Jan Müller-Wieland (born 30 March 1966 in

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) is a German composer and conductor of classical music and an academic teacher. He is known for his operas.

Career

Müller-Wieland studied at the Musikhochschule Lübeck, composition with Friedhelm Döhl, double bass with Willi Beyer and conducting with Günther Behrens. He studied composition with

Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as ...

in Cologne and Rome, and

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in the

Tanglewood Music Center The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops. The center operates as a part of the Tanglew ...

. Müller-Wieland was a Stipendiat of the

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in 1992/93. He was awarded the

Hindemith Prize The international Paul Hindemith Prize promotes outstanding contemporary composers within the framework of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (SHMF). The award commemorates the musical pedagogy of Paul Hindemith, who wrote the composition ''P ...

of the

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held each summer throughout the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany. History The festival was founded in 1986 by German concert pianist Justus Frantz. In 2006, the 2 ...

in 1993 and the Ernst von Siemens Music Composers' Prize in 2002. From 2003 he has been a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg.List of members
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Müller-Wieland has been a 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 ...

since 2007. Müller-Wieland is a member of the festival A*Devantgarde. He is married to the Austrian author .

Opera

As of 2011, Müller-Wieland composed 14 operas. His first opera ''Das Gastspiel'', subtitled "Cabaret Farce for singers, pianists and percussionists", a chamber opera after

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's Posse ( farce) '' Der Kammersänger'', was premiered at the

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 ...

in 1992. The libretto of his opera ''Das Märchen der 672. Nacht'' (The Fairy tale of the 672nd Night) was written by his wife Birgit Müller-Wieland after a novella by

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; the opera was first performed in 2000 at the Wiener Kammeroper conducted by Alexander Drcar. In 2008 his opera ''Aventure Faust'', related to

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's ''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...

'', was premiered in the Reaktorhalle in Munich München, combined with

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's "Nouvelles Aventures" for three singers and seven instrumentalist.

Chamber music premieres

His third

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''Se solen sjunker'' on a Swedish song which Schubert also used was premiered on 29 June 2008 as part of the Piano Festival Ruhr at the Zeche Nordstern in Gelsenkirchen, performed by

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(piano), Gottfried Schneider (violin) and Sebastian Hess (violoncello). His composition for chamber ensemble ''Traumbilder'' was commissioned by RUHR.2010, the project of the European Culture Capital, and first performed on 19 May 2010 in the Reinoldikirche Dortmund.Ein Projekt der Europäischen Kulturhauptstadt Ruhr2010 / Babel
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Selected works

Stage works

Orchestra

*''Poem des Morgens'' (1991) for large orchestra *''Ballad of Ariel'' (2002) for violin and large orchestra

Chamber music

*''Ecstatic and Instinctive'' (1989) for two pianos and two percussionists *''Schlaflied'' (2004) for

*''Se solen sjunker'' (2008) for

Instrumental music

*''Himmelfahrt'' for viola solo (2003)

References

Work list(pdf)
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Retrieved 2 April 2011.

External links

website

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