Hans Thomalla

about

Hans Thomalla, born in Bonn, Germany, is a Chicago based composer. He is Associate Professor of Composition at Northwestern University, where he also codirects the Institute for New Music. His works explore the double-bind character of music as acoustic reality as well as culturally and historically formed expression, constantly following materials transform from one form of musical experience to the other. He has written chamber music as well as orchestral works, and a particular focus of his activity lies in composing for the stage: his opera “Fremd” for soloists, choir, large orchestra and electronics, was premiered at the main stage of the Stuttgart Opera in July 2011. Hans Thomalla received degrees from the Frankfurt Musikhochschule and from Stanford University. He has been awarded numerous awards and fellowships, among others the Composer Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis, and the Christoph-Delz-Prize. Hans Thomalla wurde in Bonn geboren. Er lebt in Chicago, wo er an der Northwestern University Komposition unterrichtet und als Co-Direktor das Institut für Neue Musik leitet. Seine Werke theatisieren die Ambivalenz von Musik als akustisch geprägte Klangrealität einerseits und als kulturell und geschichtlich bestimmter Ausdruck andererseits. Er schreibt Kammer- und Orchestermusik, ein besonderer Schwerpunkt seiner Arbeit ist jedoch das Musiktheater: seine Oper „Fremd“ für Solisten, Chor, großes Orchester und Elektronische Kläng

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albums

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Hans Thomalla: Bagatellen / Air / Noema

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Seven Responses

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Hans Thomalla: Dark Spring (Live)

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2011

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007, Vol. 2

541, Vol. 2

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Fremd

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Hans Thomalla: Dark Fall

Music from Stanford: <541>, Vol. 2

Donaueschinger Musiktage 2007 Vol. 2

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Donaueschinger Musiktage 2011 (CD 3)

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