(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 1989. He earlier studied mathematics and music in Kassel, as well as art history and philosophy in Hamburg.
Among his honours are a scholarship from the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, selection three times by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neue Musik (1998–2000), Erster Preis in the competition Neue Musik für Schülerorchester in Stuttgart (2005, for MINUS 1), the Kompositionspreis from the city of Stuttgart (2008), a prize in the competition ad libitum (2009), and a residency at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles (2011). His music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, South Korea, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA, including twice at the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt (1998, 2000).
He was an invited lecturer at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst Stuttgart and Trinity College, Dublin, both in 2001–02, and at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Santa Clarita, the Contemporary Music Centre in Dublin, the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, and the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, all in 2003.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
SCREAM (opera in 5 acts, 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, 10 or more accordions, 2000
Untergrund 3, small orchestra (15 players), 2002
shopping 2.1, small orchestra (16 players), 2004 (concert 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 cellos, 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, fixed media, 2000 (also version for percussion, fixed media, film)
Untergrund 1, 4 percussion, 2000–01
Sugar 1, violin, cello, piano, 2001
Untergrund 2, glass plates (5 players), 2001–02
splitting 11, oboe, fixed media, c. 2002
splitting 12, conductor, fixed media, c. 2002
splitting 17, flute, fixed media, 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
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 1, 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/PERFORMANCE:
splitting 3, viola, CD-player, film, 2000 (version of work for viola, CD-player)
splitting 4, percussion, fixed media, film, 2000 (version of work for percussion, fixed media)
Gravitation 1, piano, percussion, fixed media, film, 2001
splitting 5, violin, CD-player, film, 2001
splitting 6, accordion, film, 2001
splitting 8, soprano, fixed media, film, 2001
shopping 1, balloons (21 players), film, 2001
splitting 8.1, clarinet, fixed media, film, 2002
shopping 2, small orchestra (16 players), film, 2003 (also concert version as shopping 2.1, small orchestra [16 players])
splitting 22, cello, fixed media (4 tracks), film (2 tracks), 2003–04