Armin Suppan (born 16 October 1959) is an Austrian brass musician and composer.
Life
Born in
Graz, son of the
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some m ...
Wolfgang Suppan, Suppan studied music at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, also known as Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) is an Austrian university. Its roots can be traced back to the music school of the '' Akademischer Musikverein'' founded in 1816, making it the oldest u ...
as well as at the
Hochschule für Musik Detmold
The Hochschule für Musik Detmold is a university-level music school situated in Detmold, Germany.
Academics
The Hochschule offers performance degrees in composition, all orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, art-song, conducting, as we ...
. In 1984, he received his diploma in
French horn
The French horn (since the 1930s known simply as the horn in professional music circles) is a brass instrument made of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. The double horn in F/B (technically a variety of German horn) is the horn most ...
training with Michael Hoeltzel. In 1987, he completed additional studies in conducting and chamber music with Walter Hügler in
Biel
, french: Biennois(e)
, neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin
, twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...
and
Milan Turković in Vienna. Initially active as a conductor of wind orchestras in the South Baden area of
Kappelrodeck,
Ortenberg, he began his military bandmaster training in Austria in 1994. In 1999, Suppan passed the military bandmaster examination. In the same year he joined the teaching staff of the , where he heads the wind department and the wind music information centre. Suppan has gained international recognition as wind music expert and instrumentator for Symphonic Wind Orchestra.
Compositions
* ''Johann-Joseph-Fux-Suite'', Freiburg 1987, Schulz.
* ''Rondo für Schulorchester, für solistische Bläser und Streichquartett'', Freiburg 1988, Schulz (Musik aus der Steiermark, issue 128).
* ''Schlossberg-Hymne'', Freiburg 1988, Schulz.
* ''Wiener Barock-Ouvertüre'', Bad Aussee 1993, Adler.
* ''Ortenberg-Fanfare'', Bad Aussee 1996, Adler.
* ''Nordpol-Fanfare'', Bad Aussee 1997, Adler.
* ''Dream Day''. Festlicher Tagesanbruch, Bad Aussee 1998, Adler.
* ''Etüden und Vortragsstücke für Waldhorn'', Freiburg 1980, Schulz.
Writings
* ''Kongreßbericht Banská Bystrica 1998''.
* ''Repertorium der Märsche für Blasorchester''. 2 volumes, Tutzing 1982 and 1990 (Alta musica 6 and 13).
* ''Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens''.
''Das Neue Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens''
on WorldCat (with Wolfgang Suppan), 4th edition, Freiburg 1994, .
References
External links
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20th-century classical composers
Austrian composers
Austrian musicians
1959 births
Living people
Composers from Graz