The final version of my article on the current state of professional music education in Germany is now available here. Shortened versions were previously published by neue musikzeitung and VAN Magazin. Your opinion and feedback is much appreciated!
Bewerbungsverfahren und Composer Slam
This morning: My first application for a professoral position at UdK Berlin, Faculty of Music. Audition could have went worse, even if I’m not overconfident. — Tonight: My first premiere on an electronic piano. Looking forward to introducing a new piece in the Composer Slam at Musikfestival Heidelberger Frühling.
Aufsatz über russische Präludienzyklen
Struggling heavily to finish a lengthy essay on omni-tonal 24-prelude sets for piano from Soviet Russia, dealing in particular with music by Shostakovich and Kabalevsky. To be published soon on Academia.edu, as well as on my labyrinthian personal website.
Neue Komposition: Kinderkaleidoskop
Recently completed Kinderkaleidoskop, four little piano pieces, dedicated to my daughter Cosima for her fourth birthday, and incorporating some children’s tunes beloved by the dedicatee 😉
Neue Komposition: Dichte Lieder
Recently completed: Three Marginal Madrigals (Dichte Lieder) on poems by Lennart Schilgen, dedicated to Nathalie Seelig, Alexandra Lachmann, Stefan Görgner, Martin Netter, and Amnon Seelig of Vokalquintett Berlin. Will complete the typesetting soon.