Heinz Winbeck
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Heinz Winbeck is a German
composer
and an academic teacher. He is known for five large scale symphonies
.
, close to Landshut
in Lower Bavaria
into a family of farmers. He started his musical studies in 1964 at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, piano with Magda Rusy and conducting with Fritz Rieger
. From 1967 he studied conducting at the Musikhochschule München with Jan Koetsier
, composition with Harald Genzmer
and Günter Bialas
. From 1974 to 1978 he worked as composer and conductor at the Theater Ingolstadt, also for the festival Luisenburg-Festspiele. In 1980 he taught at the Musikhochschule München. In 1988 he was appointed professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. Among his students is composer and pianist Rudi Spring
. Winbeck was "Composer in Residence" at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Cabrillo, California.
Heinz Winbeck lives in Schambach, a monastery that he and his wife Gerlinde modernized in the 1990s, near Riedenburg
in Lower Bavaria
. He created five wide-spaced and organized symphonies. His First Symphony was premiered in 1984 at the Donaueschinger Tage für Neue Musik
and recorded by WERGO
, combined with Winbeck's second string quartet, with Dennis Russell Davies
conducting the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. His Fifth Symphony "Jetzt und in der Stunde des Todes" (Now and in the hour of death) reflects sketches of Anton Bruckner
's unfinished 9th Symphony
. The work in three movements of about 55 minutes was played by the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies on 1 March 2010 at the Stift St. Florian
. The same year he started a collaboration with the Landestheater Linz, which resulted in the ballet "Lebensstürme" (Storms of life).
The composer commented on his way of composing: "Ich kann nichts anderes sagen, als daß ich buchstäblich nur das zu Papier bringe, das, würde ich es nicht tun, mich zersprengte." (All I can say is that I literally only put down on paper that which, were I not to do so, would cause me to explode.)
Winbecks works are published by Bärenreiter
.
Symphonic works
Chamber music
In 1994 Heinz and Gerhilde Winbeck won a prize for the historical renovation by the Hypo-Foundation.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and an academic teacher. He is known for five large scale symphonies
Symphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
.
Professional career
Winbeck was born in a small village named Piflas, now part of ErgoldingErgolding
Ergolding is a municipality in the district of Landshut, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Isar, 5 km northeast of Landshut....
, close to Landshut
Landshut
Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...
in Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.- Geography :Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions - Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge...
into a family of farmers. He started his musical studies in 1964 at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, piano with Magda Rusy and conducting with Fritz Rieger
Fritz Rieger
Friedrich Edmund "Fritz" Rieger, was a German conductor.Rieger was born in Oberaltstadt, Karkonosze, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. From 1931 to 1938 he worked in Prague. In August 1941 he became director of the Bremen opera, and in August 1944 he took up the position of director of the Bremen...
. From 1967 he studied conducting at the Musikhochschule München with Jan Koetsier
Jan Koetsier
Jan Koetsier was a Dutch composer and conductor.In 1950, Koetsier became the first Kapellmeister of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. As a composer, he wrote chamber music, and orchestral and choral works, as well as the opera Frans Hals...
, composition with Harald Genzmer
Harald Genzmer
Harald Genzmer was a German composer of contemporary classical music.-Biography:Born in Blumenthal, near Bremen, Germany, he studied composition with Paul Hindemith at the Berlin Hochschule für Music beginning in 1928.From 1938 he taught at the Volksmusikschule Berlin-Neukölln...
and Günter Bialas
Günter Bialas
-Life:Bialas was born in Bielschowitz in Prussian Silesia. The adolescent Bialas received lessons in piano and music theory from Fritz Lubrich, a former student of Max Reger, in Kattowitz between 1922 and 1925...
. From 1974 to 1978 he worked as composer and conductor at the Theater Ingolstadt, also for the festival Luisenburg-Festspiele. In 1980 he taught at the Musikhochschule München. In 1988 he was appointed professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. Among his students is composer and pianist Rudi Spring
Rudi Spring
Rudi Spring is a German composer of classical music, pianist and academic. He is known for vocal compositions on texts by poets and his own, and for chamber music such as his three Chamber Symphonies.- Professional career :...
. Winbeck was "Composer in Residence" at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Cabrillo, California.
Heinz Winbeck lives in Schambach, a monastery that he and his wife Gerlinde modernized in the 1990s, near Riedenburg
Riedenburg
Riedenburg is a town in the district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Altmühl, northwest of Kelheim and northeast of Ingolstadt.-References:...
in Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria
Lower Bavaria is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the east of the state.- Geography :Lower Bavaria is subdivided into two regions - Landshut and Donau-Wald. Recent election results mark it as the most conservative part of Germany, generally giving huge...
. He created five wide-spaced and organized symphonies. His First Symphony was premiered in 1984 at the Donaueschinger Tage für Neue Musik
Donaueschingen Festival
The Donaueschingen Festival is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen...
and recorded by WERGO
WERGO
WERGO is a German record label focusing on contemporary classical music. It was founded in 1962 by the art historian Werner Goldschmidt and the musicologist Helmut Kirchmayer and is currently based in Mainz, Germany....
, combined with Winbeck's second string quartet, with Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School where he received his doctorate...
conducting the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken. His Fifth Symphony "Jetzt und in der Stunde des Todes" (Now and in the hour of death) reflects sketches of Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner
Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, complex polyphony, and considerable length...
's unfinished 9th Symphony
Symphony No. 9 (Bruckner)
Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 in D minor is the last Symphony upon which he worked, leaving the last movement incomplete at the time of his death in 1896. The symphony was premiered under Ferdinand Löwe in Vienna in 1903, after Bruckner's death...
. The work in three movements of about 55 minutes was played by the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies on 1 March 2010 at the Stift St. Florian
St. Florian's Priory
St. Florian's Priory is a monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, Upper Austria, Austria.-History:The monastery, named after Saint Florian, was founded in the Carolingian period. From 1071 it has housed a community of Augustinian Canons, and is thus is one of the oldest operational monasteries in...
. The same year he started a collaboration with the Landestheater Linz, which resulted in the ballet "Lebensstürme" (Storms of life).
The composer commented on his way of composing: "Ich kann nichts anderes sagen, als daß ich buchstäblich nur das zu Papier bringe, das, würde ich es nicht tun, mich zersprengte." (All I can say is that I literally only put down on paper that which, were I not to do so, would cause me to explode.)
Winbecks works are published by Bärenreiter
Bärenreiter
Bärenreiter is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still maintains headquarters; it also has offices in Basel, London, New York and Prague...
.
Works
Vocal- Glühende Rätsel (Glowing enigmas) (1970), song cycle for baritone and piano, Text: Nelly SachsNelly SachsNelly Sachs was a Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews...
Symphonic works
- Sonoscillant (1971), music for cello and string orchestra
- Entgegengesang (1973) for orchestra
- LenauNikolaus LenauNikolaus Lenau was the nom de plume of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau , was a German language Austrian poet.-Biography:...
-Fantasien (1979) for cello and orchestra - Denk ich an Haydn (1982), three fragments for orchestra
- Tu Solus (You alone), First Symphony (1983/85)
- Second Symphony (1985/86)
- Grodek, Third Symphony (1987/88) for orchestra, alto and speaker, text: Georg TraklGeorg TraklGeorg Trakl was an Austrian poet. He is considered one of the most important Austrian Expressionists.- Life and work :Trakl was born and lived the first 18 years of his life in Salzburg, Austria...
- De Profundis (Out of the deepDe ProfundisDe Profundis refers to Psalm 130, traditionally known as the De profundis from its opening words in Latin.It may also refer to:* De Profundis , a ballet by J...
), Fourth Symphony - Jetzt und in der Stunde des Todes (Now and in the hour of death), Fifth Symphony
Chamber music
- Pas de deux (1971) for flute and xylophon
- Tempi capricciosi, First String Quartet (1979)
- Tempi notturni, Second String Quartet (1979)
- Blick in den St.&nrom (1982) for 2 violins, viola and 2 celli
- Jagdquartett (Hunting quartet), Third String Quartet (1984)
Awards
- 1974 First prize in the First composition competition of the Summer Music Days in HitzackerHitzackerHitzacker is a town in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, approx. 8 km north of Dannenberg, and 45 km east of Lüneburg. The 2007 population of Hitzacker was 4,982, and its postal code is 29456. The mayor is Karl Guhl...
- 1980 Second prize in the Fourth composition competition of the Summer Music Days in Hitzacker
- 1981 Grant award of the city of Munich
- 1981/82 scholarship by State of Bavaria for studies of half a year at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (German)
- 1985 Music prize of the Berliner Kunstpreis (German)
- 2004 "Gerda-und-Günter-Bialas-Award" of the GEMAGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische VervielfältigungsrechteGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte is a performance rights organization from Germany. It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC...
Foundation
In 1994 Heinz and Gerhilde Winbeck won a prize for the historical renovation by the Hypo-Foundation.
External links
- Erste Sinfonie / Zweites Streichquartett musikrat.de
- WINBECK, Prof. Heinz German composers association