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Charlotte Seither: koy

für Bass solo

(2006)

»koy« consists of a limited canon of sound figures, each of which, in its own right, evokes a clearly defined sonic character. The character of these figures is to be refined by the performer to such an extent that they are always instantly recognisable to the listener (similar to playing a percussion set, where the bass drum, hi-hat and other elements have specific characteristics that are often linked to particular functions within the piece). The sound images presented here are, of course, far more abstract and are rooted in the vocal characteristics of the deep male voice, which continues to fascinate me anew in a wide variety of contexts. The ‘text’ consists of percussive sounds that have emerged in tandem with the gestural outline of the individual figures.

(Charlotte Seither)

Charlotte Seither, Komponistin
© Marko Bussmann

Charlotte Seither was born in Landau/Palatinate in 1965 and studied composition, piano, German studies and musicology in Hanover and Berlin. In 1998 she received her doctorate in philosophy. She has received numerous prizes and awards, including first prize in the international composition competition »Prague Spring« (1995), the sponsorship prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (2003), first prize in the international composition competition »Premi International Ciutat de Palma« (2004 ), the Praetorius Music Prize of the State of Lower Saxony in 2010, the Palatinate Music Prize in 2012 and the German Music Author Prize in the category of contemporary choral music in 2014. at the Cité des Arts Paris (1999), at the Palazzo Barbarigo Venice (1993), at the Villa Aurora Los Angeles (2000) and in 2009 at the Villa Massimo Rome.

In 2013 she received a scholarship from the Villa Concordia Bamberg. After a guest professorship at the Bremen University of the Arts (2002), she continued to work there as a lecturer in contemporary music, followed by other teaching assignments and professorships, including the professorship for composition at the Munich University of Music and Theater in 2021.

Her works are performed at numerous festivals, e.g. with BBC Symphony Orchestra London, Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague, ASKO Kamerkoor, IFWM Festival Seoul, GRAME Festival Lyon, Nuova Consonanza Rome, LACMA Los Angeles and GAUDEAMUS Amsterdam. She is a member of the GEMA Supervisory Board, GEMA Foundation Advisory Board, Bogliasco Foundation Fellow Advisory Council/Italy, Board of Directors of the German Composers Association (DKV), she has been Chairwoman of the Music Advisory Board of the Guardini Foundation Berlin since 2021 and a member of the INMM Darmstadt Board of Directors. She was a jury member most recently: Paul Abraham Composition Prize for contemporary music theater, Music Prize Saxony-Anhalt 2022, Concorso Internazionale di Composizione per Orchestra »2 Agosto« di Bologna 2022, New Start Culture I–support program of the German Music Council, New Start Culture II–support program of the German Music Council, New Culture III–support program of the German Music Council, German Music Competition for Composition, support program for repertoire education of the State Music Council of North Rhine-Westphalia, EZM support for orchestral music of the German Music Council.

In 2021, the world premieres of »fragend licht« (2021) for 8-part chamber choir and two cellos, anniversary concert for Sophie Scholl’s 100th birthday, Ensemble Vocantare Berlin, conductor: Tobias Walenciak, and of »Ferne Begegnung. Trois Adieux für Ludwig from B.« (2018) for chamber orchestra, German Orchestra Competition Bonn 2020/21, prize-winning orchestra of the competition (corona-related catch-up competition online). In 2022, among other things, »Sisters« (2022) for violin, violoncello and piano, a work commissioned by Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg for the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, was premiered and in the 2023/24 season of the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen the premiere of the stage work »Fidelio Schweigt. Dialog- opera« will take place.

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