improvisation concept for ensemble, espacio culturico Mexico City
1992 - The Metal Voice - for percussion and tape
1991 - Die zerschlagene Stimme - electroacoustic composition, 4 channels
1991 - music for the film "Brüder und Schwestern" by Pavel Schnabel
1991 - Imaginäre Räume 1 - multimedia composition for projection of images and ensemble
1990 - Sein wirkliches Herz electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
1990 - music for the play "Sonja und Leo Tolstoi" by Luise Rinser - Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar
1989 - Übergänge - electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
1989 - music for the play "Ein Stall voller Schweine" by Athol Fugard - Schicht-Theater Dresden
1989 - music for the film "Wind sei stark" by Jochen Kraußer
1989 - Klang_Farbe_Bewegung - multimedia composition for dance, projection of images and ensemble
1988 - Hommage à László Moholy-Nagy - electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
1988 - Vom Klang der Sterne - multimedia composition for the Planetarium Jena
1987 - Abstrakte Diaphonie - multimedia composition for projection of images and ensemble
1987 - Durchdringung - electroacoustic composition, 2 channels
Further reading
- Paland, Ralph. 2006. „Tutschku, Hans“. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart. 2nd Edition. Biographical encyclopedia. Volume 16. Edited by Ludwig Finscher. Kassel, Stuttgart: Bärenreiter, Metzler. pp. 1153-1154.
- _____. „Zwischen ‚Untergang’ und ‚Hoffnung’. Zur Musik und kompositorischen Poetik von Hans Tutschku“, Topographien der Kompositionsgeschichte seit 1950: Pousseur, Berio, Evangelisti, Kagel, Xenakis, Cage, Rihm, Smalley, Brümmer, Tutschku. Signale aus Köln. Beiträge zur Musik der Zeit, Volume 16. Edited by Tobias Hünermann and Christoph von Blumröder. Vienna 2011, pp. 266-292.
External links
- His personal site
- Ketty Nez, "An Interview with Hans Tutschku", in the Computer Music Journal, 27:4, pp. 14–26, Winter 2003.
- Patricia Dirks Kitchener, Hans Tutschku: Moment (review), Computer Music Journal, 25:4, p. 100 ff.
