composer

Hannes Dufek (* 1984, in Vienna, Austria) studied composition and musical theory with Chaya Czernowin and Michael Obst at the university of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He graduated in 2012 and works as a free-lance composer and organiser for contemporary music. He is very interested both in intra-musical and aesthetical questions as well as social, cultural and power-political issues. In 2006, he co-founded and became chairman of the new music group „Platypus“ which engages vitally in the promotion and presentation of new music by young and emerging composers, the focus there being to broaden the general scope of concerts programs and increase plurality. Most significant endeavours among the many projects of the group since its founding (2006) include a festival for young contemporary music („Composer's Marathon“, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013), a non-limited and open call for scores for the ensemble Platypus, various artistic exchanges and tournees in Europe and South America, and, most recently, a very ambitious recording project in collaboration with the Austrian new music/crossover label col legno (www.col-legno.com).

As a composer, Hannes Dufek received commissions by Wien Modern festival („große musik“ 2009), by the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater („Sturmkind“, a musical theatre for children, 20012), by the group „makemake produktionen („MOMO oder die Legende vom Jetzt“, another musical theatre for children, 2011, awarded with the STELLA-award 2012 in the category „Outstanding Music“ ), by the Tonkünstler Orchester („Major Dux“, world-premiered in 2013) and the Austrian Ensemble reconsil (2013, 2014) as well as the Austrian Society for contemporary music, the Swiss contemporary music duo Ums'n'Jip, the Austrian recorder faculty PLENUM, among others.. He has been granted the START-grant by the Austrian ministry of Educations, Arts and Culture in 2010, his ensemble work „landschaft_ interpretation (…) was awarded with the 1st prize in the RuhrTriennale 2010 composition contest. He was composer in residence at the Shanghai New Music Week 2013.

Upcoming compositional projects include an ambitious new work for Cembalo solo and pre-recorded Cembalo layers, a new piece for the Ensemble Platypus, a long experimental piece for piano solo. In 2014, his string quartet „horizon a rose the other“ will be world-premiered at the ISCM World Music Days in Wroclaw/Poland. A few of his works are published by Verlag Neue Musik Berlin. Hannes is currently living in Vienna.


works (excerpt)

2007
(Inner) Solare Musik for ensemble
[WP.: 07.10.2007 / Marathon II Festival for young contemporary music / IGNM-Festival 2007, Wiener Konzerthaus, Berio-Saal, Ensemble Phidias, C.W. Breidler (Ltg.), published: MICA Young Austrian Composers, CD-Serie und PR-Projekt]

2008
and rain for six flutes, violin, viola
[WP: University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna]

...ist eine flirrende realität for baroque violin, baroque cello and percussion
[WP: 13.11.2008 / Marathon III Festival for young contemporary music / Wien modern 2008, WUK Großer Saal, Anna Rebekka Ritter (Vl.), Niklas Seidl, (Vc.), Matthew Jenkins, (Perc.), publisher: Verlag Neue Musik Berlin]

2009
das weite feld der seele beizeiten zu beackern for viola, clarinet, violoncello, horn
[WP: 14.05.2009 / ...die Welt in Klang gefasst - Musik der Zeit I, Kirche St. Michael / Heiligenstadt, Marie Yamanaka (Vla.), Ryuta Iwase (Cl.), Elisaveta Sharakhovskaya, (Vc.), Oliver Gilg, (Hrn.), publisher: Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin, 2013]

große musik for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and tuba (commissioned by festival Wien modern 2009)
[WP: 15.11.2009 / „Gesprächskonzert III“ - Wien modern 2009, Ens. Platypus, Jaime Wolfson (Cond.), publisher: Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin]

2010
landschaft_ __interpretation;
wiederkehr, neuanfang, spiegelung;
verdopplung.____ bild.
(die strahlkraft des augenblicks) Übungen in Vergänglichkeit I
for ensemble in two groups
[WP: 01.05.2010, MusikTriennale Köln, final concert of the composition competition, WDR Großer Sendesaal
Thürmchen Ensemble, Peter Rundel (Cond.); publisher: Verlag Neue Musik, Berlin]

2011
MOMO oder die Legende vom Jetzt for clarinet, viola, accordeon, voices, solo-Soprano, (musical theatre for young and old audiences) ukulele, VHF-transmitters and tapes (commissioned by Verein makemake produktionen for Dschungel Wien modern 2011)
[WP: 11.11.2011, Dschungel Wien modern 2011 / Wien modern 2011, Elisabeth Rombach (solo-Soprano), Theresia Schmidinger (clarinets, radios), Jelena Poprzan (viola, radios), Bojana Popovicki (accordeon, radios), Katja Göhler, Michèle Rohrbach, David Berger, Simon Dietersdorfer, Micha Pöllmann, (acting, voices)]

meerend zeitig menschoid for spatialised orchestra, soloists
[no performances so far]

Unstern I-V for soprano, violin, alto flute, clarinet, piano
[WP: 29.08.2011, I Bienal do Música Hoje, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Ensemble Platypus / Wolfson, publisher: Platypus Selected Works Vol. II The Bittersweet, see www.col-legno.com/platypus,
and Verlag Neue Musik Berlin]

2012
der horizont, eine rose, das andere. Übungen in Vergänglichkeit II for string quartet, VHF-transmitters and pre-produced string quartet layers
[WP will take place at the WNMD 2014 in Breclaw/Poland, by Wieniawski Quartet, October 2014]

Sturmkind (musical theatre for children) mezzo-Soprano, tenor, various voices, violin, clarinet, tuba, percussion, mandolin, melodicas (commissioned by Oldenburgisches Staatstheater)
[WP: 07.11.2012, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Kleines Haus. Geneviève King (mezzo-Soprano), Ziad Nehme (Tenor), Gabriella Paterson (violin, melodica, voice) Dagmar Ludwig (clarinets, melodica, voice), Eckhard Meyer (tuba/trombone, melodica, voice), Andreas Heuwagen (percussion, voice)

2012/13
Major Dux for orchestra, acting, live-drawing (commissioned by NÖ Tonkünstler)
[WP: 20.3.2013, Tonspiele, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Großer Saal, Tonkünstler Niederösterreich, Guido Mancusi (cond.), Simon Dietersdorfer (acting), Birgit Kellner (live-drawing)]

2013
As if it were gravity (Müll I) for ensemble, diverse sound-producing devices and - (commissioned by Ensemble reconsil) gameboy-sounds
[WP: Reconsil Exploring the World, planned for Dec. 2014]

void mechanics Übungen in Vergänglichkeit IIIa (commissioned by ÖGZM) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, four pre-produced quartet layers, VHF-transmitters, dictaphones, diverse soundproducing devices
[WP (Ed. I): 05.10.2013, Marathon V - Festival for young contemporary music, Wiener Konzerthaus, Berio-Saal, Ensemble Platypus, George Jackson (Cond.), (Ed. II): 10.05.2014, „im Banne des Unbekannten IX, Ensemble Platypus, Jaime Wolfson (Cond..)]

Supernova (musical theatre, together with Simon Dietersdorfer) (commissioned by makemake produktionen)
for tapes, Moog-bass, live-guitar, acting, dictaphons, diverse sound-producing devices
[WP: 22.09.2013, szene bunte wähne Theaterfestival, Radessen near Horn, NÖ, Patrick Stürböth (live-guitar, electronics, production), Michèle Rohrbach, Teresa Vittucci, Nikolai Bosshardt, Oskar Jeglitsch, (acting, voices) as well as juvenile project participants Julia Hundlinger, Marlene Pökl, Sabine Dintl, Safija Semic (acting, guides, dictaphones)

2013-14
arresting images. fragments of a media society for solo cembalo with tapes, looper, live-electronics (installation / work in progress/Rhizom (Boulez))
[WP: planned for 2014/2015, Maja Mijatovic (cembalo, looper, electronics), Hannes Dufek (electronics)]

upcoming / currently working on:
weil die dinge im fluss bleiben müssen Übungen in Vergänglichkeit IV for clarinet, violin, piano (commissioned by Ensemble Platypus for re:construction 2014)
[WP: 16.06.2014, Kunitachi Hitsotubashi Universität, Tokio/Japan, Ensemble Platypus]

seelenfeld_palimpseste for flute, bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, piano (commissioned by Ensemble Reconsil)
[WP: 14.05.2014, Schönberg Center Wien, Ensemble Reconsil]

band/linie/horizont I for solo piano
[WP: 07.06.2014, Forum Neue Musik Wallis, Schweiz, Jaime Wolfson]

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