Basic Info
Name: Erhard Karkoschka
Country of Origin: CZ
Description
biography is courtesy of the artist’s website:
“Erhard Karkoschka, born 6.3.1923 in Moravská Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, after the war violinist in the Bareuth Symphony Orchestra. Then studied Composition, Conducting and Musicology. His doctoral Thesis deals with the development of the compositional techniques in the early works of Anton Webern.
From 1948 to 1968 directed the Choir and Orchestra at the University Hohenheim, the former Agricultural College, also the “Hohenheimer Schloßkonzerte”.
Since 1958 teaches at the Staatlichen Hochschule for Music and Dramatic Art Stuttgart.
In 1962 he founded there his Ensemble for New Musik, which broke away from the school in 1976 and now estist as the CONTACT-ENSEMBLE.
Since 1973 he is director of the Studio for Electronic Music at the Hochschule.
1995 Ehrensenator.
1987 emeritiert.
1996 ausgeschieden.
From 1964 till 1972 was member of the executive commitee of the Institute für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung Darmstadt and is,
from 1974 till 1980, President of the Gesellschaft für neue Musik, West germany Section of the international Society for Contemporary Music.
From 1976 till 1984 Advisory Editor to the Belgian-Dutch publication INTERFACE, Journal for new Music research.
1987 august and september Courese and lectures in this South-African universities: Durban, Grahamstown, Kapstadt, Zululand und Westville.
1993 Seminars at the First International Courses for Composition, Interpretation and Notation in Ivancha (Moldova)
October: Seminars at the Asian Contemporary Music Festival in Seoul and at Universities in Yonsei, Chungang, Sungshin, and at the Conservatoire Chugye.
1994 april: Introductions into and performances of several electronic compositions of mine.
september/october: Lectures and seminars in the Central Conservatory of Music and in the Musiccollege for Chinese Muic in Beijing.
Contract with the Chinese Edition PEOPLES MUSIC PUBLISHING HOUSE about the publication of the Chinese version of my book “Notation in New Music”.
1995 Conducted the opening concert of the “Week for New Music” in Kishinew with compositions by Schönberg, Webern, Hempel and two of mine.
2001 South Africa in Stellenbosch and Durban concert and seminar about timecomposition and analyse from new music.
2001 Wien: with “Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart”, seminar about “Musikalische Graphik”
Received Commissions for works from Biennale zagreb, the Land Rheinland-Pfalz, the Deutscher Sängerbund, the Kulturkries im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie, etc.;Competition Prize from the national Olympic Commitee, several from the “Künstlergilde Esslingen”, the town Stuttgart, the Schwäbischer Sä,ngerbund, 1982 Moutserrat, 1999 M.Ensle-Prize der Kunststiftung Badeb-Württemberg.
Catalogue of works includes compositions for Orchestra, Choir, Organ, Chamber and Scenic Music for various instruments; also electronic Music, Multi-Media Projects; a Musical Constuction Set (Box), Instructions for Group Improvisation, Music for Musicians and Auduence, etc.
Is author of a book on the Notation, published in German, English and Japanese; and of two other on the Analysis of New Music. In China published a course of Aural Training only using New Music, and a collection of Essays. His publications in musical journals deals with questions concerning contemporary music, in addition there are book criticisms and radio programmes.”
image is courtesy of the 16 4 66 Portfolio
