Burkhard Friedrich

composer

Burkhard Friedrich - composer Burkhard Friedrich (born 1962 in Berlin) studied composition and classical saxophone in Stuttgart, Lübeck and Berlin. He has been a recipient of the Heinrich-Strobel Stipend granted by the Southwest German Radio and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the cultural office Hamburg.

He has been a recipient of the Heinrich-Strobel Stipend granted by the Southwest German Radio and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the cultural office Hamburg, has been awarded prizes by various composition competitions and has produced his own works in conjunction with many German and European broadcast stations.

His chamber opera "Lancelot's Spiegel" won the 1st prize at at the international Johann-Josef Fux Competition for Opera Writing" in Austria. The opera was premiered at the festival "Steirischer Herbst" 2003 in Austria. His second opera “Imitation of Life”, based on films and novels of David Lynch and Bret Easton Ellis was premiered 2005 at the opera in Hamburg. His musictheatre “Galaxy Hotel”, based on a novel by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami will be premiered 2009 in Hamburg and Bregenz.

Burkhard Friedrich was awarded various international prizes for his compositions and interpretations of contemporary music for solo-saxophone and chambermusic. In cooperation with the "Deutschlandradio” and the label wergo ensemble Intégrales released a portrait-CD with chamber music by Burkhard Friedrich in October 2002. In connection with his first prize at the Competition for Opera Writing in Austria a CD with his chamber opera “Lancelots Spiegel” was produced by the ORF in cooperation with the label KUG in 2004. In spring 2008 ensemble Intégrales will present a CD of his most recent works: “musicbox”.

He got amongst others comissions for "Eclat"-Festival, Stuttgart 2004, "Bludenzer Tage für zeitgemässe Musik"2003, "World Brass" and the "Hamburgische Staatsoper". Burkhard Friedrichs compositions are performed in various festivals such as “Bregenzer Festspiele”, “Steirischer Herbst” and”WIEN MODERN”.

As a saxophonist Burkhard Friedrich plays all over Europe, Asia and the US. He has recorded many solo and chamber music works for CD, which were written for ensemble Intégrales by well known as well as emerging contemporary composers. Burkhard Friedrich co-founded ensemble Intégrales , he is promoting and performing in two different concert series with improvised and notated music in Hamburg and lives as a free-lanced composer and saxophonist in Hamburg. (For further details please have a look at his vita.)

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