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Heyn, Volker (b. December 13, 1938, Karlsruhe). German composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, and performance works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Heyn studied voice with Walter Neugebauer in Karlsruhe from 1957-60 and acting at the Savitzki Actor's School in Melbourne from 1961-63. He studied guitar privately with Antonio Losada in Sydney and studied music theory with Don Andrews at the Sydney Conservatorium from 1966-70. He then studied guitar at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe from 1971-77, where he also studied composition with Eugen Werner Velte and was a member of his Gruppe für Kreative Musik.
His honors include fellowships from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg (1981) and the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung in Freiburg/Breisgau (1982) and the Rolf-Liebermann-Opernstipendium (1988, a commission to write Geisterbahn). His Ferro canto, a commissioned work, has twice been canceled from Donaueschingen (1989, 1991) and remains unperformed.
He lived in Australia from 1960-71 and there worked various jobs, including one as a shift-laborer in a steel-working factory, where he had his first encounters of the "metallic kind", which led him to experiments involving the sounds of hard and soft edges of reverberating metal. Moreover, he was a member of a traveling group that presented original stage productions, both with and without music, for two years. He has lived in Germany since 1971.
He lectured at Darmstadt in 1984 and 1986 and gave concerts and lectures in Australia in 1987 and in Kyoto in 1993-94.
Breitkopf & Härtel publishes some of his early works and Tre Media Musikverlage publishes most of his music written after 1995.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: musikatz.vh@t-online.de
Street address: Mr. Volker Heyn, Postfach 11 07 03, D - 76057 Karlsruhe, Germany
Telephone/fax: + 497 2149 3812
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Geisterbahn (1 act opera, libretto by the composer), soloists, small orchestra (17 players), tape, 1989; Kowalski's Katz oder the Rest of the fuckin' Story (instrumental theatre work), electric guitar, electric cello, bass guitar, electronic keyboard, percussion, tape, live electronics, 2000-03
ORCHESTRAL: tem, 1980; Eezy Comma (Raumfassende Phonie), large orchestra (111 players), 1981; Dükarrahsch Mongkhöhr, large orchestra (79 players), tape, 1984; Ferro canto, large orchestra (97 players), tape, 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, 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 celli, 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, tape, 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
CHAMBER MUSIC: ...NTO., violin, 1995; Inserzioni, saxophone, cello, 1997; Core, cello, 1997; SYZ, percussion, ensemble (2 electric guitars, 2 pianos), tape, 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, tape, 2000; Burroughs' Bellows, bass guitar, electric accordion, 2000; gettin' dizzy, sub-contrabass recorder (by Joachim Paetzold) (+ alto recorder), bass transverse flute (+ piccolo, di zi [Chinese bamboo flute]), ghetto blaster/tape, 2000; Ohne Titel, 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, string quartet, double bass, 2003; Les visages des Enfants, string quartet, amplification ad libitum, 2002-04
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, 7-12 tape recorders, 1993; I(na), female voice (+ percussion), electric guitar, 1994
PIANO: Tap, 1985-86; 203.., 1996
PERFORMANCE: Kaffeefahrt zum Kühlturm (happening), voice, tuned oil barrel, metal plates, toy organ, tape, 1986; Did yer hear that?, actor (+ suspended piano), tape, 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/Schwann: 1356, 1994)
...NTO. (RAI Milano/La Scala, 1996)
Blues in B-flat. (Albedo: ALBCD 013, 1999)
Kowalski's Katz oder the Rest of the fuckin' Story. Katarakt (Katarakt, 2004)
Buon Natale, fratello Fritz. (En Avent, due in 2005)
Break. (BM: 14.9002)
I(na). (Signum MusiContact: SIG x 74-00)
SMPH. Christina Ascher, soprano; Ensemble Köln (Thorophon: CTH 2094)
Panische Walzer #8 und 9. Musikfabrik (WD: 02)
(Last updated on September 8, 2004)
