Jeremias Schwarzer - recorder
Jeremias Schwarzer is without a doubt one of the leading recorder players of our time. He is not only well-renowned for his work in the early music scene, but has also particularly established himself as a dynamic force in contemporary music. The combination of his ability to draw an unimaginably wide range of colours from his instruments and his extraordinary technical dexterity make him a specialist in high demand.
Moved by his desire to further expand the repertoire and enrich the expressive language of the recorder, Jeremias Schwarzer regularly commissions new works. His list of world premieres grew in recent seasons to over 50, These premieres include concertos by Misato Mochizuki (Ensemble Resonanz), Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Munich Chamber Orchestra), Salvatore Sciarrino (Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala), and Annette Schlünz (with koto master Makiko Goto and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra).
As a soloist, Jeremias Schwarzer appears regularly at international festivals and in concert series such as the ISCM World Music Days, Belgrade Flute Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe, Exhibition of Contemporary Music in Tokyo, Midway Theater Boston, Cairo Opera House, CS Hall Seoul, and the Forum Neuer Musik in Cologne. His collaborations with ensembles and orchestras include projects with Musica Antiqua Köln, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra.
Jeremias Schwarzer is the founder and director of the early music ensemble Vivi Felice and the contemporary music ensemble ensemble avantage. He also collaborates closely with Japanese Koto master Makiko Goto, focusing on the interactive possibilities of the instruments and the combination of various cultures' musical traditions. Both this duo and the ensemble avantage have inspired many composers to write works for them.
Beyond his virtuosic performances on the recorder, he is also sought-after for his conceptual work creating musical ‘settings' and exploring unique concert formats to facilitate a new sensual awareness for listeners and artists alike.
Born in 1969, Jeremias Schwarzer studied recorder in Frankfurt and Zurich. The extent of his talent was first recognised at the International Recorder Competition in Calw in 1992, where he won first prize both as a soloist and as an ensemble player, an astounding accomplishment not least of all because the first prize had never previously been awarded. Jeremias Schwarzer received the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation grant in 2006. He has been professor of recorder at the University of Nuremberg since 1994, as well as guest professor at the Universities of Vienna, Huddersfield, Freiburg, Belgrade, New York, Harvard, Mozarteum Salzburg, and the Irino Foundation in Tokyo.
Last season, he premiered a work by the Australian composer Liza Lim (SWR Symphony Orchestra) in Donaueschingen, as well as a new work written for him by Dai Fujikura with the Ensemble Resonanz in Amsterdam and Huddersfield. Furthermore, he appeared with the hr-Symphony Orchestra as part of the "Forum for New Music" and at the Ruhrtriennale, performing in the world premiere of Samir Odeh-Tamimi's new opera Leila und Madschnun under the baton of Peter Rundel. He kicked off the 2011/12 concert season in Berlin with the world premiere of Singing Garden, featuring music by Antonio Vivaldi and Toshio Hosokawa in collaboration with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Following recent CD releases on Moeck, Cybele, and Valve Records, Jeremias Schwarzer has begun a long-term collaboration with the neos label. This autumn, neos released a CD of works for koto and recorder written for Makiko Goto and Jeremias Schwarzer.
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Moved by his desire to further expand the repertoire and enrich the expressive language of the recorder, Jeremias Schwarzer regularly commissions new works. His list of world premieres grew in recent seasons to over 50, These premieres include concertos by Misato Mochizuki (Ensemble Resonanz), Samir Odeh-Tamimi (Munich Chamber Orchestra), Salvatore Sciarrino (Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala), and Annette Schlünz (with koto master Makiko Goto and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra).
As a soloist, Jeremias Schwarzer appears regularly at international festivals and in concert series such as the ISCM World Music Days, Belgrade Flute Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe, Exhibition of Contemporary Music in Tokyo, Midway Theater Boston, Cairo Opera House, CS Hall Seoul, and the Forum Neuer Musik in Cologne. His collaborations with ensembles and orchestras include projects with Musica Antiqua Köln, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, the NDR Symphony Orchestra, and the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra.
Jeremias Schwarzer is the founder and director of the early music ensemble Vivi Felice and the contemporary music ensemble ensemble avantage. He also collaborates closely with Japanese Koto master Makiko Goto, focusing on the interactive possibilities of the instruments and the combination of various cultures' musical traditions. Both this duo and the ensemble avantage have inspired many composers to write works for them.
Beyond his virtuosic performances on the recorder, he is also sought-after for his conceptual work creating musical ‘settings' and exploring unique concert formats to facilitate a new sensual awareness for listeners and artists alike.
Born in 1969, Jeremias Schwarzer studied recorder in Frankfurt and Zurich. The extent of his talent was first recognised at the International Recorder Competition in Calw in 1992, where he won first prize both as a soloist and as an ensemble player, an astounding accomplishment not least of all because the first prize had never previously been awarded. Jeremias Schwarzer received the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation grant in 2006. He has been professor of recorder at the University of Nuremberg since 1994, as well as guest professor at the Universities of Vienna, Huddersfield, Freiburg, Belgrade, New York, Harvard, Mozarteum Salzburg, and the Irino Foundation in Tokyo.
Last season, he premiered a work by the Australian composer Liza Lim (SWR Symphony Orchestra) in Donaueschingen, as well as a new work written for him by Dai Fujikura with the Ensemble Resonanz in Amsterdam and Huddersfield. Furthermore, he appeared with the hr-Symphony Orchestra as part of the "Forum for New Music" and at the Ruhrtriennale, performing in the world premiere of Samir Odeh-Tamimi's new opera Leila und Madschnun under the baton of Peter Rundel. He kicked off the 2011/12 concert season in Berlin with the world premiere of Singing Garden, featuring music by Antonio Vivaldi and Toshio Hosokawa in collaboration with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Following recent CD releases on Moeck, Cybele, and Valve Records, Jeremias Schwarzer has begun a long-term collaboration with the neos label. This autumn, neos released a CD of works for koto and recorder written for Makiko Goto and Jeremias Schwarzer.
www.recorderprojects.de
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