Friedrich Heinrich Kern
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Nationality | German |
Education | Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, New York University |
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Years active | 1997–present |
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Website | fhkern |
Friedrich Heinrich Kern (born March 19, 1980, in
player.Kern began his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim where he graduated with a Diplom in Music Composition and Piano. His principal teachers included Ulrich Leyendecker and Rudolf Meister. Additionally, he spent one year studying traditional Korean music at Seoul National University.[1] In 2007, he was a visiting composer at Wesleyan University.[2] From 2008, Kern studied in New York with Matthias Pintscher and Louis Karchin.[3]
He received a MacCracken Research Fellowship
Career
In 2011, Kern began to teach at New York University’s College of Arts & Science, and in 2017, he began to teach a composition class. It was there that he received his PhD in music theory and composition and was appointed director of the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society in 2016.
In 2014, Kern was appointed president of the League of Composers / International Society for Contemporary Music, the oldest organization for contemporary music in the United States, founded and based in New York City in 1923.
On July 24, 2018, Kern made his
Kern premiered his arrangement of
In January 2020, Kern performed the American premiere of
Instruments
Kern performs on piano, electric piano, synthesizers, and electronics. He plays several glass instruments, primarily built in the workshop of Sascha Reckert. His preferred glass instrument is the
Works
Compositions
- Impromptu for piano (2002)
- Nachtschatten for piano (four hands) (2002)
- Rayon de Lumière for glass ensemble, percussion (2002)
- 5 Lieder for baritone, piano (2004)
- Keine Spuren...fixpunktlos for soprano, speaker, ensemble (2004)
- Walzer for violoncello, piano (2004)
- Anima for Korean Komungo, speaker system (2006)
- Essence for Korean kayageum quartet, Korean chamber ensemble (2006)
- Almost Romance for tuba, orchestra (2007)
- Anima II (Kern vs. Gould) for piano, speaker system (2007)
- Ellipses for violin, piano (2007)
- Fanfare - movimiento sin progresión for brass ensemble (2008)
- Eins Zwei for piano, percussion (2009)
- Les Adieux for 2 violins (2009)
- Solo for string quartet (2009)
- "...pour une seule nuit for string quartet (2010)
- Von Taufedern und Sternen for soprano, orchestra (2010)
- Von Taufedern und Sternen (Chamber Version) for soprano, ensemble (2010)
- American Dream for tape, ensemble (2011)
- Chamber Concerto for piano, strings (2011)
- Träumerei for percussion (2011)
- The Art of Right Living - Installation for voice, electronics (2012)
- Brise Marine for soprano, flute, harp (2012)
- Indigo for orchestra (2012)
- Wie ich for vocal ensemble (2012)
- Wir for chamber ensemble (2012)
- Les Adieux (Revisited) for 2 violins (2013)
- Winterreisen for ensemble, electronics (2014)
- Winterreisen (Extended Version) for ensemble, electronics (2015)
- either/or for violoncello, glass harmonica and piano (2018)
- Von Taufedern und Sternen (Revised Version) for soprano and large orchestra (2019)
- Reflections on a Dream for violin, glass harmonica and string orchestra (2020)
- Alone Together for bassoon, glass harmonica and electronics (2020)
Selected discography
Albums
- Electro Lyrixxx - Album with Pow!Boys (2003)
- Anatomy of a Dance - EP (M-MAXIMAL, 2019)
- Flow - EP (M-MAXIMAL, 2019)
- The Singles Collection, Beyond the Darkness - Album (M-MAXIMAL, 2020)
Singles
- Paganini’s Caprice #11 (Sony Classical, 2016)
- If You Get There Before I Do (M-MAXIMAL, 2017)
- Once Upon a Time, There Was You (M-MAXIMAL, 2017)
- Within (M-MAXIMAL, 2017)
- Behind the Wall (M-MAXIMAL, 2018)
- Consolation (M-MAXIMAL, 2018)
- Reflections on a Dream (Sony Classical, 2020)
- Glasraum (M-MAXIMAL, 2022)
- Mercy (M-MAXIMAL, 2022)
- Undone (M-MAXIMAL, 2022)
Arrangements
- Viva Verdi! for woodwind ensemble/harmonie (2003)
- Hänsel & Gretel for woodwind ensemble/harmonie (2008)
- Dornröschen for woodwind ensemble/harmonie (2009)
- Wellingtons Sieg for symphonic brass (2010)
- Paganini’s Caprice #11 for violin and orchestra (2016)
- Adagio & Rondo K.617 for verrophone and ensemble (2019)
Music for Dance
- KOM with Xin Ying, Principal Dancer Martha Graham Dance Company (Art Bath, 2022)
Music for Advertising and Media
- NW3 (London, 2010-2011)
- De Beers (London, 2010)
- Limited Edition (London, 2011)
- Hobbs London (London, 2011-2012)
- Maurizio Bavutti (New York, 2016)
- Invitation (London, 2012)
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Living Magazin (New York, 2013)
- MAC (New York, 2014)
- Christel MG Chaudet, Instagram (London, 2015)
Music for Film
- Schwarzes Glas for Babylon Berlin (Netflix/Sky, 2021)
Plays
- Was ist das Gute? Was ist das Böse? by Susanne Henneberger (WERKRAUM: Karlsruhe, 2019)
Books
- Kern, Friedrich Heinrich (2021). An Exploration of Compositional Technique in the Operas of Kaija Saariaho and Christian Jost. New York City: Friedrich Heinrich Kern. ISBN 9780578805290.
References
- ^ Barber, Simon (2009-02-14), "Friedrich Heinrich Kern", Composers Forum Website, Dresden: Komponistenforum.de, archived from the original on 2013-07-07, retrieved 2010-11-19
- ^ Wesleyan University music department website, "Music @ Wesleyan". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ^ Friedrich Heinrich Kern Biography[permanent dead link]
- ^ New York University music department website, [1]
- ^ "Personal Website". Friedrich Heinrich Kern. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
- ^ "Proquest: Dissertation Friedrich Heinrich Kern".
- ^ "NYU Music Department".
- ^ "Baden-Baden Philharmonic website". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (3 August 2018). "Lincoln Center Still Has Mostly Mozart, but What Is It?". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Stempleski, Susan. "Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart – Louis Langrée conducts Candide Overture & An American in Paris – Emanuel Ax plays Mozart K453". Classical Source. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Kroop, Meche. "Mostly Mozart Goes Glass". Voce di Meche. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ "Parlance Chamber Concerts". www.parlancechamberconcerts.org. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
- ^ "Aimard in the Amsterdamzaal". www.concertgebouworkest.nl. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Obenreder, Gail (28 January 2020). "A glass from the past". BroadStreetReview.com. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ Martinčević, Jagoda (17 February 2020). "PREMIJERA OPERE Savršena Lucija Ivane Lazar između očaja i ludila". Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ Szpirglas, Jérémie (11 March 2020). "L'armonica de verre". Retrieved April 7, 2020.
- ^ Theaterverlag, Michael Merschmeier, Der. "Artikel "Wubkje Kuindersma, Johan Inger «Flight of Fancy»"". Der Theaterverlag (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Simpson, Eric C. (23 March 2018). "Grigolo provides fleeting highlights in Met's lackluster "Lucia"". New York Classical Review. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Friedrich Heinrich Kern at The League of Composers/ISCM
- Inter-Note Published compositions
- Cecilia Music Concept Published arrangements