Detlef Heusinger (born 1956 in Frankfurt) is a German composer and conductor. Since October 2006 he is head of the and thus the successor of André Richard. For 1996/97, he was awarded a scholarship at the

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo (), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rome, often referred to as the German Rome P ...

in Rome. In 2009, Heusinger founded the soloist Ensemble Experimental.

Work

Source.

Until 1990

* ''Ent-Fremdung''. For four guitars (1978/1995) * ''Todesfuge''. For

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

, guitar and

string quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

(1979–1980) * ''Aufstieg''. For chamber ensemble (1982) * ''Materialermüdung''. Played on two pianos for four hands (1982) * ''Spiel der Zeit''. Three

sonnet A sonnet is a fixed poetic form with a structure traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set Rhyme scheme, rhyming scheme. The term derives from the Italian word ''sonetto'' (, from the Latin word ''sonus'', ). Originating in ...

s (Gryphius) with prelude, interlude and postlude for soprano, baritone and

chamber orchestra Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...

(1983) * ''Stückwerk''. For guitar solo (1983/1987) * ''Epiphora – Oxymora – Anaphora''. Three pieces for piano (1984/1986) * ''Rhap-Time''. For 19 instruments (1985) * ''Spuren-Elemente/Trace elements''. For guitar (1985) * ''Von Insel zu Insel''. For chamber ensemble (1985–1986) * ''Der Turm''. Stage music for vocal soloists, dancers, orchestra and Live-electronic, after the play of the same name by

Peter Weiss Peter Ulrich Weiss (8 November 1916 – 10 May 1982) was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays ''Marat/Sade'' and '' The Investigation'' and h ...

(1986/1988) * ''Noema''. For flute and guitar (1987/1989) * ''Ellipsis''. For small orchestra (1988) * ''Rossini a.D.'' Musical

posse Posse is a shortened form of posse comitatus, a group of people summoned to assist law enforcement. The term is also used colloquially to mean a group of friends or associates. Posse may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Posse'' (1975 ...

for three singers, five dancers and chamber orchestra, libretto by Heusinger using texts by

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote man ...

(1989–1990)

1990 until 2000

* ''Totem und Tabu''.

Ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

for

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

, six

violoncello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C ...

s and four drumers, after texts by

Sappho Sappho (; ''Sapphṓ'' ; Aeolic Greek ''Psápphō''; ) was an Ancient Greek poet from Eresos or Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by music. In ancient times, Sapph ...

(1991) * ''Pandora I und II''. For string quartet (1993–1994) * ''Herzlieb I und II''. Interludes on the Handel's opera

Orlando Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people wit ...

for two sopranos and

(1994) * ''Abraum''. For

piano trio A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in European classical music, classical chamber music. The term can also ...

and Live-Elektronik (1995) * ''Babylon''. Musiktheater in three acts for soloistsbr>Soli
large orchestra and tape. Libretto by Heusinger after

Michel de Ghelderode Michel de Ghelderode (born Adémar Adolphe Louis Martens; 3 April 1898 – 1 April 1962) was an avant-garde Demographics of Belgium, Belgian dramatist, from Flanders, who spoke and wrote in French. His works often dealt with the extremes of huma ...

(1995–1996) * ''Schwarz – Rot – Gold''. A Rühr-Schauer play about the 1848 "German revolution" 1848 for singers, dancers, actors and chamber ensemble (1997–1998) * ''terra incognita''. For grand orchestra (1997) * ''Vorüber''. For one singing voice with piano, free after text fragments from Goethe's

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

(1997)

2000 until 2010

* ''Sintflut / The Flood''. Videotryptichon for three orchestra groups and five-channel tape (2000–2001) * ''Ballade cruelle''. For guitar solo, after

Francisco de Goya Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, a ...

(2003) * ''Sakura-Saku''. For guitar solo (2003) * ''Drei japanische Liebeslieder (Wakas).'' For high voice and guitar (2003–2004) * ''Kagebayashi I, II, III''. Three interludes from the geza-music cycle for chamber ensemble (2004) * ''2nd anniversary of zabriskie point''. Instrumental concert for

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...

and Orchestra (2005)

2010 until 2020

* ''Tripelkonzert''. 1st part for

oboe d'amore The ; (), less commonly (), is a double reed woodwind musical instrument in the oboe family. Slightly larger than the oboe, it has a less assertive and a more tranquil and serene tone, and is considered the mezzo-soprano of the oboe family, betw ...

, viola, verstärktes Cembalo and large orchestra (2010) * ''Abraum II''. For piano trio and Live-Elektronik (2011–2012) * ''Ballade sentimentale''. For guitar (2012) * ''Sintflut X''. Video opera for videotryptichon and eight-channel feed (2012–2013) * ''Abzweige''. For ensemble and Live-Elektronik (2013–2014) * ''Klavierwerk I''. For piano (2015–2016) * ''Ver-Blendung''. For flute,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

and electronics (2016) * ''4 CROSSROADS''. For guitar/electric guitar, violoncello/E-Bass, piano, drums,

boy soprano A boy soprano (British and especially North American English) or boy treble (only British English) is a young male singer with a voice in the soprano range, a range that is often still called the treble voice range (in North America too) no m ...

and Elektronik (2017)

References

External links

*
Ensemble Experimental

Experimentalstudios des SWR
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heusinger, Detlef German conductors (music) 20th-century German composers 1956 births Living people Musicians from Frankfurt