Reiko Fueting (born 1970 in

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) is a German composer living in the

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Life and career

Reiko Fueting was born in 1970 in

, just outside of Berlin in the former

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. He studied composition and piano at the Academy of Music Carl Maria von Weber in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...

before moving the United States to pursue graduate degrees at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universit ...

and

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

. Fueting's primary teachers include

Jörg Herchet Jörg Herchet (born 20 September 1943) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Herchet grew up as the son of a driver and a worker in modest circumstances. As a pupil he received recorder and cello lessons, later piano and singing lessons. ...

and

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(composition) and Winfried Apel (piano). Fueting has been a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music since 2000. He teaches composition and has served as chair of the music theory division since 2005. In 2015, New Focus Recordings released ''names, erased'', a full-length album of Fueting's music.

Compositions

Solo

* ''names, erased'' (2014) for cello solo * ''wand-uhr - infinite shadows'' (2013) for guitar solo * ''Echo des Lichts'' (2012) for organ solo * ''tanz, tanz'' (2010) for violin solo * ''land - haus - berg'' (2009) for piano solo * ''red wall'' (2006) for guitar solo * ''re-fraction: shadows'' (2005) for cello solo * ''nach-klang: dissolve'' (2004) for piano solo * ''leaving without'' (2003) for piano solo * ''gleichzeitg nacheinander'' (2001) for piano solo

Chamber

* ''leaving without/palimpsest 3'' (2014) for clarinet, violin and piano * ''ist - Mensch - geworten'' (2014) for flute and piano * ''infinite spring'' (2009) for guitar, flute, clarinet, viola, and cello * ''Kaddish: The Art of Losing'' (2008) for cello and piano * ''leaving without/palimpsest'' (2006) for piano and clarinet * ''re-fraction:shadows/palimpsest 2'' (2005) for violin and cello * ''nach-klang:dissolve/palimpsest'' (2004) for flute, bassoon, and piano * ''finden - suchen'' (2002) for alto flute, cello and piano * ''light, asleep'' (2002) for violin and piano * ''Es geht ein' dunkle Wolk' herein'' (1997) for flute and guitar * ''Wenn nichts mehr da wäre, wohen man zu gehen hätte, ist das Wiederkommen von Heil'' (1994) for viola and piano

Ensemble

* ''Weg der Schwäne'' (2015) * ''vine: snow'' (2014) * ''leaving without/palimpsest 2'' (2007) * ''nach-klang:dissolve/palimpsest 2'' (2007)

Orchestra

* ''stimmen, nachtdurchwaschen'' (2007)

Vocal

* ''mo"nu"ment for C'' (2015) for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and string orchestra * ''land of silence: waves - bridges'' (2010) baritone, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet * ''über zwischen-welten'' (2006) for baritone, piano, and percussion quartet * ''...gesammeltes Schweigen'' (2006) for mezzo-soprano solo or with piano * ''...und Ich bin Dein Spiegel'' (2000) for soprano and string quartet * ''...erst im ershcrockenen Raum'' (1999) for mezzo-soprano and orchestra * ''...einst wuschen am Grund'' (1999) for baritone and piano * ''...weil sie in den Gedichten steht'' (1994) for baritone and cello

Choral

* ''in allem frieden'' (2012) * ''...wie wer klar werden'' (2012) * ''alls ein licht'' (2011) * ''höhen - stufen'' (2011) * ''in allen landen'' (2010) * ''der töne licht'' (2008) * ''...und wo Du bist'' (2007) * ''...als aus nacht kimmer wurde'' (2005) * ''weht - umweht'' (2005) * ''atme - erken'' (2004) * ''silently wanders'' (1999)

Notable Students

Alex Burtzos Alex Burtzos (born 1985 in Denver, Colorado, United States) is an American composer based in New York City and Orlando, Florida. Life and career Alex Burtzos was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in nearby Colorado Springs. He studied music at ...

Christopher Cerrone Christopher Cerrone (born March 5, 1984) is an American composer based in New York City. He was a 2014 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a 2014 Fromm Foundation commission recipient, a 2015 Rome Prize winner in Music Composition, and has received n ...

* Michael Harrison

References

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