Ricordi Berlin enriches its roster by signing Georg Friedrich Haas and Bernhard Lang, two highly renowned composers of international acclaim.

GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS

Biography

Born in Graz, Austria, in 1953

Studied composition with Gösta Neuwirth and Friedrich Cerha

Received numerous composition awards, including the Grand Austrian State Prize

Performed by Berlin Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and many others

Takes the aesthetic freedom of American composers such as Charles Ives, John Cage and James Tenney as an important point of reference

Lives in New York, where he is Professor of Music at Columbia University

Upcoming works: new orchestra piece for Berlin Philharmonic, Release for ensemble, to be performed by the Ensemble Resonanz at the opening of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg; new violin concerto composed for Miranda Cuckson

Works published by Ricordi
Zugabe (2015) for orchestra
3 Stücke für Mollena (2015/2016) for choir and chamber orchestra
Konzert für Posaune und Orchester (2016) for orchestra
9. Streichquartett (2016)
10. Streichquartett (2016)

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BERNHARD LANG

Biography

Born in Linz, Austria, in 1957

Studied composition, piano, jazz theory, harmony theory, philosophy and German studies in Graz

Worked with various Jazz bands between 1977 and 1981

Was composer-in-residence at Staatskapelle Dresden

Received commissions from Staatsoper Unter den Linden (Berlin), Theater an der Wien (Vienna), Opéra Bastille (Paris) and many other theatres, festivals, orchestras and ensembles

His music has been performed by, among others, conductors Fabio Luisi and Sylvain Cambreling, orchestras including Staatskapelle Dresden, SWR Sinfonieorchester and Wiener Symphoniker and ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Argento and Phace.

Bernhard Lang’s compositions are featured regularly at major festivals in Europe and the US, including Moving Sounds (New York), Resistance Fluctuations (Los Angeles) and Salzburger Festspiele

Selected works
ParZeFool (2016). Music theater for voices, choir, ensemble and 2 Jazz musicians after Richard Wagner‘s Parsifal
Der Golem (2014) after Gustav Meyrinck. Music theater for big orchestra, choir and voices
Monadologie XXV '10 Paintings' (2013) after paintings by Lisa-Abbott-Canfield for big orchestra
DW 8 (2003) for orchestra and 2 turntablists
DW 23 ..... Loops for Dr. X (2013) for clarinets, violin + pickup, cello + pickup, electric guitar, keyboard and laptop

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