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Heinisch, Thomas (b. December 27, 1968, Vienna). Austrian composer of orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe.
Mr. Heinisch began private piano lessons with Horst Leichtfried in 1977 and private French horn lessons in 1980. He then studied French horn with Josef Veleba at the Wiener Musikhochschule from 1980–83. He started to compose in 1981, studied at the Musikgymnasium Wien from 1983–88 and studied composition with Reinhold Portisch at the Konservatorium der Stadt Wien from 1985–95, where he graduated with distinction. He then studied composition privately with Christian Ofenbauer from 1992–95 and with Wolfgang Rihm at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe from 1995–98.
Among his many honors are the Arbeitsstipendium der Stadt Wien (1993, for Konzert), the Österreichisches Staatsstipendium (1996), a recommended work at the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers (1997, for Abglanz und Schweigen [Rezitativ]), the Preis der Ersten Österreichischen Sparcasse-Bank (1999, for Abseits – Aufbruch), and the Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien and Förderung der Stadt Wien (both 2006, both for Chimäre [Musik]). He has received commissions from Ensemble 13, Ensemble Kreativ, Ensemble SoNoR, the ensemble Wiener Kammersymphoniker, the organizations Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien and ISCM, and the festival Nuovi Spazi Musicali in Rome.
Mr. Heinisch is also active in other positions. He has worked as an editor for Universal Edition since 1991. He and Roland Freisitzer served as co-programmers for the festival Hörgänge in 2002 and co-founded Ensemble Reconsil in Vienna in 2002.
He gave the guest lecture Musik und Wahrnehmung at the observational psychology department at the Universität Wien in 1995.
Apoll Edition publishes some of his music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: heinisch@universaledition.com
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Konzert, cello, large orchestra (16 winds, 11 brass, 2 harps, 2 pianos/piano 4 hands, celesta, 9–11 percussion, 50 strings), 1993–95; Between the Space, orchestra (5 winds, French horn, trumpet, trombone, harp, 2 percussion, 20 strings), 1996; Die Musik des Unsichtbaren, oboe, small orchestra (5 winds, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, harp, 3 percussion, 9 strings), 1998 (also version for soprano saxophone, small orchestra [5 winds, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, harp, 3 percussion, 9 strings], 2003); '... von der Linie des Bogens ...' (Musik), piano, small orchestra (16 players), 2000; Aveu – Double, piano, small orchestra (6 winds, French horn, trumpet, 2 trombones, harp, accordion, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 celli, double bass), 2002; Dunkle Blume – böser Schlaf (Musik), alto flute, harp, small orchestra (oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, bassoon, 2 French horns, trombone, 4 violins, 3 violas, 3 celli, double bass), 2007; Natura morta: Inschrift für Piccoletto (Responsorium), oboe, small orchestra (2 French horns, percussion, 16 strings), 2008; Outer Dark (Musik), electric guitar, distant ensemble (3 violins), orchestra (4 flutes [any 3 + piccolo], oboe [+ English horn], A-clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, soprano saxophone, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 4 trombones, harp, piano, accordion, timpani, 4 percussion, 10 violas, 8 celli, 4 double basses, bass guitar), 1997–
CHAMBER MUSIC: Messages, string quartet, 1991; Abglanz und Schweigen (Rezitativ), flute (+ piccolo), 2 clarinets (2nd + bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, 3 violins, 2 celli, double bass, piano (+ prepared piano), percussion, 1996; A Piece of Waste Land I, flute (+ piccolo), trumpet, trombone, cello, double bass, piano, 3 percussion, 1997; A Piece of Waste Land II (Double), flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), trumpet, trombone, harp, cello, double bass, piano, 3 percussion, 1997; ... still far distant voices ... (Skizze), alto flute, A-clarinet, accordion, 1998–99; Notes from the Night-Zone, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2000; Relief, oboe, ensemble (flute [+ piccolo, alto flute], clarinet [+ bass clarinet], accordion, string quartet), 2000; Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (Zeichnung), flute, clarinet, 2001; Diapente (Tableaux), bass clarinet/trombone, violin, piano, 2002; Verborgene Schrift (Prélude), alto flute, A-clarinet (+ bass clarinet), trombone, violin, cello, piano (+ wine glass), 2002–03, revised 2004; Une barque sur le seuil sombre – Trauergondel (Verborgene Schrift I), alto flute, English horn, A-clarinet, bass clarinet, 2 trombones, harp, 2 violins, 2 celli, double bass, 2 percussion, 2003; Quartettstück, 4 bass clarinets, 2004; Tombeau (Verborgene Schrift III), 3 percussion, 5 ensembles (alto flute, trumpet, violin; A-clarinet, trumpet, violin; English horn, violin; 2 trombones, tuba, cello; bass clarinet, bassoon, cello, double bass), 2004; Fünf Zaubersprüche, flute, 2005; Für FC, percussion, ensemble (English horn, A-clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, bassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, viola, 2 celli, double bass, percussion), 2005; Nachtstück, cello, 2006; Chopins letzter Tango, flute (+ piccolo), alto saxophone, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, prepared piano, 2006; Chimäre (Musik), French horn, ensemble (bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, French horn, bass Wagner tuba, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, double bass, 2 percussion), 2006&nash;07; Corpus (Eine szenische Aktion), double bass, 2007; Ohne Antwort (Tableaux), bass flute, bass clarinet, piano, 2007; CHARON ALS MALER (Eine Schattenmusik), flute, soprano saxophone, harp, violin, double bass, percussion, 2008; Avarus (Musik), A-clarinet, accordion, string quartet, 2002–
CHORAL: Abseits – Aufbruch (Fragmente) (texts by &Aelig;schylus, Friedrich Nietzsche), 12 mixed voices, 4 saxophones, 4 percussion, 1999; 'Kristall zu werden im zeitlosen Eismeer des Schweigens' (Verborgene Schrift II) (text by Ernst Toller), mixed chorus, alto flute, bass clarinet, accordion, 2 percussion, 2003–04
PIANO: Entnähert – Adieu KHF (in memoriam Karl Heinz Füssl), 1992; Sieben Arten, den Walzer zu beschreiben, 1993; Geheimes Spiel (Poème), 1999; Cinq Après-ludes, 2001 (each of its sections may be performed separately); queer, 2001; Une Berceuse, 2003
ARRANGEMENT: Egyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 (Johann Strauss II), flute, clarinet, bassoon, piano, percussion, string quartet, double bass, 2004
DISCOGRAPHY
Entnähert – Adieu KHF. Annemie Egri, piano (Werkstatt für Neue Musik Karlsruhe, 1992)
A Piece of Waste Land I. Manfred Reichert/Ensemble 13 (Dresdner Tage für zeitgenössische Musik, 1997)
Geheimes Spiel (Poème). Sigrid Trummer, piano (Extraplatte, 2000)
Nachtstück. Maria Frodl, cello (Extraplatte, 2006)
(Last updated on November 20, 2008)
