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Schlünz, Annette (b. September 23, 1964, Dessau). German composer of mostly stage, chamber, vocal, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout the world; she is also active as a pianist and recorder-player.
Ms. Schlünz studied with Udo Zimmermann at the Musikhochschule Dresden from 1983-87 and with Paul-Heinz Dittrich at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin from 1988-91. Later encounters with Iannis Xenakis at Darmstadt and Helmut Lachenmann in Stuttgart were also important.
Among her honors are the Hanns-Eisler-Preis (1990), the Heidelberger Künstlerinnen-Preis (1998) and the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (1999, for the EMI Classics recording of MOCCOLI) and commissions from many ensembles and festivals. She has also received scholarships to Darmstadt (1990, 1992), the electronic music studio of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin (1994, 2002), the Deutsche Akademie at the Villa Massimo in Rome (1999), and the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (2000). Most recently, she earned scholarships to the Kulturstiftung Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Dilsberg (2000) and the Künstlerinnenhof die HÖGE near Bremen (2003) and served a residency at GRAME in Lyon (2005). Her music has been performed in Europe, Japan, South America, and the USA.
She has worked at the Dresdner Zentrum für zeitgenössische Musik since 1987 and has worked on intercontinental music projects since 1992. She toured South America in 1996, where she gave concerts and seminars, and visited Denmark, France, Spain, the USA, and Vietnam in 2001, on grants from the Goethe-Institut.
She taught at the Musikhochschule Dresden from 1987-92 and lectured on composition as part of the Brandenburgisches Kolloquium für Neue Musik in 1995.
She has worked as a free-lance composer in both Dresden and Strasbourg since 1993.
Boosey & Hawkes, Bote & Bock and Peer Musik publish her music.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: annette.schluenz@wanadoo.fr
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Matka (chamber opera, libretto by the composer, after Karel Capek), mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors, 2 baritones, bass-baritone, bass, small orchestra (23 players), 1988-89; Un jour d'été (children's music theatre work, text by Pierre Garnier), 8 children's voices, children's chorus, small orchestra (12 players), 1996; TagNachtTraumstaub (music theatre work, texts by the composer, Matthias Roth, Ulrike Schuster), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, flute, percussion, small orchestra (15 players), sculptures (by Daniel Depoutot), 1999-2000
ORCHESTRAL: Picardie, 1992; Fadensonnen, small orchestra (17 players), 1993; doch dir darin, bass clarinet (+ contrabass clarinet), tuba (with extensions), orchestra, 2001-02
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Trio – il pleut doucement sur la ville, violin, viola, cello, 1989; Nachtschwarz wird das Blau, oboe, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1990; Taubenblaue Schatten haben sich vermischt, flute, guitar, 1990; Wenn schon die Flügel zerbrochen sind, violin, ensemble (flute, clarinet [+ bass clarinet], French horn, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, double bass), 1990; Ach, es..., tuba, 1991; la faulx de l'été, recorders (1 player), percussion, 1991 (also version for flute, percussion, 2001); ...der Schatten verwirrte, 3 bassoons, 1992; Wo das Schweigen anfängt, viola, cello, double bass, 1993; Et la pluie se mit à tomber, 6 percussion, 1994; verhalten, entgleiten, entfalten, guitar, 1994; – verstummen –, organ, 3 percussion, 1994 (also version for organ, percussion, 2004); Traumkraut, flute (+ alto flute, bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 1995; noch ein wor()t, bassoon, French horn, trombone, cello, double bass, 1996; Nuages, 4 percussion, 1996; How it is, clarinet, string quartet, 1997; SOL-STITIUM, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano/harpsichord, 1997
CHAMBER MUSIC: Unaufhörliche Schlaflosigkeit, tuba, tape, 1994-98; Aequi-Noctium, oboe, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, viola, double bass, piano, percussion, 1998; voicelessness, flute (+ bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), guitar, percussion, 1998 (also version for clarinet, saxophone, guitar, percussion, 2005); aufgelöst (verschlungen), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2000 (also version for clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, 2001); schau(m)ich, cello, 2000; Weiter, flute (+ alto flute), clarinet, piano, 2000; tastend, tränend, flute, piano, 2001; Hortensien, bass clarinet, 4-track tape, 2002; fliegen fliegen?, flute (+ bass flute), oboe, clarinet, 2003; Ultime tentative No. 4, any number of players, 2004; ZEBRA, electric violin, 4-track tape, live electronics, 2004; Dehors, bass flute, bass clarinet, percussion, 2005; in den flüssen, clarinet, cello, accordion, 2005; high tide, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), double bass, accordion, live electronics, 2005; light from the one, recorders (1 player), koto, 2006
CHORAL: Ornithopoesie (text by Pierre Garnier), 12 mixed voices, 1989; Zarte Knöpfe (texts by Matthias Roth, Pierre Garnier), female chorus, 1997
VOCAL: Bei Spuren von Wasser und Salz, voice, 11 players, 1987; Rosen (text by Ingeborg Bachmann), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1988; Klage (text by Urszula Koziol), speaker, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), bassoon, French horn, string quartet, double bass, 1991; Tout est rêver (texts by Friedrich Huch, Pierre Garnier), soprano, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), percussion, 1992; Die Antirose (texts by Yvan Goll, Claire Goll), soprano, violin, piano, 1995; ein wor()t (text from an anonymous source), speaker, flute, guitar, violin, 1996; Man könnte bleiben (texts by William Shakespeare, Jeanette Winterson), soprano, speaker, piano, 1997; brust, brut (text by Ulrike Draesner), baritone, piano, 1998; Gleissend (text by Ulrike Schuster), mezzo-soprano, percussion, 1998; Ultime tentative I-III (texts by Ulrike Schuster, Christophe Tarkos), soprano, mezzo-soprano, recorders (1 player), 1998-99; Arianna II (texts by Ulrike Schuster, anonymous sources), soprano, 2 baroque violins, baroque cello, harpsichord, 1999; MOCCOLI (text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, arranged by the composer, Ulrike Draesner), soprano, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), cello, 1999; Gewaltsame Kunde – Gibbongesänge (text by Ulrike Schuster), voice, tape, 2001; Abendamsel (text by Undine Gruenter), countertenor, bass flute, oboe, clarinet, tenor saxophone, bassoon, trumpet, viola, cello, double bass, 2 percussion, 2002; glas im bauch (texts by Ulrike Draesner, Pierre Garnier), soprano, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon, 2004
PIANO: verschattet–, 1991
MULTIMEDIA: Ich sehe den Traum des Wassers, Musikaktionen für ein mobiles Ensemble (text by Pierre Garnier), 2 voices, recorders (1 player), percussion, sculptures (by Daniel Depoutot), 1995; Couloir de la solitude, tape, room installation (by Thierry Aué), 2000; das – das – das andere ufer: FÄHRENMUSIK – Musik zum Übersetzen (text by Ulrike Draesner), 2 sopranos, trumpet, trombone, 2 tubas, 3 percussion, room installation (by Thierry Aué), 2001; auch ameisen wären gern vögel (texts by Ulrike Draesner, Ulrike Schuster, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), soprano, large mixed chorus (87 voices) (+ scenic actions), bass clarinet, accordion, 2 percussion, underwater sound installation, 2002; dans l'épaisseur d'un murmure anonyme, tape, film installation (by Karine Vonna), 2002; Journal No. 1, tenor recorder (+ soprano recorder, sopranino recorder, bass recorder), film, 2004-05; Lichtpause (texts by Ulrike Draesner, Charles Pennequin, Christophe Tarkos), soprano, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, accordion, percussion, film (by Thierry Aué), 2005
DISCOGRAPHY
Klage. Daniel Morgenroth, speaker; Friedrich Goldmann/Scharoun Ensemble (Aurophon/DZzM, 1992)
verhalten, entgleiten, entfalten. Reinbert Evers, guitar (Sächsische Tonträger/DZzM, 1994)
Ach, es... Michael Vogt, tuba (RéR, 1994)
Traumkraut; Tout est rêver; Fadensonnen; Taubenblaue Schatten haben sich vermischt; Ornithopoesie; Et la pluie se mit à tomber. Georg Mertens, flute; Volker Höh, guitar; Accroche-Note; Les Percussions de Strasbourg; Roland Kluttig/Thürmchen Ensemble; Klaus Bernbacher/Kammerensemble Pro Musica Nova Bremen; Roland Hayrabedian/Musicatreize Marseille (Wergo: 6539, 1998)
Zarte Knöpfe. Michael Gläser/Frauenchor des Bayerischen Rundfunkchores (Deutscher Musikrat: 5, 1998)
la faulx de l'été. Katja Reiser, recorders; Tan Kutay, percussion (Carpe Diem: 16256, 1999)
MOCCOLI. Carola Schlüter, soprano; Ensemble Phorminx (EMI Classics: 26189, 1999)
Unaufhörliche Schlaflosigkeit. Michael Vogt, tuba (Villa Massimo, 1999)
la faulx de l'été (second version). Carin Levine, flute; Stefan Blum, percussion (Radio Bremen, 2005)
ZEBRA. Lenka Zupkova, electric violin (Akademie der Künste Berlin, 2005)
(Last updated on March 7, 2006)
