Ingomar Grünauer
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Ingomar Grünauer (born 11 August 1938 in Melk) is a contemporary Austrian composer. The focus of his work is on pieces in smaller forms for music theatre. His opera Cantor - Die Vermessung des Unendlichen, which deals with the existential conflicts in the life of the revolutionary mathematician Georg Cantor (1845-1918), was premiered on 10 November 2006 at the Halle Opera House under the direction of Roger Epple.
- Chamber opera Lipmanns Leib (Wiesbaden 1961)
- Chamber opera Die Schöpfungsgeschichte des Adolf Wölfli[1] (Basel 1981)
- Opera Amleth und Fengo (Heidelberg 1982)
- musikalisches Kammerspiel Die Mutter (after Maxim Gorki, Basel 1988)
- Chamber operetta in 17 sensitive pictures Die Rache einer russischen Waise (after Henri Rousseau, Saarbrücken 1993)
- Opera in 11 scenes Winterreise (text Fr. Micieli, Lucerne 1994).[2]
Education and career
- 1950–1961: Studies at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien: Conducting (Hans Swarowsky), piano (Richard Hauser) and composition (Karl Schiske)
- 1959: artistic Maturity Examination in Conducting and music composition
- 1957, 1959 and 1961: Participation in the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
- 1961–1968: Kapellmeister and Korrepetitor at the Theater & Orchester Heidelberg.
- 1968–1982: Teacher in primary, secondary and comprehensive schools in Schwandorf (Upper Palatinate) and in Wiesbaden.
- 1974: Assistant lecturer in scenic music at the University of Salvador da Bahia.
- Since 1982: Professor for aesthetics and communication (Schwerpunkt Theaterarbeit und kulturelle Animation) an der Fachhochschule Frankfurt.[3]
Prizes and awards
- 1960: First Prize at the International Composition Competition of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
- 1966: Cultural Week Prize of the City of Innsbruck
- 1969: Promotion Prize of the Province of Lower Austria
- 1982: Culture Prize of the City of Wiesbaden
Composition commissions
- Musiktheater Gelsenkirchen
- Städtische Bühne Heidelberg
- Staatstheater Stuttgart
- Staatstheater Wiesbaden
- Kultusministerium Baden-Württemberg
- Stadttheater Luzern
- Theater Basel
- ORF
- Staatstheater Saarbrücken
- Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur des Staates Österreich
