Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher (born 29 January 1971 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German composer and conductor. As a youth, he studied the violin and conducting.^[1]

Pintscher began his music studies with Giselher Klebe in 1988 at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold; in 1990 he met Hans Werner Henze and in 1991 and 1992 he was invited to Henze's summer school in Montepulciano, Italy. Later, he studied with Manfred Trojahn.

Several of his orchestral and vocal works have been performed at such venues as the Carnegie Hall and Royal Albert Hall. Some of his more notable compositions include Choc (1996) and Janusgesicht (2001).

Matthias Pintscher now lives in New York.

Published works

Piano

• Monumento I (1991)
• Tableau / Miroir (1992)
• Nacht. Mondschein (1994)
• on a clear day (2004)

Chamber music

• 2° quartetto d’archi (1990)
• Partita for solo cello (1991)
• Omaggio a Giovanni Paisiello for violin (1991, revised 1995)
• 4° quartetto d’archi "Ritratto di Gesualdo" (1992)
• Sieben Bagatellen mit Apotheose der Glasharmonika for bass clarinet (1993, revised 2001) or for clarinet (1994, revised 2001)
• Départ (Monumento III) for ensemble (1993, revised 1995)
• dernier espace avec introspecteur for accordion and cello (1994)
• Figura II / Frammento for string quartet (1997)
• Figura I for accordion and string quartet (1998)
• in nomine for solo viola (1999)
• Figura IV / Passaggio for string quartet (1999)
• Figura III for accordion (2000)
• Figura V / Assonanza for cello (2000)
• Janusgesicht for viola and cello (2001)
• Study I for Treatise on the Veil for violin and cello (2004)
• Study II for Treatise on the Veil for violin, viola and cello (2006)

Orchestral music

• Invocazioni (1991)
• Devant une neige (Monumento II) (1993)
• Dunkles Feld - Berückung (1993, revised 1998)
• Choc (Monumento IV) (1996)
• Five Orchestral Pieces (1997)
• sur “Départ” (2000)
• with lilies white (2001-2)
• Towards Osiris (2006)
• Verzeichnete Spur (2006)
• Osiris (2008)

Concertos

• La Metamorfosi di Narciso for cello and ensemble (1992)
• tenebrae for viola and small ensemble with live electronics (2000-1)
• en sourdine for violin and orchestra (2003)
• Reflections on Narcissus for cello and orchestra (2005)

Theatrical music

• Gesprungene Glocken (1993-4, revised 2000)
• Thomas Chatterton, opera (1994-8)
• L’espace dernier (2002-3)

Voice

• Gesprungene Glocken for soprano and orchestra (1996)
• a twilight's song for soprano and seven instruments (1997)
• Music from “Thomas Chatterton” for baritone an orchestra (1998)
• Monumento V for eight voices, 3 cellos and ensemble (1998)
• Hérodiade Fragmente for soprano and orchestra (1999)
• Lieder und Schneebilder for soprano and piano (2000)
• Vers quelque part ... - façons de partir for women’s voices and percussion (2000) or for women’s voices, percussion, three cellos and live electronics (2001)

References

1. ^ Andrew Clements, "The radical conservative". The Guardian, 29 August 2003.

External links

• publisher's biographie, discographie and bibliographie, (German, English, French)
• website of the composer
• (French) A biography of Matthias Pintscher, from IRCAM's website.

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Name	Pintscher, Matthias
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Date of birth	29 January 1971
Place of birth	Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia
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