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Maierhof, Michael (b. 1956, Fulda). German composer of mostly chamber, vocal and multimedia works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America.
Mr. Maierhof is self-taught as a composer and began composing in 1988. He studied mathematics and music in Kassel and art history and philosophy in Hamburg.
He has earned awards from the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris and his works have been selected by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik three times (1998–2000). He won First Prize in the Neue Musik für Schülerorchester competition in Stuttgart (2005, for MINUS 1). His music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kazakstan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including twice at Darmstadt (1998, 2000).
He was an invited lecturer at Trinity College in Dublin and the Hochschule für Musik in Stuttgart in 2001–02 and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the California Institute of the Arts, the Centre for Contemporary Music in Dublin, and the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg, all in 2003.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: MMaierhof@stock11.de
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: SCREAM (5 act opera, libretto by Steffen Pohl), 2 mezzo-sopranos, 2 baritones, 4 actors, small orchestra (22 players), 2001–03; Tanzstück Circelgang, 2 dancers, 2 percussion, 2003–04
ORCHESTRAL: Ränder, small orchestra (22 players), 1999–2000; far and close, accordion orchestra (10 or more players), 2000; Untergrund 3, small orchestra (15 players), 2002; shopping 2.1, small orchestra (16 players), 2004 (version of shopping 2); MINUS 1, youth orchestra, 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC: DraLL-Momente, 10 brass, 1993; Artikel No. 0014 (Buche), prepared cello, 1995; Quartett für Streicher, plastic cups (4 players), 1996; Techno in Tüten, amplified plastic bags (5 players), 1997; Plastikquartett 2, plastic cups (4 players), 1997; Bagatellen für Brahms, flute, violin, cello, bass guitar, piano, percussion, 1997; rostfrei, flute, electric guitar, percussion, 1998; Alarm, flute, 1998; Pin up, string quartet, 1998; IIII-Felder, violin, viola, cello, 1998; x-fach 1, oboe, double bass, piano, percussion, 1998–99; Speed, 3 prepared double basses, 1999; splitting 1, prepared double bass, 1999; splitting 2, prepared cello, 1999; perforation (with readymades), electric guitar, 2 celli, 2 double basses, accordion, 2 percussion, 2000; Grauzonen/Blaustich, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2000; PNM-Passages, any 3 or more players, 2000; splitting 3, viola, CD-player, 2000 (also version for viola, CD-player, film); splitting 4, percussion, CD, 2000 (also version for percussion, CD, film); Untergrund 1, 4 percussion, 2000–01; Sugar 1, violin, cello, piano, 2001; Untergrund 2, glass plates (5 players), 2001–02; splitting 11, oboe, CD, c. 2002; splitting 12, conductor, CD, c. 2002; splitting 17, flute, CD, 2002–03; Sugar 3, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2002–03; Sugar 3.1, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2002–03; Sugar 3.2, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2002–03; splitting 17, flute, CD, 2002–03; Sugar 3.3, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2003–04; ein Objekt 1, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2004; splitting 14, cello, 2004–05; splitting 19.1, percussion, 2004–05
CHORAL: error, mixed chorus, 1997
VOCAL: Windkanal, soprano, piano, 1995 (also version for soprano, piano, percussion, 1995); Relais, soprano, flute, accordion, percussion, 1998; multicolored Blumen 1-3, soprano, piano, 1999; error 2.0, soprano, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1999–2000; SUGAR 2, soprano, saxophone, harp, cello, accordion, 2002
PIANO: Klavierstück Nr. 2, 1992–93; splitting 16, 2002
MULTIMEDIA: splitting 3, viola, CD-player, film, 2000 (version of work for viola, CD-player); splitting 4, percussion, CD, film, 2000 (version of work for percussion, CD); Gravitation 1, piano, percussion, 2 CDs, film, 2001; splitting 5, violin, CD-player, film, 2001; splitting 6, accordion, film, 2001; splitting 8, soprano, CD, film, 2001; shopping 1, balloons (21 players), film, 2001; splitting 8.1, clarinet, CD, film, 2002; shopping 2, small orchestra (16 players), film, 2003 (also version without film as shopping 2.1); splitting 22, cello, 4-track tape, 2-track film, 2003–04
(Last updated on May 23, 2008)
