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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 Musikhochschule Freiburg/Breisgau from 1975–80.
His honors include a scholarship to work at the Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung in Freiburg/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). A portrait of his life and work was also featured in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (2004).
As a musicologist, Prof. Mack has a deep interest in the gamelan orchestra of Southeast Asia, about which he has written extensively, including the book 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 orchestra at the Musikhochschule Freiburg/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/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 lectured on Balinese music, improvisation and music theory at music academies in Basel, Freiburg/Breisgau and Trossingen since 1980 and at the Universität Freiburg/Breisgau. He taught as a professor of ear training and music theory at the Musikhochschule Freiburg/Breisgau from 1986–2003 and has taught as Professor für Komposition at the Musikhochschule Lübeck since 2003. 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. Additionally, he taught as composer-in-residence at the School of Music in Wellington in 1991 and more recently, he taught composition at Darmstadt in 2006 and gave masterclasses in China, Germany and the USA in 2007.
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
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Angin, small orchestra (13 winds, 10 brass, 3 percussion), 1988; Catur, 10 Balinese flutes, 14 percussion, gamelan orchestra, 1997; Crosscurrents, gamelan orchestra, 2001; Vuh, percussion, small orchestra (winds, brass, 3 percussion), 2001; Tunjuk, large orchestra, 2006; Pamungkah, 2006
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 orchestra); 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
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 orchestra, 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)
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 August 28, 2007)
