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Hans Tutschku Portrait Concert

New Music Concert|A Farewell Celebration with performances by Tony Arnold, Amy Advocat, Ethan Chaves, Jack Yarbrough and Elizabeth England

  • Goethe-Institut Boston, Boston, MA

  • English
  • Free Admission, please RSVP

A man's portrait at Harvard University Tony Rinaldo

A man's portrait at Harvard University Tony Rinaldo

Join us for a special concert to celebrate German composer Hans Tutschku who is retiring from his position as Fanny P. Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University after 21 years. Hans has been an avid supporter of the Goethe-Institut’s mission to foster international cultural exchange and an important partner over the years. Our first collaboration took place in 2011 with Sound in Space, a festival and competition celebrating the art of Electroacoustic Music and its interpretation, which was geared towards composition students from across North America. Various symposia focused on ground-breaking debates within the German contemporary music scene followed in addition to multiple concerts at the institute. The Goethe-Institut Boston is pleased host this concert and wishes Hans all the best for life after Harvard.

Presented in cooperation with the Department of Music at Harvard University

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Concert Program:

Einst mit dir
for soprano, clarinet, violin and live-electronics
2007, 13:00 min
upon the poem "Fenster wo ich einst mit dir" by Stefan George

sparks
for piano and 8-ch live-electronics
2021, 17:00 min

Still Air 3
for oboe, bass clarinet and electronics
2014, 11:30 min

voice-unrooted
for soprano and electronics
2016, 18:00 min
Dedicated to: Tony Arnold


Performed by:

Tony Arnold – soprano
Amy Advocat – clarinet & bass clarinet
Ethan Chaves – violin
Elizabeth England – oboe
Jack Yarbrough – piano
 

Program Notes(PDF, 310 KB)

Bio

Hans Tutschku

Hans Tutschku is a composer of instrumental and electroacoustic music. In 1982 he joined the Ensemble für intuitive Musik Weimar and later studied theatre and composition in Berlin, Dresden, The Hague, Paris, and Birmingham. He collaborated in film, theatre, and dance productions, and participated in concert cycles with Karlheinz Stockhausen. Since 2004 he directs the electroacoustic studios at Harvard University.
Improvisation with electronics has been a core activity over the past 35 years. He is the winner of several international competitions, among others: Hanns Eisler Prize, Bourges, CIMESP São Paulo, Prix Ars Electronica, Prix Noroit, Prix Musica Nova, ZKM Giga-Hertz, CIME ICEM, and Klang!. In 2005 he received the Culture Prize of the City of Weimar.
Besides his regular courses at the university, he has taught international workshops for musicians and non-musicians on aspects of art appreciation, listening, creativity, composition, improvisation, live-electronics, and sound spatialization in more than 20 countries.