Erik Freitag

Erik Freitag
Erik Freitag
Born	February 1, 1940 (age 86); Vienna, Austria
Education	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna; Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1964–present

Erik Freitag (born 1 February 1940) is an Austrian composer and violinist.

Life

Born in Vienna, Freitag studied violin at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, with, among others, Eduard Melkus and composition with Karl-Birger Blomdahl at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.

From 1964 to 1967, he was violinist in the Sveriges Radio Symfoniorchester and from 1967 to 1970 in the Stockholms Filharmoniska Orchester. He then directed the Vienna-Ottakring Music School until 2003. In 1987, together with Eugene Hartzell [de] and René Staar, he founded the "Ensemble Wiener Collage", which is dedicated to the interpretation of contemporary works, especially by Austrian composers.

Awards

1975: Förderungspreis des Bundesministeriums für Unterricht und Kunst
1979: Förderungspreis der Stadt Wien
1988: Theodor Körner Prize
1996: Composer in Residence der Northwestern University of Michigan

Work

Hymnus – cantata for speaker, tenor, mixed choir, alto flute, harp, vibraphone and violin, 1970
Kleine Suite für Streicher und Klavier, 1972
Moving Studies – Szenen für Tänzer, 1973
Drei Stücke für Streichquartett, 1976
Drei Miniaturen für Klavier zu vier Händen, 1977
Divertimento für Bläserquintett, 1977
Transformationen – für Violine und Klavier nach der lettischen Weise "Araji, ecetaji", 1978
Suite für Orchester – aus ‘Moving Studies’, 1978
Limericks – (5 songs for mezzo and 6 instruments), 1978
Zwei Sätze für Streicher, 1980
Sonate (Nachtstücke) für Violine und Viola, 1980
Suite für die Jugend for Orchestra, 1981
Elegie und Tanz für Oboe und Streichquartett, 1981
Ouverture danoise for Orchestra, 1982
El retablo de la catedral de Tarragona, 1982, 1992, 2000
Quasi una marcia for chamber orchestra, 1983
Strindberg – Licht und Schatten – (ljus och skugga), 1985, 2008
Linee per violino solo, 1985
Drei Stücke für Klavier, 1985
Hommage à un grand artiste, 1986
Triade, 1987
Passages in the wind – (baritone and 7 instruments), 1987
Konzert für Violine und Orchester, 1998
Seis canciones castellanas, 1989
Quintett 1989
Zwölf Duos für zwei Violinen, 1990
Sonate für Violoncello und Klavier, 1990
Reflections in air für Streichtrio, 1990
Helle Nacht für Streichorchester, 1990
Augenblick eines Fauns für Altflöte, 1990
Nocturne, 1992
Idun, 1992
Yotziguanazí – Tres leyendas centroamericanas, 1994
Triaphonie I, 1995
Soul-Sky – after the poem by John Gracen Brown, 1995
Immagini, 1995
Circuits Magiques – pour quatuor à cordes, 1996
Triaphonie II, 1997
Triaphonie III, 1998
in der todesstunde von alfons alfred schmidt, Stage play for singers, speaker and 7 instrumentalists, 1998
Quintett 2000
6 Lieder für mittlere Stimme und Schlagzeug, 2000
Triaphonie IV, 2001
Canciones Espanolas Antiguas, 2001
Concerto da Camera for chamber orchestra, 2002
Pablos Galerie, 2004
Marsyas&Apollo, 2004
En svensk jullegend (A Swedish Christmas legend), 2005
Triaphonie V – Omar Khayyam, 2006
Concertino für Marimba und Streicher, 2006

References

↑ Freitag Erik on Music Austria
↑ Erik Freitag on Ensemble Wiener collage
↑ Erik Freitag on Musicalics
↑ Erik Freitag on AllMusic
↑ "Ensemble Wiener Collage". ewc.at. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

External links

Erik Freitag discography at Discogs

[1] Freitag Erik on Music Austria

[2] Erik Freitag on Ensemble Wiener collage

[3] Erik Freitag on Musicalics

[4] Erik Freitag on AllMusic

[ewc-5] "Ensemble Wiener Collage". ewc.at. Retrieved 2021-08-06.

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Erik Freitag
Born	(1940-02-01) February 1, 1940 (age 86) Vienna, Austria
Education	University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna Royal Swedish Academy of Music
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1964–present