Moritz Eggert (born 25 November 1965 in

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 ...

) is a German composer and pianist.

Life

Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt (with Wolfgang Wagenhaeuser and Claus Kühnl), 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

Leonard Hokanson Leonard Hokanson (August 13, 1931 – March 21, 2003) was an American pianist who achieved prominence in Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. Early life and education Born in Vinalhaven, Maine, he attended Clark University in Worcester, Massa ...

) and at the

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(with

Wilhelm Killmayer Wilhelm Killmayer (21 August 1927 – 20 August 2017) was a German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München from 1973 to 1992. He composed symphonies and s ...

). Later he continued his piano studies with

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and Dieter Lallinger, and his composition studies with

Hans-Jürgen von Bose Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 24 December 1953 in Munich) is a German composer. Life After an unsettled adolescence, Bose entered the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1969, where he received instruction in piano and music theory. Upon graduati ...

in Munich. In 1992 he spent a year in London as a post-graduate composition student with

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at the

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. Moritz Eggert's oeuvre includes 7

operas Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretti ...

as well as ballets and works for dance and

music theatre Music theatre is a performance genre that emerged over the course of the 20th century, in opposition to more conventional genres like opera and musical theatre. The term came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s to describe an avant-garde approach ...

, often with unusual performance elements. In 1997, a German TV station produced a feature-length film portrait about his music. As a pianist he has collaborated with many artists, as soloist with orchestra, as chamber music partner in various formations and as a

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accompanist. In 1996 he presented the complete works for piano solo by

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for the first time in one concert, in 1989 he was a prize winner at the International Gaudeamus Competition for Performers of Contemporary Music. As a composer Moritz Eggert has been awarded with the composition prize of the

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, the

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, the "Ad Referendum"-prize in

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, the Siemens Förderpreis for young composers, and the Zemlinsky Prize. 2003 he became a member of the

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. In 1991 he founded – together with

Sandeep Bhagwati Sandeep Bhagwati (born 4 June 1963) is a German composer of western classical music and an academic teacher. Career Sandeep Bhagwati was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India to a German mother and an Indian father. Living in Germany since the a ...

– the A*Devantgarde festival for new music. The festival continues today as a biennial and is directed by Alexander Strauch and Samuel Penderbayne, the next edition having the motto 'Corragio' (courage). His concert-length cycle for piano solo, " Haemmerklavier", is among his best known works. Moritz Eggert has written 7 operas and several more works for music and dance theatre. In 2004, his opera "The Snail" was premiered in

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(directed and written by

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). His large "soccer oratorio" for the

Ruhrtriennale The Ruhrtriennale (compound of ''Ruhr'' and ''triennale'' "lasting 3 years"), also known as Ruhr Triennale, was founded in 2002 and is a music and arts festival in the Ruhr-area of Germany which runs between mid-August and mid-October, and happens ...

2005 and the Soccer World Championship in Germany 2006 experienced widespread media coverage in German as well as foreign media. Moritz Eggert created the opening ceremony for the

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(together with director Christian Stueckl and stage designer Marlene Pohley). Eggert is (as of 2018) a regular contributor to the "Bad Blog of Musick" on the website of the Neue Musikzeitung. Since 2010 Moritz Eggert is professor for composition at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater 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 ...

Cultural interests

Eggert is an avid board game player, and was at one point a contributor to

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podcast, a podcast about all aspects of boardgaming, and also the podcast "Point 2 Point," a gaming podcast that focuses exclusively on wargames.

Works

Opera and music theatre

* Das Mahl des Herrn Orlong (Oper für Schauspieler, 1988) * Paul und Virginie (Puppenoper, 1990) * Wir sind daheim (Kammeroper, 1991, 1998) * Lunu (Abstrakte Oper 1992) * Helle Nächte (Große Oper, 1997) * Der Andere (Kurzoper, 2000) * Dr. Popels fiese Falle (Children's Opera, 2002) * The last days of the V.I.R.U.S. (Opera, 2003) * Die Schnecke (Opera, 2004)

Dance theatre and ballet

* Avec ma main brulée (Performance, 1997) * Flüchtige Begegnungen (Dance Theatre, 1997) * Gegenwart, ich brauche Gegenwart (Dance Theatre, 1997) * Ein Besuch im Bergwerk (Dance Theatre, 1999) * The Trap (Bühnenmusik, 1999) * Millennium Shuffle (Dance Theatre, 1999) * Im Sandkasten (Dance Theatre, 2000) * Auf der Suche nach dem KlaNNg (Hörspiel, 2001)

Chamber music

* Kleine Fluchten (1. String Quartet, 1993) * Hämmerklavier (for Piano solo, 1994) * Außer Atem (für 4 Blockflöten und einen Spieller, 1995) * Bad Attitude (for Cello and Piano, 1995) * Et in Arcadia Ego (2. String Quartet, 1997) * Tableau (Bewegung für einen Klarinettisten und Pianisten, 1997) * Melodie 1.0 (für Violine, Cello und Schreibmaschine, 1998) * Nemesis (for Drumset solo, 1998) * Croatoan II (für Streichquartett und Schlagzeug, 1999) * Fast Forward (for Cello and Piano, 1999) * Continuum (for Cello and Piano, 2000) * Vermillion Sands (für Gitarre, 2000) * Narziss (für Sopranblockflöte und Schlagzeug, 2001) * La Risposta (für Cello and Keyboard, 2002) * pong (for Septet, 2002) * Riff (für zwei E-Gitarren mit Effektgeräten, 2002) * Symphonie 2.0 (für 4 Kazoos mit beliebigen Instrumenten, 2002) * Ostinato (für Orgel solo, 2003) * Processional: Fanfaren/Signale (for Trumpet solo, 2003)

Orchestral work

* Die 12 Schläge der Sonnenuhr (für Kammerorchester, 1986) * Vexations (für Kammerorchester, 1993) * Adagio (für 32 Streicher, 1996) * Symphonie 1.0 (für 12 Schreibmaschinen, 1997) * Number Nine I-III (for Orchestra, 1998) * Goldberg spielt (for Keyboard and Ensemble, 2000) * Internet-Symphonie (for Orchestra, 2000)

Vocal music

* Hibernalische Gesänge (for Vocal Quartet, 1997) * Büchner-Porträt (für Bariton und Klavier, 1997) * Krausseriana (für Bariton und Klavier, 1999) * Neue Dichter Lieben (Liederzyklus, 2000) * ausklang (für Bariton und Klavier, 2001) * Die Kriegsirre (für Mezzosopran und Klavier, 2001) * wide unclasp (Liederzyklus für Frauenstimme und Jazz-Ensemble, 2002) * Paradies Berlin (Liederzyklus, 2002–03) * Ein Dichter stirbt (für Tenorbariton und Klavier, 2004)

References

External links

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Official Website of Moritz Eggert

Official Website of A*DEvantgarde Festivals

Moritz Eggert composer profile at Schott Music

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