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Mack, Dieter (b. August 25, 1954, Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz). German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that have been performed throughout Asia, Europe and North America; he is also active as a musicologist.
Prof. Mack studied composition with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough, music theory with Peter Förtig and piano with Rosa Sabater at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1975–80.
His honors include a scholarship to work at the Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung in Freiburg im Breisgau (1980–81). His music has been performed at many festivals, including once at the ISCM World New Music Festival (1988, Hong Kong), and a portrait concert was given at the Arts Summit-IV in Jakarta (2004). Portraits of his life and work were also featured in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (2004) and the magazine ZEIT (2005) and he is the subject of the book Wenn A ist, ist A – Der Komponist Dieter Mack (2008, edited by Torsten Möller, PFAU-Verlag).
As a musicologist, Prof. Mack has a deep interest in the music of Southeast Asia, most of all the gamelan, about which he has written extensively, including the books Sejarah Musik jilid III – IV (1995, PML), Pendidikan Musik – Antara Harapan dan Realitas (1995, P4ST-UPI), Musik Kontemporer (1997, MSPI, art-line), Musik aus Bali und Westjava (2002, Lugert Verlag), Länderheft Bali (2003, Lugert Verlag), and Zeitgenössische Musik in Indonesien. Zwischen lokalen Traditionen, nationalen Verpflichtungen und internationalen Einflüssen (2004, Georg Olms Verlag). He has had various studies in Bali, southern India and Japan since 1978, notably one year in Bali (1981–82). He founded a Balinese gamelan at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1982 and toured Southeast Asia in 1988, on a grant from the Goethe-Institut. He later served as co-leader of the CATUR YUGA Project in 1997–98, a cultural exchange between Bali, Basel and Freiburg im Breisgau.
He is also active in other positions. He worked as an assistant at the Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung from 1977–81 and has been a member of ExVoCo (EXpanded VOice COmpany) in Stuttgart since 1980. He has served as a member of the advisory board of the Goethe-Institut since 2008.
He has lectured on Balinese music, improvisation and music theory at music academies in Basel, Freiburg im Breisgau and Trossingen since 1980 and at the Universität Freiburg im Breisgau. He taught as a professor of ear training and music theory at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1986–2003 and has taught as Professor für Komposition at the Musikhochschule Lübeck since 2003, where he has also served as vice-president since 2008. In Indonesia, he gave lectures on composition, ethnomusicology and music education from 1989–91, in 1996–97 and from 1997–2001. He was also a long-term guest lecturer at UPI in Bandung from 1992–95, on a scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, and has served as a consultant in a research project there since 1997, on a grant from the Ford Foundation. Moreover, he has taught as a guest professor in post-graduate composition at the art academy STSI Surakarta since 1999. In addition, he taught as composer-in-residence at the School of Music in Wellington in 1991, gave masterclasses in New Zealand in 2004, in the USA in 2006–07 and in China in 2007–08 and taught composition at Darmstadt in 2006.
The Bärenreiter-Verlag publishes some of his earlier music, but his recent works are self-published.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: Dieter.Mack@mh-luebeck.de
Street address: Prof. Dieter Mack, Dorfstr. 6, 23847 Düchelsdorf, Germany
Telephone: + 4945 0182 8861
Cellular phone: + 4917 1526 9127
Website: http://www.dieter-mack.de/
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Angin, small orchestra (13 winds, 10 brass, 3 percussion), 1988; Catur, 10 Balinese flutes, 14 percussion, gamelan, 1997; Crosscurrents, gamelan, 2001; Vuh, percussion, small orchestra (winds, brass, 3 percussion), 2001; Tunjuk, large orchestra, 2006; Pamungkah, 2006; Kammermusik V, small orchestra (27 players), 2007; Brassology, small orchestra (4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass trombone, tuba, 2 percussion), 2008
CHAMBER MUSIC: Kebyar, flute, piano, 1980; Lalangan, piano, percussion, 1983; Preret, oboe, piano, 1983; Karya, any ensemble, 1983–84 (also realizations as Karya 97; Karya 2000, 12 flutes [any 3 + piccolo], 8 percussion, 2000); Taro, flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, 2 pianos, percussion, 1987; Kammermusik I, 2 flutes (both + piccolo), 2 clarinets (both + bass clarinet), 2 tenor saxophones, 2 trombones, 2 percussion, 1988; Wantilan I, alto flute, percussion, 1989 (also version as Wantilan II, voice, gamelan); Bulan, English horn, bass clarinet, 1990; Telu, percussion, 1990; Kammermusik II, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), oboe (+ English horn), bass clarinet (+ clarinet), violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 1991; Rafting and Beyond, 2 pianos, 2 percussion, 1991; Trio Variations, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), piano, percussion, 1991; Duett, flute (+ piccolo), organ, 1995; Segara Variationen, 4 percussion, 1998; Quartett No. 1, 2 flutes, piano, percussion, 1999; Ritsch-Ratsch-Rutsch, French horn, trombone, tuba, percussion, 1999; Temu, recorder (+ synthesizers), percussion, tape, 2001; Selisih, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2003; Kammermusik III, flute (+ piccolo), oboe (+ English horn), bass clarinet (+ clarinet), alto saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2003–04; Trio II, heckelphone, piano, percussion, 2004; Quar-Quintett, oboe (+ English horn), double bass, piano (2 players), percussion, tape (inside piano), 2004; Trio III, flute, alto saxophone, piano, 2004; Kammermusik IV (vocalise), high soprano, 2 flutes (both + piccolo, 2nd + alto flute, bass flute), 2 oboes (both + English horn), 2 bass clarinets (both + A-clarinet, 1st + E-flat clarinet), bassoon, French horn, harp, violin, viola, 2 celli, double bass, piano (+ percussion), percussion, 2004–05 (piano doubling may be performed by a second percussionist); Gado-Gado, oboe, bassoon, double bass, harpsichord, percussion, 2005; Trio IV, flute, piano, percussion, 2006; Trio V, flute, harp, cello, 2006; Ramai, flute, oboe, bass clarinet, harp, double bass, piano, percussion, 2007; Jonico, 2 percussion, 2008; Pulsar, organ, percussion, 2008
CHORAL: Cina, 3 mixed voices (+ metal tube, Korean drum, woodblock), 1983; Segara, 6 mixed voices, 4 percussion, 1986; Balungan, 4 mixed voices, 1993; Rieselfeld, mixed chorus (minimum 24 voices), 6 tom-toms, any 6 instruments ad libitum, 1996–97; Voice and Percussion, female chorus (minimum 24 voices), 2 percussion, 2000
VOCAL: Wantilan II, voice, gamelan, 1989 (version of Wantilan I); Kreuzungen, soprano, 8 percussion, 1991
PIANO: Studie II, 1981; Früchte, 2 pianos, 1983; Château, 1988; Surya, 1990; Basah, 1992; Chedi – Piano Piece No. 5, 2001
ORGAN: Orgelzyklus, organ, tape, 1984–87 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Mau; Pusat; M 3 B); Nyepi, 1993
MULTIMEDIA: Karya 97, dancers, winds, brass, 10 percussion, tapes, lights, 1996–97 (realization of Karya)
DISCOGRAPHY (as composer)
Taro. (Albany Records: 380)
Crosscurrents. Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan (Artifact Music: ART-036)
Rafting and Beyond. Quartet Piano and Percussion (Audite: Aud 97.455)
Lalangan; Preret; Studie II; Früchte. Peter Veale, oboe; James Avery, H.J. Koch, pianos; Steven Schick, percussion (Edition Pro Viva: ISPV 130)
Cina. ExVoCo (Edition Pro Viva: ISPV 146)
Taro; Kammermusik II–III. Ensemble SurPlus (Edition Zeitklang: EZ 13019)
Kebyar. Isabelle Schnöller, flute; Hansjörg Koch, piano (Edition Zeitklang: EZ 15013)
Preret. Peter Veale, oboe; James Avery, piano (Edition Zeitklang: EZ 60008)
Orgelzyklus. Heinrich Walther, organ (H.W.-Musik: 1250)
Kammermusik IV. Angelika Luz, soprano; Brad Lubman/Ensemble Modern (neos-music: neos 10821)
Surya. Urs Liska, piano (Sound-rel: DRE 90201)
DISCOGRAPHY (as editor)
Zeitgenössische Gamelanmusik auf Bali, Gamelan Gong Kebyar aus Pinda und Sawan in 'An Anthology of Southeast Asian Music'. (Bärenreiter-Musicaphon: BM 30 SL 2575)
Topeng Cirebon – Tarawangsa, Sundanese Music from West Java. (Wergo: SM 1607)
Gamelan Semar Pagulingan, Music from Bali. (Wergo: SM 1609)
(Last updated on January 18, 2009)
