Paul Leonard Schäffer (born 16 March 1987) is a German composer,

conductor Conductor or conduction may refer to: Biology and medicine * Bone conduction, the conduction of sound to the inner ear * Conduction aphasia, a language disorder Mathematics * Conductor (ring theory) * Conductor of an abelian variety * Cond ...

and

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

Life

Born in

Hannover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...

, Schäffer received his first piano lessons at the age of five and a short time later became a member of the

Knabenchor Hannover The Knabenchor Hannover (Hannover Boys' Choir) is a Boys' choir, boys choir founded in 1950 by Heinz Hennig, who served as conductor until the end of 2001. Since 2002, the conductor has been Jörg Breiding. History and music The Knabenchor Hann ...

. At the age of 16, he received his first organ lessons from Torsten Meyer. He studied

music composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main with

Gerhard Müller-Hornbach Gerhard Müller-Hornbach (born 26 February 1951 as Gerhard Müller) is a German composer, conductor and music teacher. Life Müller-Hornbach was born in Hornbach. From 1981 to 2016, as a professor for composition and music theory, he taught at ...

church music Church music is a genre of Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian musi ...

with Martin Lücker (organ) as well as

conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or Choir, choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary d ...

with Wojciech Rajski at the same university.Website von Paul Leonard Schäffer
Vita Paul Leonard Schäffer. Further studies with

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...

, Mark Andre, as well as song accompaniment and accompaniment lessons with Eugen Wangler and Helmut Deutsch complemented his musical education. He is a scholarship holder of the Aribert-Reimann-Stiftung, the "Paul-Hindemith und Heinrich-Mann-Stipendiums" of the and since 2010 he has been supported and sponsored by Frankfurt am Main. In the year 2014 he was finalist of the orchestra composition competition of the . His works have been performed by the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie, of the Jenaer Philharmonie, as well as by the ensemble "l'Autre mOnde".Ensemble l'Autre mOnde website
/ref> Performances took place at the

Staatstheater Wiesbaden The Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden), also known as the Staatstheater Wiesbaden or Theater Wiesbaden, is a German theatre located in Wiesbaden, in the German state of Hesse. The company produces operas, plays, b ...

, the

Alte Oper Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Today's Alte Oper was built in 1880 as the city's opera house, which was destr ...

Frankfurt and in the context of the

Rheingau Musik Festival The (RMF) is an international summer music festival in Germany, founded in 1987. It is mostly for classical music, but includes other genres. Concerts take place at culturally important locations, such as Eberbach Abbey and Schloss Johannisberg, ...

, of the , der Kasseler Musiktage und der Handel-Festspiele Karlsruhe statt. In February 2012 he made his debut as

musical director A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

of ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

'' with the

Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz The Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz (German State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German orchestra based in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, in Ludwigshafen am Rhein. The orchestra performs concerts principally a ...

at Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen. The production was awarded with the golden bird at the 3rd Papageno-Award. In January 2016. he took over the musical direction of the Figuralchor Frankfurt.

Awards and scholarships

* since 2010: Funding by the Frankfurt am Main e.V.Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Frankfurt am Main e.V.
Verzeichnis der geförderten Musiker. * 2011/2012: Scholarship of the Aribert-Reimann-Stiftung. * 2013: Scholarship holder of the "Paul-Hindemith und Heinrich-Mann-Stipendium" of the Landesmusikrat Hessen, Paul-Hindemith and Heinrich-Mann-Stipendium. * 2014: Finalist at the orchestra composition competition of the .

Work

Lied

* "Six Songs" after poems by Georg Trakl (2011), 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 ...

and piano;

premiere A premiere, also spelled première, (from , ) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work. History Raymond F. Betts attributes the introduction of the ...

: 25 January 2011, UdK Berlin.Werkverzeichnis
Paul Leonard Schäffer's website. * "Five Landscapes" based on poems by

Georg Heym Georg Theodor Franz Artur Heym (30 October 1887 – 16 January 1912) was a German writer. He is particularly known for his poetry, representative of early Expressionism. Biography Heym was born in Hirschberg, Lower Silesia, in 1887 to H ...

(2013), for

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

and piano; premiere: 1 December 2014, Deutsche Oper Berlin, commissioned by the Bundeswettbewerb Gesang Berlin.

Chamber music

* ''Die Mahnworte des Ipuwer'' after an ancient Egyptian poem (2009), for two

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 ...

s and percussion; premiere: 31 October 2009, alte Brüderkirche Kassel, commissioned by the Kasseler Musiktage 2009. * ''Drei Intermezzi'' for ensemble on historical instruments (2013); 17 August 2013, Kloster Eberbach in the context of the

2013.

Musical theatre

* ''Büchners Frauen'', music theatre based on texts by

Georg Büchner Karl Georg Büchner (17 October 1813 – 19 February 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchn ...

(2011–2013); UA: 24 May 2013,

. * ''Eine Kapitulation'', a comedy in antique style based on a libretto by

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

(2010); UA: 24 August 2010, Das Zentrum Bayreuth, commissioned work of the .

Orchestral works

* ''et par la porte ouverte la perspective du hasard'' for orchestra (2013); UA: 27 April 2013, E-Werk Weimar.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schaffer, Paul Leonard German classical pianists German male classical pianists German conductors (music) 1987 births Living people Musicians from Hanover 21st-century German musicians 21st-century German male musicians