Georg Friedrich Haas
Georg Friedrich Haas (* August 16, 1953 in Graz) is an Austrian composer of spectral music.
He grew up in Tschagguns (Vorarlberg) and studied composition with Gösta Neuwirth, Iván Erőd, and piano with Doris Wolf at the Musikhochschule in Graz. Since 1978 he been teaching at the Hochschule as an instructor, and since 1989 as an associate professor in counterpoint, contemporary composition techniques, analysis, and introduction to microtonal music. Haas completed two years of postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with Friedrich Cerha, participated in the Darmstädter Ferienkurse (1980, 1988 and 1990), and the computer music course at IRCAM (1991). He received a fellowship from the Salzburg Festival (1992-93), was awarded the Sandoz Prize (1992) and a music grant from the National Ministry of Science, Research, and Culture (1995). Since 2005 he has lectured at the Hochshule in Basel
Haas' style recalls that of György Ligeti in its use of micropolyphony, microintervals and the exploitation of the overtone series. His works have been on the programs of the following festivals: Wien Modern (Vienna), Musikprotokoll (Graz), Witten, Huddersfield, Royaumont, Venice Biennale, Festival d'Automne (Paris), as well as at the [[Darmstädter Ferienkurse] and the Salzburg Festival 2011]. He is a founding member of the Graz composers' collective Die andere Seite. According to Alex Ross in the New Yorker, [1] he lives in Basel, Switzerland. He composes in a cottage in Fischbach, Styria.
[edit] Works
He has published musicological articles on the works of Luigi Nono, Ivan Wyschnegradsky, Alois Hába, and Pierre Boulez.
- Adolf Wölfli, Chamber opera (Graz 1981)
- Sextet for 3 violas and 3 cellos (1982)
- Drei Hommages für einen Pianisten und zwei im Abstand eines Vierteltons gestimmte Klaviere (1985)
- ...Schatten...durch unausdenkliche Wälder for 2 pianos and 2 percussionists (1992)
- Descendiendo for orchestra (1993)
- ...., Double Concerto for accordion, viola and chamber ensemble (1994)
- ...aus freier Lust...verbunden... for various instrumentations (1994)
- Nacht-Schatten (1994 Bregenz)
- Nacht, Chamber Opera in 24 scenes (UA konzertant 1996 Bregenz, szenisch 1998 Bregenz); libretto by the composer after texts by Friedrich Hölderlin
- Fremde Welten, Concerto for piano and 20 stringed instruments (1997)
- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1998)
- Nach-ruf...ent-gleitend... for ensemble (1999)
- Torso for large orchestra after the unfinished Piano Sonata in C major, D.840 by Franz Schubert (1999–2000)
- in vain for 24 instruments (2000/02)
- ...sodass ich’s hernach mit einem Blick gleichsam wie ein schönes Bild... im Geist übersehe (2001)
- tria ex uno for ensemble (2001–2002)
- de terrae fine for violin solo (2001)
- Blumenstück (2001)
- flow and friction for sixteenth-tone piano 4-hands (2001)
- String Quartet No.3 "In iij. Noct" (2003)
- Die schöne Wunde, Opera after Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe and others (2003, Bregenz)
- Natures mortes for orchestra and accordion (UA Donaueschingen Festival 2003)
- String Quartet No.4 (2003)
- Opus 68 for large orchestra after Piano Sonata No.9 by Alexander Scriabin (2004)
- Concerto for cello and large orchestra (2004)
- Haiku for baritone and 10 instruments (2005)
- Ritual for 12 bass drums and 3 wind ensembles (2005)
- Sieben Klangräume (UA Salzburg 2005)
- ....... for viola and 6 voices (2006)
- Hyperion, Konzert für Lichtstimme und Orchester (UA Donaueschingen Festival 2006)
- Bruchstück for large orchestra (2007)
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (2007)
- Les temps tiraillés for 2 violas, bassoon and electronics (2008)
[edit] References
- ^ Alex Ross (2010-011-29). ""Darkness Audible"". http://www.therestisnoise.com/2010/11/georg-friedrich-haas.html. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
[edit] External links
- Georg Friedrich Haas biography and works on the UE website (publisher)
- (French) A biography of Georg Friedrich Haas, from IRCAM's website.
