(b. 13 December 1938, Karlsruhe).
German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Heyn studied voice with Walter Neugebauer in Karlsruhe from 1957–60 and acting at the Savitzky Actors School in Melbourne from 1961–63. He studied guitar privately with Antonio Losada in Sydney and music theory with Don Andrews at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music of the University of Sydney from 1966–70. He then studied guitar at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 1971–77, where he also studied composition with Eugen Werner Velte.
Among his honours are a fellowship from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart (1981), a fellowship from the Experimentalstudio des SWR in Freiburg im Breisgau (1982) and the Rolf-Liebermann-Opernstipendium (1988, a commission to write Geisterbahn).
He is also active in other positions. He worked various jobs in Australia, including as a shift labourer in a steel mill and as a member of a traveling theatre-company that presented original productions, both with and without music, for two years in the 1960s. He was later a member of the Gruppe kreative Musik of Eugen Werner Velte in Karlsruhe in the 1970s.
He lectured at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 1984 and 1986 and gave concerts and lectures in Australia in 1987 and in Kyōto in 1993–94.
He lived in Australia from 1960–71, but has once again lived in Germany since 1971.
His publisher is Breitkopf & Härtel, for some early works, and Ricordi München, for most music written after 1995.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Geisterbahn (opera in 1 act, libretto by the composer), soloists, small orchestra (17 players), fixed media, 1989
Kowalski's Katz oder the Rest of the fuckin' Story (instrumental-theatre work), electric guitar, electric cello, bass guitar, electronic keyboard, percussion, fixed media, live electronics, 2000–03
ORCHESTRAL:
tem, 1980
Eezy Comma (Raumfassende Phonie), large orchestra (111 players), 1981
Dükarrahsch Mongkhöhr, large orchestra (79 players), fixed media, 1984
Ferro canto, large orchestra (97 players), fixed media, 1989, revised 1991
00.17'00", orchestra (13 winds, 4 trumpets, 2 pianos, 6 percussion, 8 double basses), 1998–99
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Break, 4 percussion, 1979
Blues in B-flat, cello, 1981
Drihmthoyhm (Raumakustischer Alptraum), 2 clarinets, tárogató (clarinet from Hungary), 2 saxophones, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 3 or more percussion, 1982
Nachtschicht, cello, double bass, 3 percussion, 1982
Phryh, piano, ensemble (3 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, double bass), 1982
Laxus, viola, cello, double bass, 1983
Rozs, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, 1983
Sirènes, string quartet, 1983
Sifflet, piccolo, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, 1983
K'mon Siggibêybe, cello, ensemble (flute [+ piccolo], oboe [+ English horn], clarinet [+ contrabass clarinet, saxophone], trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1985
Sandwich Gare de l'est, saxophone, 2 French horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, 1985
Buon Natale, fratello Fritz, soprano saxophone (+ tenor saxophone), 1985
Blah 2, violin, fixed media, 1985
Quêtsch, accordion, 1986
Reb David, Wife and Wolf, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, double bass, 1986–87
Panische Walzer #8 und 9, contrabass clarinet (+ clarinet), baritone saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), bass tuba (+ euphonium), violin, double bass, accordion, 1990
Tjuub, tuba, 1992
SRA, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1994
PSYC, 6 winds, 3 percussion, 1995
Vermutungen über ein Rotes Haus, electric guitar, electric violin, 1995
...NTO., violin, 1995
Inserzioni, saxophone, cello, 1997
Core, cello, 1997
SYZ, percussion, ensemble (2 electric guitars, 2 pianos), fixed media, live electronics, 1997
Rites, 2 oboes (both + English horn), 3 clarinets (all + contrabass clarinet), soprano saxophone (+ baritone saxophone), bassoon, 2 5-string double basses, 2 percussion, 1998
Graffiti, Risse, flute, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1998–99
Cordas, Strings, 12-string steel guitar, violin, cello, piano, harpsichord, percussion, 1999–2000
Pezzo, recorder, clarinet, saxophone, harp, guitar, double bass, accordion, 2000
Resurrection #1, double bass, piano, fixed media, 2000
Burroughs' Bellows, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2000
gettin' dizzy, Großbass recorder (by Joachim Paetzold) (+ alto recorder), bass transverse flute (+ piccolo, dizi [transverse flute from China]), boombox/fixed media, 2000
Ohne Titel 1, cello, 2001
Bass Affair, bass guitar, 2001–02
Myth Maker #1, saxophone, double bass, accordion, 2002
makes yer wanna, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 French horns, trumpet, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2003
Les Visages des Enfants, string quartet, amplification ad libitum, 2002–04
Ohne Titel 2, cello, 2004
2nd 'blue' string quartet, string quartet, 2005
K'TEN, violin, double bass, piano, percussion, 2005
electric cat, electric guitar, fixed media, 2006
Reverb, azure #1, harp, 12-string steel guitar (+ electric guitar), 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (+ bass guitar), piano (+ electronic keyboard), 2 percussion, fixed media, 2007
Short Story on a Higher Key, violin, accordion, 2008
Mashyhn, contrabass clarinet, saxophone, contrabassoon/tuba, violin, viola, double bass, piano, percussion, 2010–11
WHY NOW, electric guitar, 2011
CLIXX, piano, percussion, 2011
refract, violin, 2016
trace, viola, 2017
Notes on Delusion, drum kit, fixed media, 2018
VOCAL:
SMPH, soprano, contrabass clarinet (+ clarinet, baritone saxophone), violin, double bass, percussion, 1989
Klagen und Zorn der Mama Moisch (text by Shmuel Apfelbaum), soprano, 2 clarinets, 2 saxophones, percussion, 1991
Max the Fiddler's Complaint (text by Shmuel Apfelbaum), mezzo-soprano, 2 electric guitars, amplified viola, amplified double bass, 1991
Notizen einer blassen Sängerin (texts by George Orwell, everyday speech, dictionary), female voice, 5 pianos, 7 percussion, fixed media, 1993
I(na), female voice (+ percussion), electric guitar, 1994
eclipse of reason (text by Jean Ziegler), female voice, clarinet, trumpet, tuba, electric guitar, 2 violins, viola, double bass, bass guitar, piano, quarter-tone piano, electronic keyboard, 2 percussion, 2008–10
PIANO:
Tap, 1985–86
203.., 1996
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:
Kaffeefahrt zum Kühlturm (happening), voice, toy organ, tuned oil barrel, metal plates, fixed media, 1986
Did yer hear that? (after Franz Liszt), actor (+ suspended piano), fixed media, 1986
The Raven (open-ended happening), scrap metal, dredging machine, live electronics, 1997–2000
Water music (open-ended happening), piano, seaport, 2000
DISCOGRAPHY
Quêtsch. Teodoro Anzellotti, accordion (Koch International Classics: KIC-CD-3-1356-2, 1994)
...NTO.. (RAI Milano/Teatro alla Scala, 1996)
Blues in B-flat. (Albedo: ALBCD 013, 1999)
Panische Walzer #8 und 9. musikFabrik (Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik 2002, documentation CD, 2002)
Kowalski's Katz oder the Rest of the fuckin' Story. Katarakt (Katarakt, 2004)
Buon Natale, fratello Fritz. (en-avant, 2005)
Break. (BM: 14.9002)
I(na). (Signum MusiContact: SIG x 74-00)
SMPH. Christina Ascher, soprano; Ensemble Köln (Thorofon: CTH 2094)