Christoph Staude (born 30 September 1965) is a German composer.

Life

Born in Munich, Staude studied 1984–86 at the University of the Arts with Witold Szalonek and in 1986–91 at the

Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (german: Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, italic=no, link=no, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its k ...

with

Rolf Riehm Rolf Riehm (born 15 June 1937) is a German composer who wrote stage and orchestral works as well as music for ensembles and solo instruments. He began as an oboist and music teacher and was later a professor of music theory at the Hochschule für ...

and

Bernhard Kontarsky Bernhard Kontarsky (born 26 April 1937 in Iserlohn) is a German conductor, pianist, and teacher. Kontarsky studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. In 1964 he began his conducting career as Kapellmeister at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. From ...

. Since 1995, he lives as a freelance composer at the near Neuss. There, he initiated the series ''Hombroich: New Music'' in 1997. He received commissions and radio productions from SWR Baden-Baden for the Donaueschinger Musiktage, WDR Cologne for the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, HR Frankfurt, SDR Stuttgart, BR Munich and the AUDI-AG-Kulturfond, Ingolstadt.

Honours

*1992 Stipendienaufenthalt im Deutschen Studienzentrum Venedig *1986/87 Preisträger beim Wettbewerb der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart für junge Komponisten *1987 1. Preis beim Kompositionswettbewerb des International Center of New Music Sources (ICONS), Turin *1988 Preisträger beim Kompositionswettbewerb des Trio Basso Köln; 2. Preis beim Wettbewerb der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart *1999 2. Preis beim Kompositionswettbewerb der musik-theater-werkstatt am

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden ('Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden') is a German theatre located in Wiesbaden, in the German state Hesse. The company produces operas, plays, ballets, musicals and concerts on four stages. Known also as the ...

*2003 Preisträger im internationalen Kompositionswettbewerb der Elisabeth-Schneider-Stiftung Freiburg *2005 Förderpreis des

Berliner Kunstpreis The ''Berliner Kunstpreis'' (Berlin Art Prize), officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis, is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Arts ( ...

Compositions

;Stage music *''Wir''. Music theatre piece,

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

: Hans-Georg Wegner (after the eponymous novel by

Yevgeny Zamyatin Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin ( rus, Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ zɐˈmʲætʲɪn; – 10 March 1937), sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fictio ...

). Premiere 2006 Munich (

Munich Biennale The Munich Biennale (german: Münchener Biennale) is a contemporary opera and music theatre festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is ''Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater'', literally: International Festival for New Musi ...

) ;Orchestral work *''Anangke'' (1985). 2nd symphonic fragment *''Schacht'' (1986). 3rd symphonic fragment *''3 Noirailles'' (1993) *''Areal, Landschaft für Klavier und Orchester'' (1997). Premiere 2002 Munich,

Münchner Philharmoniker The Munich Philharmonic (german: Münchner Philharmoniker, links=no) is a German symphony orchestra located in the city of Munich. It is one of Munich's four principal orchestras, along with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Rad ...

, Ltg. G. Schmöhe, Jan Philip Schulze, piano *''Kohinoor, Skizze zur Reise des Simurgh'' (2004/05).''Kohinoor : für Orchester, 2004/2005''
on WorldCat Premiere 2005 Saarbrücken,

Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern The Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern (German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern) is a German radio orchestra. Its administrative headquarters is in Saarbrücken, at the ''Funkhaus Halberg''. The or ...

, Ltg. P. Marchbank ;Vocal compositions *''Psalm 88'' (1986) for three-part

mixed choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

and orchestra *''Le Livre des Météores, Szenarium in 7 Installationen'' (1989/90) für Sopran, Bariton und Orchester *''Trifoglio'' (2000) for alto voice and string quartet. Text: Yagi Jūkichi,

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam ( rus, Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам, p=ˈosʲɪp ɨˈmʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mənʲdʲɪlʲˈʂtam; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acm ...

Tsangyang Gyatso Tsangyang Gyatso (; born 1 March 1683, died after 1706) was the 6th Dalai Lama. He was an unconventional Dalai Lama that preferred the lifestyle of a crazy wisdom yogi to that of an ordained monk. His regent was killed before he was kidnapped ...

*''Kodex'' (2001) for soprano and 7 instrumentalists (text from the

Nuremberg Code The Nuremberg Code (german: Nürnberger Kodex) is a set of ethical research principles for human experimentation created by the court in '' U.S. v Brandt'', one of the Subsequent Nuremberg trials that were held after the Second World War. Tho ...

des

IPPNW International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 63 countries, representing doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned people who share the goal of ...

, 1947). UA Nürnberg () *''Seven last words'' (2004) for soprano and piano after James Joyce *''Eines Schattens Traum'' (2008) for choir and orchestra ;Chamber music *''Eisharmonie'' (1985) for two pianos to twelve hands *''Nachbild'' for viola solo (1986) *''Streichquartett I'' (1986). Premiere Turin,

Arditti Quartet The Arditti Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1974 and led by the British violinist Irvine Arditti. The quartet is a globally recognized promoter of contemporary classical music and has a reputation for having a very wide repertoire. T ...

*''Befund. Streichquartett II'' (1988) *''All’aperto. 18 Scherben (Streichquartett III)'' (1992) *''Fundament'' (1999). Fragment for organ *''Per speculum in aenigmate'' (1999) for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano *''Interior Zone'' (2002) for Ensemble. Premiere Hombroich,

ensemble recherche The ensemble recherche is a German classical music ensemble of nine soloists, especially dedicated to contemporary music. Founded in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1985, they premiered some 500 works. They were awarded the Schneider-Schott Music Prize ...

*''Streichquartett VI'' (2003) ;Releases on CD *''Nachbild'' for viola solo (1986); Intersound GmbH München ISPV163CD, Eckart Schloifer, Vla. *''Obduktion'' (1988) for saxophone solo; New Saxophone Chamber Music WWE 1CD 31890 col legno, Johannes Ernst, Sax. *''Morpheus, Tanz/-Szene für 6 Schlagzeuger'' (1990); Donaueschinger Musiktage 1990, col legno AU 31819 *''Intercut / Zwischenschnitt. Fünfzehn Fundstücke für Sextett'' (1999). Dokumentation Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 1999 Staude-Porträt-CD Edition Zeitgenössische Musik (Deutscher Musikrat) Wergo-6546-2 (2000)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Staude, Christoph 20th-century classical composers 21st-century classical composers German opera composers German composers 1965 births Living people Musicians from Munich