Annette Schlünz (born 23 September 1964) is a German musician and composer.

Biography

Schlünz was born in

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. She studied music at the

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Music School from 1983 to 1987 with

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and at the Academy of Arts in

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from 1988 to 1991 with

Paul-Heinz Dittrich Paul-Heinz Dittrich (4 December 1930 – 28 December 2020) was a German composer and academic teacher. Based in East Berlin, he focused on chamber music, with many works inspired by poetry. His works were performed earlier in the West than in the ...

. She also studied with

Iannis Xenakis Giannis Klearchou Xenakis (also spelled for professional purposes as Yannis or Iannis Xenakis; el, Γιάννης "Ιωάννης" Κλέαρχου Ξενάκης, ; 29 May 1922 – 4 February 2001) was a Romanian-born Greek-French avant-garde ...

at Darmstadt and

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. Schlünz took a teaching position at the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music in 1987 and taught at the Dresden Music School from 1987 to 1992. She went on a concert and lecture tour in South America in 1996, and also appeared in Denmark, France, Spain, the USA, and Vietnam in 2001. She has also lectured at the electronic music studio of the Academy of Arts in Berlin, the

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Colloquium, the

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and the German Academy at the

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...

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. She was composer-in-residence at GRAME Centre National de Création Musicale in

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in 2005.

Honors and awards

Hanns Eisler Prize The Hanns Eisler Prize was an East-German music award, named after the composer Hanns Eisler. It was awarded by Radio DDR – with advisory participation of the music section of the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin (East) and the (VDK) – ...

(1990) *Heidelberg Artists Award (1998) *Prize of the German Record Critics' Award (1999, for the EMI Classics recording of MOCCOLI) *Scholarships to Darmstadt (1990, 1992)

Works

Schlünz has composed music for stage, chamber ensemble, vocal, and multimedia works. Selected works include: *''Matka'' (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Karel Capek), 1988–89 *''Un jour d'été'' (children's theater, text by Pierre Garnier), 1996 *''TagNachtTraumstaub'' (music theater, texts by the composer, Matthias Roth, Ulrike Schuster), 1999–2000 *''Picardie'' orchestra, 1992 *''Fadensonnen'' small orchestra, 1993 *''but you in it'' bass clarinet, tuba, orchestra, 2001–02 *''Ornithopoesie'' choral (text by Pierre Garnier), 1989 *''Tender Buttons'' choral (texts by Matthias Roth, Pierre Garnier), 1997 *''shaded'' piano, 1991 *''String Trio - il pleut doucement sur la ville'' violin, viola, cello, 1989 *''night black, the blue'' oboe, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1990 *''pigeon blue shadows mingled'' flute, guitar, 1990 *''Et la pluie se - silent -'' organ, 3 percussion, 1994 (also version for organ, percussion, 2004) *''Dream herb'' flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1995 *''With traces of water and salt voice'' 11 players, 1987 *''Rose'' (text by Ingeborg Bachmann), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1988 *''The anti-Rose'' (text by Yvan Goll, Claire Goll) soprano, violin, piano, 1995 *''Violent customer - Gibbongesänge'' (text by Ulrike Schuster), voice, tape, 2001 *''I see the dream of water'', music events for a mobile ensemble (text by Pierre Garnier), 2 voices, recorders (1 player), percussion, sculptures (by Daniel Depoutot), 1995 *''couloir de la solitude'' tape, room installation (by Thierry Aue), 2000 Her work has been recorded and issued on CD, including: *''Klage'' Daniel Morgenroth, speaker; Friedrich Goldmann/Scharoun Ensemble (Aurophon/DZzM, 1992) *''verhalten, entgleiten, entfalten'' Reinbert Evers, guitar (Sächsische Tonträger/DZzM, 1994) *''Ach, es...'' Michael Vogt, tuba (RéR, 1994) *''Traumkraut; Tout est rêver; Fadensonnen; Taubenblaue Schatten haben sich vermischt; Ornithopoesie; Et la pluie se mit à tomber'' Georg Mertens, flute; Volker Höh, guitar; Accroche-Note; Les Percussions de Strasbourg; Roland Kluttig/Thürmchen Ensemble;

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/Kammerensemble Pro Musica Nova Bremen; Roland Hayrabedian/Musicatreize Marseille (Wergo: 6539, 1998) *''Zarte Knöpfe''

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/Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunkchores (

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: 5, 1998) *''la faulx de l'été'' Katja Reiser, recorders; Tan Kutay, percussion (Carpe Diem: 16256, 1999) *''MOCCOLI'' Carola Schlüter, soprano; Ensemble Phorminx (EMI Classics: 26189, 1999) *''Unaufhörliche Schlaflosigkeit'' Michael Vogt, tuba (Villa Massimo, 1999) *''la faulx de l'été (second version)''

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, flute; Stefan Blum, percussion (Radio Bremen, 2005) *''ZEBRA'' Lenka Zupkova, electric violin (Akademie der Künste Berlin, 2005)

References

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