Bernd Redmann (born 10 May 1965 in

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) is a German composer and musicologist.

Career

Born in

, Bernd Redmann studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, music pedagogy and composition with

Dieter Acker Dieter Acker (3 November 1940 – 27 May 2006) was a German composer born in Sibiu, Romania. Career Dieter Acker studied composition with Sigismund Toduță Sigismund Toduță ( Simeria, 17 May 1908 – Cluj-Napoca, 3 July 1991) was a Roma ...

, and music theory. He was also enrolled for musicology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He continued his studies at the

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim is a Hochschule, a university for music and performing arts in Mannheim, Germany, of the state Baden-Württemberg History The Hochschule dates back to the 1762 ''Academie ...

, with Peter Michael Braun, among others. From 1992 he studied musicology at the Mozarteum. In 1997 he worked at the IRCAM on a scholarship of the .Bernd Redmann

Musikhochschule München The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is t ...

(in German) 2009 From 1994 Redmann taught at the Musikhochschule München, first accompaniment of Lied, from 1995 also music theory. In 1998/99 he taught at the Mozarteum. From 1999 to 2005 he was Professor for "Tonsatz und Improvisation" at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 2005 he was appointed Professor for "Musiktheorie und Gehörbildung" at the Musikhochschule. Redmann has presided the "Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie" (Association for Music Theory) since 2004. He has been in the jury of the competition "Bundeswettbewerb Schulpraktisches Klavierspiel Grotrian-Steinweg" at the

Hochschule für Musik "Franz Liszt", Weimar The University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar (in German: Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar) is an institution of music in Weimar, Germany. The Hochschule Franz Liszt, who spent a great deal of his life in Weimar, encouraged the founding of ...

Works

Redmann composed solo works such as ''Geblendete Schatten'' for piano, ''Incontro'' for flute, ''Metro'' for viola. His chamber music include ''Goldrush – Moneyrush'', ''Verstrickung'' and ''five little obsessions''. He composed works for ensemble, such as ''Scenario'', ''evocación'', and solo concertos, a trumpet concerto, ''Secret doors'' for two bassoons and orchestra, and ''Fliehende Landschaft'' for viola and ensemble. Orchestral works include ''Fiasko'' and ''3 Pictures''. He composed ''O'' and ''L'usine imaginaire'' as "Raumkompositionen" (Space compositions) for ensemble. ''Fiasko'' was recorded in 1998, together with the Third Symphony of Anthony Iannaccone and the Symphony 1969 of Theldon Myers. Stephen Ellis reviewed:

Fiasko (translated as "total freeing") is a "chain-reaction" of "energy-laden sound materials" that, as the composer has further written, "explode outward. ... The music, freed from any obligation to be orderly, flies out of control." If one comes to the music with this in mind, knowing that the composer has scored "unpredictable music for an unpredictable world," then Fiasko is fun to listen to for its textures and sonic shapes.

In 2003 Redmann composed the music for the film ''Far out'' of Oanh Pham. His music-theatre piece ''Die Gehetzten'' (The Hurried Ones) was premiered on 19 March 2010 at the Theater Bremen. His ''Migrant'' for bassoon and string quartet was premiered in Munich on 14 March 2011, played by Lyndon Watts, Clèment Courtin, Namiko Fuse,

Konstantin Sellheim Konstantin Sellheim (born 1978) is a German classical violist, who has appeared internationally with a focus on chamber music. He is a violist of the Münchner Philharmoniker, and lecturer of viola at the Universität der Künste Berlin. Career ...

and Graham Waterhouse.

Publications

Redmann wrote the book ''Methodologie und Theorie der Musikanalyse'', and essays and articles on to Beethoven, Schubert, Schenker, Riemann, the musical history of Salzburg, improvisation and instrumentation.

Awards

Redmanns works received awards such as in 2004 a second prize at the international competition of "The Transparent Factory" of Volkswagen Dresden for ''L'usine imaginaire''.Decision in the Composing Final at “The Transparent Factory”
composition-forum.org 2004

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