Hans Tutschku

Hans Tutschku (born 1966) is a German composer.

Tutschku was born in Weimar, East Germany. He has been a member of the Ensemble for Intuitive Music Weimar since 1982. He studied composition of electronic music at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, Dresden, and since 1989 has participated in several concert cycles of Karlheinz Stockhausen to study the art of the sound direction. He further studied sonology and electroacoustic composition in 1991–92 at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, the Netherlands.

In 1994 there followed a one-year study residency at IRCAM in Paris. He taught during 1995–1996 as a guest professor of electroacoustic composition in Weimar. In 1996, he participated in composition workshops with Klaus Huber and Brian Ferneyhough. From 1997 until 2001 he taught electroacoustic composition at IRCAM in Paris and from 2001 to 2004 taught at the Conservatory of Montbéliard. In May 2003 he completed a doctorate (Ph.D.) with Jonty Harrison at the University of Birmingham. During the spring term of 2003 he was the Edgar Varèse Guest Professor at Technische Universität Berlin.

Since September 2004, Tutschku has held the position of Professor of Music at Harvard University and Director of Harvard's Studio for Electroacoustic Composition. During the last few years he has been invited to give master classes in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Singapore, Budapest, Darmstadt, Florence, Milano and Rome. He is the winner of many international composition competitions including: Bourges, CIMESP São Paulo, Hanns Eisler Prize, Prix Ars Electronica, Prix Noroit, Prix Musica Nova, ZKM Giga-Hertz, CIME ICEM and Klang!. In 2005 he received the . In 2013 he held a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and in 2014 a stipend from the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission.

List of works

1987 – Durchdringung, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 6:40 min 1987 – Hommage à Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 10:51 min 1989 – Sein wirkliches Herz, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 9:10 min 1989 – Übergänge, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 8:50 min 1991 – Die zerschlagene Stimme, 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 10:14 min CD 1991 – Drei Traumgesichter, for English horn and electronics, 11:30 min 1992 – The Metal Voice, for percussion and tape, 11:30 min 1994 – Nachts, for violoncello, bass clarinet, percussion and electronics, 15:00 min 1995 – Freibrief für einen Traum, for soprano, flute, cello, percussion and electronics, 12:30 min 1995 – Sieben Stufen, 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 13:00 min CD 1996 – ...erinnerung..., 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 10:10 min CD 1996 – Der unsichtbare Hörturm, open air sound installation 1996 – Flammenklang Meiningen, 16 hot air balloon engines, dancers, choir, ensemble and electronics, 60:00 min 1996 – les invisibles, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 12:30 min CD 1996 – rapprochement-éloignement, for mezzo-soprano, flute, viola and harp, 10:30 min 1997 – Verdichtung, for two choirs and electronics, 13:00 min 1998 – Départs, for soprano, percussion, 10 instruments and electronics, 17:30 min 1998 – extrémités lointaines, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 16:24 min CD 1998 – Lissabon Project, music for the ballet "Lissabon-Projekt" 1998 – The breath, the air, the light, (Der Atem, die Luft, das Licht) film music for Marco Gastini 1999 – Das bleierne Klavier, for piano and live-electronics, 12:00 min CD 1999 – Die Kirche als Klangskulptur, 16-channel sound installation 1999 – Eikasia, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 12:15 min CD 1999 – human–space–factory, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 11:49 min CD 1999 – NochDreiSekundenSchwarz, video in collaboration with Kerstin Wagener, ZKM Karlsruhe 2000 – Epexergasia – Neun Bilder, 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 12:03 min CD 2000 – résorption-coupure, 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 14:27 min 2000 – SprachSchlag, for percussion and live-electronics, 14:00 min 2001 – memory-fragmentation, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 11:44 min 2001 – Migration pétrée, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 13:35 min CD 2002 – Cito, for French horn, piano and live-electronics 2002 – La joie ivre, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 10:24 min CD 2002 – Trois structures, for Baschet Resonators and live-electronics 2002 – Vibrations décomposées, 4-channel electroacoustic composition, 5:30 min 2004 – Cinq espaces du crépuscule, for organ and live-electronics, 20:00 min 2004 – object – obstacle, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 12:29 min CD 2004 – Rituale, 32-channel electroacoustic composition for wave field synthesis (WFS), 15:06 min 2004 – Rojo, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 15.06 min CD 2004 – Similis, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 13:55 min 2005 – Die Süsse unserer traurigen Kindheit, Music theater, 80:00 min 2006 – Salut du Mexique, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 2:37 min 2006 – Winternacht, for piano, percussion and live-electronics, 13:00 min CD 2007 – Dialog für zwei Instrumentalgruppen 2007 – Distance liquide, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 13:00 min CD 2007 – Einst mit dir, for soprano, clarinet, violin and live-electronics, 13:00 min 2007 – pour B., 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 5:00 min 2007 – Shore, for oboe and live-electronics, 11:20 min 2007 – Tell Me! ... a secret ..., interactive sound and video installation 2007 – Zellen-Linien, for piano and live-electronics, 19:00 min 2008 – Monochord, 2-channel electroacoustic composition, 12:14 min 2008 – Zwei Räume, 24-channel electroacoustic composition, 21:00 min CD 2009 – Ailleurs – Intérieur, sound installation in three parts 2009 – fragile connections, for violin, French horn and piano 2009 – Klangwald – Lichtgestein, open-air multimedia composition with sound and light projection 2009 – Polyvision, for dance, video and ensemble, 40:00 min 2009 – Terra Infirma, music for a choreography by Larissa Douglas Koch 2010 – agitated slowness, 24-channel electroacoustic composition, 33.00 min 2010 – Firmament – schlaflos, 16-channel electroacoustic composition, 20.25 min CD 2010 – Irrgärten, for two pianos and live-electronics, 24:00 min 2011 – behind the light, for string quartet and electronics, 15:00 min 2011 – Klaviersammlung, 16-channel electroacoustic composition, 9:58 min CD 2012 – clin d’oreille d’Avignon, 8-channel electroacoustic composition, 10:00 min 2012 – entwurzelt, for six singers and electronics, 16:00 min 2012 – hommage à Schwitters, interactive sound sculpture 2012 – one minute for John Cage, for ensemble (as part of the Party Pieces Project), 1:00 min 2012 – unreal memories, outdoor sound installation for the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts 2013 – Still Air 1, for bass clarinet and electronics, 11:30 min 2013 – under, for flute, oboe, clarinet, two violins, viola, violoncello, percussion, piano and electronics, 14:40 min 2014 – collaboration, interactive sound sculpture 2014 – Interlaced 1, for bass clarinet and electronics, 10:15 min 2014 – Issho ni, 16-channel electroacoustic composition, 31:00 min CD 2014 – Still Air 2, for oboe and electronics, 11:30 min 2014 – Still Air 3, for oboe, bass clarinet and electronics, 11:30 min 2014 – The other side, interactive sound sculptures and photo installation 2015 – encounter, improvisation with Vijay Iyer (piano) and Hans Tutschku (live-electronics), 29:00 min 2015 – pressure – divided, for violoncello and 8-channel live-electronics, 18:00 min 2015 – resonating lines, for violin, violoncello, piano, percussion and electronics, 15:00 min 2015 – Shadow of bells, for piano and electronics, 23:00 min 2016 – codification – memory, for soprano, percussion, nine instruments and live-electronics, 22:00 min 2016 – periods of existence, for ten instruments, 17:30 min 2016 – Pneuma(tic) Bodies, improvisation with Jill Johnson (dance) and Hans Tutschku (live-electronics) 2016 – Remembering Japan – part 1, 16 channel electroacoustic composition, 9:48 min CD 2016 – voice – unrooted, for soprano and electronics, 16:00 min 2017 – nighttime songs from afar, sound and light installation, 40:00 min 2017 – virtual bodies, for piano and live-electronics, 13:30 min 2018 – dark matter – avalanche, 24-channel electroacoustic composition, 14:45 min 2018 – Linien Texturen, graphic score for 4 players + 8channel fixed media sounds, 16:00 min 2018 – moments before the eruption, for seven instruments and electronics, 18:30 min 2018 – percussion forest, for 16 computerized percussion mallets and 24 loudspeakers, 25:00 min 2019 – Spannungsresonanzen, radio play, 8:30 min

Discography

9 Trajectoires, a CD box by Ina GRM 2018 Auf Abwegen, DegeM-CD15 2017 Firmament, empreintes DIGITALes 2015 Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology 30 Jahre Inventionen ICMC 2009 CIMESP, 14th international Electroacoustic Music Contest of Sao Paulo Musik in Deutschland 1950–2000, Deutscher Musikrat Migration, Arizona University Recordings LLC, AUR CD 3134 2007 Für kommende Zeiten, Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar plays Karlheinz Stockhausen DVD – 50 Jahre TU Studio Berlin Klangreise, Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar (EFIM) 2004 Computer Music Journal, volume 27, 2003 15.+16. Tage Dresdner Tage Zeitgenössischer Musik Compendium International, IMEB Bourges 2000 Presence II, Productions électro Productions (PeP) 2000 MOMENT, empreintes DIGITALes 2000 eXcitations, empreintes DIGITALes 2000 Prix Ars Electronica Linz, 1998 Ausbruch Aufbruch, DegeM CD04 1998 Prix International Noroit – Léonce Petitot, 1998 electroNIquE, CD for the opening of the electronic studios at the University Singapore CIMESP São Paulo, 1995 Ausbruch der Klänge, Ensemble für Intuitive Musik Weimar in Mexico City 1994 Stimmen...Klänge, DegeM CD01 1994