Charlotte Seither (1965- )
Charlotte
Seither was born in Landau, Germany and studied composition and piano,
as well as musicology and German language and literature in Hannover
and Berlin. She received various prizes and awards, including the first
prize in the international composition competition "Prager Frühling"
(1995), the first prize in the composition competition of the Göttinger
Symphony Orchestra (1994), the encouragement award of the
Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikstiftung (2002), as well as the first prize in
the international composition competition "Ciutat de Palma" / Spain for
Orchestra (2004). Next to that, she received the scholarships "Cité des
Arts Paris" (1999), Palazzo Barbarigo Venice (1993), Vill Aurora Los
Angeles (2000) and Akademie Schloss Solitude (1995). In the winter
semester of 2002 she was a visiting professor for composition at the
University of Music Bremen, where she is a lecturer ever since. Her
works were performed throughout Europe, in Asia, South America, Canada,
and in the USA.COMPOSITIONS Seither Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ What's New . . .
Fra l'altro, 10-part chamber chorus (1992)
Hymn, electronics (1992)
Frames and Fingers, 3 percussionists (1992)
Firnis I, baritone and bass clarinet (1993)
Firnis II, soprano and clarinet (1993)
Firnis III, 2 flutes (1993)
Chamber Symphony (Objet Diaphane), 13 instruments (1993)
Liquid Devices, soprano, flute, two percussionists and cello (1993)
L'uno dall'altro, orchestra (1993)
Champlève, violin, cello and piano (1994)
Klang und Schwebung, piano (1996)
Alleanza d'archi, violin, viola and violoncello (1996)
Water, Earch and Air II, soprano, bass flute, accordion and percussion (1997)
Water, Earch and Air I, female voice, bass flute, bass clarinet, piano and two percussionists (1997)
Coq-á-l'âne, 3 or more performers with sound producing objects (1997)
Monad's Face, soprano, bass clarinet and violoncello (1997)
Sieben Verlautbarungen, baritone and piano (1997)
Peser ses mots, double bass recorder, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violoncello and double bass (1997)
Merging Strain, cello (1999)
Anderes/Selbst, opera, 3 soloists, ensemble, vocalists and noise makers (1998-2000)
Seeds of Noises, 6 six voices (2000)
Herzfalter, tenor and piano (2000) [freely after Sonnet XIX by Francesco Petrarca]
Playing Both Ends Towards the Middel, violin and cello (2000)
Echoes, Edges, piano (2001)
Dir, mir zu, voice and piano (2001)
Paires d'alternances, orchestra (2001)
Herzform, Krater, accordion (2001)
Corps Croisé, string quartet (2002)
Living Gardens, 19 players (2002/03)
Unknown Friends, bass clarinet, trombone, piano and percussion (2003)
Ricordanza, 15-part chorus (2003)
Hora, 8-part vocal ensemble (2003)
One-Woman-Opera, voice with hand percussion (2004)
Einlass und Wiederkehr, 11 fragments, soprano and piano (2004) [ freely after texts by Franz Kafka]
All'aperto, 16 part chamber chorus (2004)
Sous mes yeux, piano (2005)
Itinéraire, piano (2005)
Flow, violin, flute (also alto fl) and cello (2005)
Secret Roots of Fusion and Fate, violin, double bass clarinet, percussion, double bass, tuba in Eb and live electronics (2005)
Visible Thoughts, tenor saxophone, percussion and piano (2005)
Minzmeissel, 3 small pieces, voice and piano (2006)
Inventaire de départ, accordion and electronics (2006)
Passage Innocent, 12 voices (2006)
Koy, bass voice solo (2006)
Gran Passo, piano (2006)
The Bright Random of Fear and Awaking, soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute/bass/alto, viola, horn, db and harp (2007)
Echoes of O's, one or more performers or any movable entities (2007)
Essay on Shadow and Truth (Chapter I), orchestra (2007)
Essay on Shadow and Truth, orchestra (2007)
Never Real, Always True, accordion (2008)
Scusi, tenor recorder and piano (2008)
Far From Distance, clarinet, cello and piano (2008)
Dopo Domani, voice and piano (2008)
Deixis, cello (2009)
WORKS BY GENRE Seither Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Coq-á-l'âne, 3 or more performers with sound producing objects (1997)
Anderes/Selbst, opera, 3 soloists, ensemble, vocalists and noise makers (1998-2000)
One-Woman-Opera, voice with hand percussion (2004)
Echoes of O's, one or more performers or any movable entities (2007)
Orchestra or Ensemble
Chamber Symphony (Objet Diaphane), 13 instruments (1993)
L'uno dall'altro, orchestra (1993)
Paires d'alternances, orchestra (2001)
Living Gardens, 19 players (2002/03)
Essay on Shadow and Truth (Chapter I), orchestra (2007)
Essay on Shadow and Truth, orchestra (2007)
Choral
Fra l'altro, 10-part chamber chorus (1992)
Seeds of Noises, 6 six voices (2000)
Ricordanza, 15-part chorus (2003)
Hora, 8-part vocal ensemble (2003)
All'aperto, 16 part chamber chorus (2004)
Passage Innocent, 12 voices (2006)
Chamber
Frames and Fingers, 3 percussionists (1992)
Firnis III, 2 flutes (1993)
Chamber Symphony (Objet Diaphane), 13 instruments (1993)
Champlève, violin, cello and piano (1994)
Alleanza d'archi, violin, viola and violoncello (1996)
Peser ses mots, double bass recorder, bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violoncello and double bass (1997)
Playing Both Ends Towards the Middel, violin and cello (2000)
Corps Croisé, string quartet (2002)
Living Gardens, 19 players (2002/03)
Unknown Friends, bass clarinet, trombone, piano and percussion (2003)
Flow, violin, flute (also alto fl) and cello (2005)
Secret Roots of Fusion and Fate, violin, double bass clarinet, percussion, double bass, tuba in Eb and live electronics (2005)
Visible Thoughts, tenor saxophone, percussion and piano (2005)
Echoes of O's, one or more performers or any movable entities (2007)
Far From Distance, clarinet, cello and piano (2008)
Solo Instrument
Merging Strain, cello (1999)
Herzform, Krater, accordion (2001)
Inventaire de départ, accordion and electronics (2006)
Echoes of O's, one or more performers or any movable entities (2007)
Never Real, Always True, accordion (2008)
Scusi, tenor recorder and piano (2008)
Deixis, cello (2009)
Piano
Klang und Schwebung, piano (1996)
Echoes, Edges, piano (2001)
Sous mes yeux, piano (2005)
Itinéraire, piano (2005)
Gran Passo, piano (2006)
Vocal
Firnis I, baritone and bass clarinet (1993)
Firnis II, soprano and clarinet (1993)
Liquid Devices, soprano, flute, two percussionists and cello (1993)
Water, Earch and Air II, soprano, bass flute, accordion and percussion (1997)
Water, Earch and Air I, female voice, bass flute, bass clarinet, piano and two percussionists (1997)
Monad's Face, soprano, bass clarinet and violoncello (1997)
Sieben Verlautbarungen, baritone and piano (1997)
Seeds of Noises, 6 six voices (2000)
Herzfalter, tenor and piano (2000) [freely after Sonnet XIX by Francesco Petrarca]
Dir, mir zu, voice and piano (2001)
One-Woman-Opera, voice with hand percussion (2004)
Einlass und Wiederkehr, 11 fragments, soprano and piano (2004) [ freely after texts by Franz Kafka]
Minzmeissel, 3 small pieces, voice and piano (2006)
Passage Innocent, 12 voices (2006)
Koy, bass voice solo (2006)
The Bright Random of Fear and Awaking, soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute/bass/alto, viola, horn, db and harp (2007)
Dopo Domani, voice and piano (2008)
Electronic
Hymn, electronics (1992)
Secret Roots of Fusion and Fate, violin, double bass clarinet, percussion, double bass, tuba in Eb and live electronics (2005)
Inventaire de départ, accordion and electronics (2006)
SEITHER LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Die Bonner Komponistin Charlotte Seither kann 2009 in Rom arbeiten (bonn.de) translated by google here
Fragebogen Charlotte Seither /Charlotte Seither Interview (Ensemble Modern) (in German)
[click on "04/2003, Ensemble Modern Newsletter Nr. 12 - Fragebogen Charlotte Seither"]
or translated by google here
The Vienna Summer Seminar of New Music (Tera de Marez Oyens, IAWM)
Composer's website
Seither @ Wikipedia (in German) translated by google here
Seither @ Baerenreiter
Seither @ Bayerische Staatsoper
Seither @ Bebersee Festival - Das Kammermusikfestival in der Schorfheide
Seither @ Deutscher Musikrat
Seither @ OperOne
Seither @ SWR.de (in German)
Seither @ [t]akte
Seither @ Villa Aurora
Seither @ Villa Massimo
Streaming Audio
[none at the moment]
Recordings
Seither @ ClassicsOnline
Seither @ Composer's website
Seither @ Deutscher Musikrat
Seither @ Wergo
Seither @ YouTube [none at the moment]
What's New with Charlotte Seither
COMPOSER OF THE MONTH - September 2009
Pytheas Music Center for Contemporary Music / USA
WDR 3, Tonart, 2th September 2009, 15.05h
Livestream to listen
Charlotte Seither as Guest at Villa Massimo in Rome / Italy
An Interview with Peter Meisenberg
10th October 2009
Hochschule Magdeburg / Stendal / Germany
Symposium of Music and Musiktherapy 2009
Topos: Hörweite. Lecture of Manuela Schwarz, Fred Lönker, Dorit Amir and Charlotte Seither
Lecture Charlotte Seither
"Dissociation in the Process of Composition"
15th October 2009
Rome / Italy - Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo
Mosaikensaal
Ensemble Dumas Amsterdam
*Far from distance* for clarinet, violoncello and piano
*Champlève* for violin, violoncello and piano
Joe Puglia, violin; Kyrill Rybakov, clarinet; Erik de Wit, violoncello; Daniel Kramer, piano
19th untill 21th October 2009
Vocal Music of Charlotte Seither
19th October 2009
Tübingen / Germany - Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik
20th October 2009
Heilbronn / Germany - Städtische Museen Heilbronn
21. Oktober 2009
Tolstefanz / Germany - Hof Flammer
*Sieben Verlautbarungen* for baritone and piano
*Dir, mir zu* for baritone and piano
*One-person-opera* for voice with handpercussion
Guillermo Anzorena, baritone; Fernando Viani, piano; Manfred Weiss, scene
20th October 2009, 20.05h – 21.30h
Hessischer Rundfunk / Broadcasting - HR2 Kultur
The Actual Event
Female Composers and Her Work
*Himmelsspalt* for organ
Eckhard Manz, organ
25th october 2009
Rottenburg am Neckar / Germany -
Kulturverein Zehntscheuer
*Champlève* for violin, violoncello and piano
Julia Galic, violin; Gregor Pfisterer, violoncello; Fredrik Sommer, piano
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