Dorothée Hahne

Dorothée Hahne (* 1966 in Bonn) is a German composer. She studied the trumpet at the Music Academies in Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Biographie

In 1988 she founded the Renitent-Quartet, with whom she performed her own compositions at art exhibitions and festivals. Together with the artists MAF Räderscheidt Martin Kätelhön (light projections) she composed pieces for wind instruments (including trumpet, alphorn, didgeridoo) and live electronics. Alongside numerous performances and concerts in museums, galleries and art associations, she has also composed several instrumental and electronic pieces, film music, and settings of poems, has worked on audiobook projects and composed commissioned pieces.

One feature of her compositions in the use of electronic means is the renunciation of any form of sound synthesis. The electronics serve exclusively to create repetition of, and variations on naturally produced sounds. The composer also devotes herself passionately to providing sound for church interiors with concert projects specially designed to take account of the particular acoustics.

As for content, her later compositions centrally reflect a confrontation with German history (for example Die Hoffnungsfalle [The Hope Trap] - a Performance on German Re-unification, Ode to Anne for 7 Trumpets), European history (for example Theophanu - a concert project on the life of the eponymous empress) and the theme of women and spirituality (for example commentari - a suite for recorders, didgeridoo & live electronics, based on the legend of the virgin St Ursula).

Awards and career

  • 1995 scholarship for young artists awarded by the Literaturbuero NRW
  • 1996 culture prize of the town of Herford, and the Bernd Alois Zimmermann scholarship awarded by the city of Cologne.
  • 1999 Begin of collaboration with the recorder virtuoso Dorothee Oberlinger.
  • 2000 formation of the newsic ensemble (Maria Jonas, Dorothee Oberlinger, Norbert Rodenkirchen, since 2004 with Dorothee Mields, since 2007 with Johanna Krumin)
  • 2001 first winner of the grant initiated by Christina Rau (wife of the then German President) for composition awarded by the Stiftung Kunst und Kultur NRW, to live and work at the 'artists village' in Schoeppingen (Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schoeppingen)
  • 2002 scholarship awarded by the North Rhine Westphalia state ministry of culture to work and study in Rome & project grant to work at the Stiftung Kuenstlerdorf Schoeppingen
  • 2002 as prizewinner of the StartArt competition she formed the newsic company for publishing and producing new music and audiobooks.
  • 2005 Bundeskonzert of GEDOK, Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
  • 2006 "composer in residence" - 42. Deutscher Kammermusikkurs ”Jugend musiziert“ - Deutscher Musikrat

Works (selection)

  • Die Hoffnungsfalle - a free adaptation of a string quartet by Joseph Haydn for Alphorn, Live Electronics and Light Projections 1990
  • Milch & Honig for Trumpet, Didgeridoo & Live Electronics 1993
  • farbE musik instrumental and electronic compositions from the 1990s
  • @homo concert for Soprano, String Quartet, Live Electronics and Light Projections 1998
  • Unita electronic compositions on the theme of German unity 1999
  • commentari suite for Recorders, Didgeridoo & Live Electronics 1999/2000
  • Theophanu concert for Soprano, Recorders, Flutes & Live Electronics 2000
  • MultiSolo 3.3 in memoriam 11/9 for recorder, harp & violoncello 2001
  • NullOrt sound installation at Muenster-Osnabrueck airport 2002
  • Stella Maris for Soprano, Recorder & Live Electronics 2003
  • The Happy Prince von Oscar Wilde - audiobook with music, CD newsic 2004
  • RestZeit for Violin & Live Electronics 2005
  • Multiple 8 for 8 Cellos & Live Electronics 2006
  • dance macabre for Descant Recorder & Live Electronics 2006
  • Luscinia Fantasy for Descant Recorder, Nightingale calls & Live Electronics, based on Engels Nachtigaltje by Jacob van Eyck 2007
  • Spinnereimaschinen Music for Soprano, Recorders & Live Electronics (first performed at the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Musiksommer 2007 in Leipzig by the ensemble newsic)
  • Quellenquartet Fantasy for 4 Instruments & Live-Elektronik UA Jugend Musiziert 2008 Quartett Fontaine
  • Sonnengesang for Recorder & Live-Elektronik UA Bundeswettbewerb Jugend Musiziert 2008 (Dominik Werle)
  • Tanz for Terpsichore for Alto saxophon & Akkordeon 2009 (for Common Contrasts)

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