Dieter Lehnhoff
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Life
Dieter Lehnhoff Temme was born in Guatemala City to German settlers in 1955. He has been a pupil of Klaus Ager, Gerhard Wimberger, Josef Maria Horváth, and Dr. Friedrich C. Heller in Salzburg. His musique concréte work Requiem was premiered in 1975 at the Austrian Broadcasting (ORF). He earned his master's (M.A.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees with distinction at the Benjamin T. Rome School of Music of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he was a graduate student of Conrad Bernier and Helmut Braunlich (composition), Donald Thulean (conducting), Cyrilla Barr, Ruth Steiner, and Robert M. Stevenson (musicology). [1]
Recent works
His original compositions have been performed in
Revival of historical music
His research of the
As a conductor, he has founded and directed various instrumental groups, orchestras, and choral groups. He has been invited to perform as a conductor, composer, lecturer, or leader of his Millennium Ensemble at over forty international festivals and concerts in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Spain, the United States, and Venezuela. He has produced a series of compact discs with premiere recordings of works by Guatemalan composers of all times.
Academic programmes
In the academic field, he also pioneered by establishing and directing several institutions and programs devoted to the strengthening of musical culture in Guatemala. Thus, he proposed and carried out the design and establishment of the Music Department at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, which offered, for the first time in the country, a Bachelor's degree and a teaching license in Music. He also established the Institute of Musicology at the Universidad Rafael Landívar [1], which is under his direction and is primarily devoted to musicological research. He has taught numerous courses in musicology, music theory, applied music, and composition. He has also been an invited professor at the doctoral program of the National University of Costa Rica. For his extensive writings, he was made a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy, being also invited to join the Academies of History of Argentina, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
He is the founder and president of the Guatemalan Music Council, affiliated with the International Music Council.
Selected compositions
Orchestral:
- Symphony No. 1 (Sinfonía poética) (1975)
- Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonía festiva) (1990)
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 (2005)
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 (2007)
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 (2020)
- Tardes de feria (2008)
- Caribe Suite No. 1 (2009)
Stage:
- Streichquartett, music theatre (1974)
- Milarepa Superstar, musical (1977, score lost)
- Caribe, opera (2007–11)
- Pimalina, opera (2022)
Vocal-choral:
- Cinco canciones criollas, own lyrics (1976)
- Cantos latinos de natividad, Latin texts (1988)
- Misa de San Isidro, Latin text of the Mass ordinary (2001)
- Chaaj: el juego de pelota Maya, own poem (2003)
- Salve, cara Parens, mezzo-soprano or baritone, strings, and piano, Latin poem by Rafael Landívar (2011)
- Seht das Schiff heimwärts ziehen, soprano, guitar, flute, vibraphone, percussion; German Lyrics by Anna Baar (2022)
Chamber:
- Canto IV, clarinet quartet (1985)
- In memoriam, violin, clarinet, and cello (1989)
- Santelmo, solo violin (1990)
- Cantares del Llano, string or wind quintet (1994)
- Incidente en Izabal, clarinet and marimba (1997); also clarinet, cello, and piano (2022)
- Kyrieleis, string quartet (2002)
- Llegó Pacheco, wind quintet (2004)
- Tardes de feria, wind quintet (2005)
- Sonata urbana, clarinet and piano, also a version for viola or cello and piano (2010)
- Música lúdica, flute, clarinet, and piano (2012)
- Sonata porteña, flute and piano (2013)
- Caribe Suite No. 2, clarinet and string quartet (2013)
- Concerto a 6, marimba and wind quintet (2020)
Piano:
- Album para la juventud (1988)
- Hai-kai (2001)
- Doppler (2012)
Electro-acoustic:
- Requiem (1975)
- Memorias de un día remoto (1999)
- Rituales nocturnos (1999)
Books
- Creación musical en Guatemala. Guatemala City: Editorial Galería Guatemalea, 2005. [2][permanent dead link]
- Huellas de la guerra en el arte musical Guatemala City: International Red Cross Committee, 1999.
- Música y músicos de Guatemala. Guatemala City: Universidad Rafael Landívar, Cultura de Guatemala, 1995.
- Rafael Antonio Castellanos: vida y obra de un músico guatemalteco. Guatemala City: Universidad Rafael Landívar, Instituto de Musicología, 1994.
- Espada y pentagrama: la música polifónica en la Guatemala del siglo XVI. Guatemala City: Universidad Rafael Landívar, 1984.
References
- Lemmon, Alfred E. "Lehnhoff, Dieter." Diccionario de la Música Española e Hispanoamericana (10 vols.), ed. Emilio Casares Rodicio. Madrid: Sociedad General de Autores y Editores, 2000, 6/851-52. ISBN 84-8048-309-1
- Sklioutovskaia, Tamara. "D. Lehnhoff, Hai-kai: aproximación al análisis musical". Abrapalabra 39 (2006):49-64.
- The Living Composers Project [3]