Ingomar Grünauer (born 11 August 1938 in Melk) is a contemporary Austrian composer. The focus of his work is on pieces in smaller forms for music theatre. His opera ''Cantor - Die Vermessung des Unendlichen'', which deals with the existential conflicts in the life of the revolutionary mathematician

Georg Cantor Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor ( , ; – January 6, 1918) was a German mathematician. He played a pivotal role in the creation of set theory, which has become a fundamental theory in mathematics. Cantor established the importance of ...

(1845-1918), was

premiere A première, also spelled premiere, is the debut (first public presentation) of a play, film, dance, or musical composition. A work will often have many premières: a world première (the first time it is shown anywhere in the world), its first ...

d on 10 November 2006 at the Halle Opera House under the direction of Roger Epple.

Main works

Chamber opera Chamber opera is a designation for operas written to be performed with a chamber ensemble rather than a full orchestra. Early 20th-century operas of this type include Paul Hindemith's ''Cardillac'' (1926). Earlier small-scale operas such as Pergoles ...

''Lipmanns Leib'' (Wiesbaden 1961) * Chamber opera ''Die Schöpfungsgeschichte des Adolf Wölfli'' (Basel 1981) * Opera ''Amleth und Fengo'' (Heidelberg 1982) * musikalisches Kammerspiel ''Die Mutter'' (after Maxim Gorki, Basel 1988) * Chamber operetta in 17 sensitive pictures ''Die Rache einer russischen Waise'' (after Henri Rousseau, Saarbrücken 1993) * Opera in 11 scenes ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert ( D. 911, published as Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the second of Schubert's two song cycles on Müller' ...

'' (text Fr. Micieli, Lucerne 1994).

Education and career

* 1950–1961: Studies at the

Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

: Conducting (

Hans Swarowsky Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth. Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, ...

), piano ( Richard Hauser) and composition (

Karl Schiske Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (12 February 1916 – 16 June 1969) was an Austrian composer and musical composition professor. Life Schiske was born in Győr in what is now western Hungary which was then still part of the Danube Monarchy in 1916. In ...

) * 1959: artistic Maturity Examination in Conducting and

music composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called c ...

* 1957, 1959 and 1961: Participation in the

Darmstädter Ferienkurse Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Cou ...

. * 1961–1968: ''

Kapellmeister (, also , ) from German ''Kapelle'' (chapel) and ''Meister'' (master)'','' literally "master of the chapel choir" designates the leader of an ensemble of musicians. Originally used to refer to somebody in charge of music in a chapel, the term ha ...

'' and Korrepetitor at the Theater & Orchester Heidelberg. * 1968–1982: Teacher in primary, secondary and comprehensive schools in

Schwandorf Schwandorf is a town on the river Naab in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of the Schwandorf district. Sights * Catholic parish church of St. Jakob * Kreuzberg Church: Catholic parish, monastic and pilgrimage church of ...

(

Upper Palatinate The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria. Geography The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lakes ...

) and in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

. * 1974: Assistant lecturer in scenic music at the University of Salvador da Bahia. * Since 1982: Professor for

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

and communication (Schwerpunkt Theaterarbeit und kulturelle Animation) an der

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

Frankfurt.

Prizes and awards

* 1960: First Prize at the International Composition Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna * 1966: Cultural Week Prize of the City of

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

* 1969: Promotion Prize of the Province of Lower Austria * 1982: Culture Prize of the City of Wiesbaden

Composition commissions

* Musiktheater

Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...

* Städtische Bühne

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

* Staatstheater

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

* Staatstheater

* Kultusministerium

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

* Stadttheater

Luzern , neighboring_municipalities= Adligenswil, Ebikon, Emmen, Horw, Kriens, Malters, Meggen, Neuenkirch Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a ...

* Theater

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

ORF ORF or Orf may refer to: * Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF * Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute * One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel * Open reading frame, a portion of the ...

* Staatstheater

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

* Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur des Staates Österreich

Work

* ''Besichtigung, Versteigerung und Beseitigung von 5 Künstlern'' for

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

, stummen Schauspieler und Instrumente (1971) 20’ * ''Auktion, Besichtigung, Versteigerung und Beseitigung von 5 Künstlern'' Concertante version of the stage work of the same name for soprano, silent actor and instruments (1975) 20’ * ''

Peer Gynt ''Peer Gynt'' (, ) is a five- act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen published in 1876. Written in Norwegian, it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed ''Per Gynt'', the Norwegian fairy tale on wh ...

'' ballet music after

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...

and Edvard Grieg, libretto by Robert Trinchero (1978) 95’ * ''Die Schöpfungsgeschichte des

Adolf Wölfli Adolf Wölfli (February 29, 1864 – November 6, 1930) (occasionally spelled Adolf Woelfli or Adolf Wolfli) was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label. Early life Wölfli was born ...

'' Music theatre for six singers, string quintet and

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, libretto by Ingomar Grünauer (1981–82) 80’ * ''Amleth und Fengo'' Opera in two acts, libretto after ''Historia Danica'' of the ''Saxo Grammaticus'' by Ingomar Grünauer (1882) 75’ * ''Sinfonietta'' for

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

, solo clarinette and orchestra, text by

Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It ...

(1986) 19’ * ''Die Mutter'' Musical chamber play based on the novel of the same name by

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

for eleven singers, violin and percussion (1988) 80’ * ''König für einen Tag'' Opera in three acts after

Calderón Calderón () is a Spanish and Sefardi occupational surname. It is derived from the Vulgar Latin "''caldaria''" ("cauldron") and refers to the occupation of tinker. Calderón, or Calderon, may refer to: * Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician ...

, text by Ingomar Grünauer after Calderón and Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1990) 85’ * ''Die Rache einer russischen Waise'' Chamber operetta in 17 sensitive pictures after the play of the same name by Henri Rousseau, arrangement of the text by

Matthias Kaiser Matthias Kaiser (born 22 January 1991) is a Liechtenstein racing driver currently competing in the European Le Mans Series with Mühlner Motorsport. He is the 2019 champion of the Ultimate Cup Series in the Challenge Proto-LMP3 category. R ...

and Ingomar Grünauer (1993) 80’ * ''

'' Opera in 11 scenes, text by Francesco Micieli (1994/96) 85’. * ''

Trilogy A trilogy is a set of three works of art that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, and video games, and are less common in other art forms. Three-part wor ...

der Sommerfrische'' Opera in three acts by

Carlo Goldoni Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to: *Carlo (name) *Monte Carlo *Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia *A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Char ...

, libretto by Francesco Micieli (1998) 90’ * ''

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

-Musik'' for

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

and Orchestra (2001) 20’ * '' Cantor – Die Vermessung des Unendlichen''

one-act A one-act play is a Play (theatre), play that has only one Act (theater), act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more Scene (drama), scenes. The 20-40 minute play has emerged as a popular genre ...

opera (2004) 90’.Cantor - Die Vermessung des Unendlichen
on Exhibits Stanford

References

External links

* *
Ingomar Grünauer
on the website of

Schott Music Schott Music () is one of the oldest German music publishers. It is also one of the largest music publishing houses in Europe, and is the second oldest music publisher after Breitkopf & Härtel. The company headquarters of Schott Music were fou ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunauer, Ingomar 20th-century Austrian composers 20th-century Austrian male musicians 20th-century classical composers Austrian opera composers Austrian operetta composers 1938 births Living people University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni People from Melk