Michael Beil
Michael Beil (born 1963) is a German composer of contemporary music.[1]
Biography
Michael Beil studied piano and music theory at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart[2] from 1984 to 1993, where he also studied composition with Manuel Hidalgo.[1][3] In 1996, he began teaching music theory and composition at music schools in Kreuzberg and Neukölln, Berlin. Between 2000 and 2007, Beil was active in the Berlin new music scene, serving as the artistic director of the Klangwerkstatt festival[4] and co-founding the group SKART[5] with Stephan Winkler. In 2007, he was appointed professor of electronic music at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne[6] and became the director of the studio for electronic music.[7]
Beil's compositions have been performed at numerous new music festivals, including Acht Brücken[8] in Cologne (Germany), Ultraschall Berlin[9] (Germany), ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart[10] (Germany), Wien Modern (Austria), Donaueschinger Musiktage (Germany), TRANSIT[11] in Leuven (Belgium), Holland Festival (The Netherlands), and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK).[1] He has collaborated with ensembles such as Nikel,[12] musikFabrik, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Mosaik,[13] Ensemble United,[14] Ensemble Garage,[15] Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart,[16] and Nadar Ensemble[17].[1]
Awards and Honors
Michael Beil has received stipends from Künstlerhaus Wiepersdorf[18] and the Cité des Arts in Paris,[19] as well as the Heinrich-Gartentor-Stipendium[20] für Videokunst in Thun, Switzerland.[1] He is a laureate of the Camillo Togni Prize[21] and was selected for the Nachwuchsforum des Ensemble Modern in 1994. In 2023, he received the Deutscher Musikautor*innen-Preis (GEMA) for Experimental and Electronic Music Composition.[22]
Work
Beil's compositions often combine instrumental music, electronic music, and video, sometimes incorporating specific decor and props, thus bordering on music theater.[23] A central theme in his work is the decoupling of sound and movement, which he uses as building blocks to create new configurations, challenging the causal relationship between movement and sound.[24][25] His recent focus on virtuality extends this idea.[26] Notable works include Bluff for ensemble, tape, and live video (2015), and compositions for musicians without instruments, such as Key Jack (2017).
Beil frequently collaborates closely with musicians and ensembles. For Ensemble Mosaik, he composed backslash (2022), swap (2014), and Und Neun Ist Eins (1998).[27] For Nadar Ensemble, he composed exit to enter (2013), Bluff (2015), and Hide To Show (2021).[28][23]
Selected List of works[29][30]
- Stops, for piano and tape (1992)
- Nexus, for two pianos and tape (1995)
- Klavierquartett, for piano quartet and tape (1997)
- Und Neun ist Eins, for saxophone, piano, percussion, soprano and tape (1998)
- Und Acht, for accordion, tape and video (1999)
- Aus Eins mach Zehn, for orchestra and tape (2000)
- Mach Sieben, for piano tape and video (2000)
- Und Sechs, for six instruments and tape (2000)
- Aus Fünf, for six instruments with tape and video (2001)
- Die Drei, for six singers (2002)
- Batterie, for drumset and tape with optional video (2003)
- Beleuchter, for flute, violin, drumset and tape (2004)
- Die Zwei, for flute, piano, tape and video (2004)
- Brangg!, for countertenor, two actors, tape and video (2005)
- Karaoke Rebranng!, for saxophone/clarinet, violin/viola, percussion, piano, live audio and live video (2006)
- open source, for soprano, violin, viola, cello, tape and video (2008)
- Belle Nuit, for flute, violin, viola, cello, tape and video (2009)
- Doppel, for two pianos, live audio and live video (2009)
- Blinded, for countertenor, two actors, string quartet and tape (2010)
- along, for e-guitar, tape and live video (2011/2022)
- BLACKJACK, for ensemble, live audio and live video (2012)
- exit to enter, for ensemble, tape and live video (2013)
- swap, for flutes, oboes, clarinets, tape and live video (2014)
- Bluff, for ensemble, tape and live video (2015)
- sugar water, for ensemble, tape and live video (2015)
- String Jack, for cellist, tape and live video (2016)
- Key Jack / Key Jane, for pianist, tape and live video (2017)
- Caravan, for four performers, tape and live video (2017)
- transit, for six singers, ensemble, tape and live video (2018)
- mimikry, for four EWIs, live audio and live video (2020)
- Hide To Show, for ensemble, tape and live video (2021)
- Deep Blue, for two performers with controllers, live audio and live video (2022)
- backslash, for ensemble, camera operator, live audio and live video (2022)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Michael Beil - German Composer". 16 April 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "HMDK". www.hmdk-stuttgart.de.
- ↑ Beil, Michael. "CV Michael Beil". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Klangwerkstatt Berlin 2024, Festival for New Music".
- ↑ "SKART Personen Projekte Konzept". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln". Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. 2 May 2025.
- ↑ "Prof. Michael Beil". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "None".
- ↑ "Ultraschall Berlin - Festival für neue Musik // 15. - 19. Januar 2025". Ultraschall Berlin.
- ↑ "ECLAT".
- ↑ "Open mind, open ears | Festival 20·21".
- ↑ "Nikel – Contemporary Music".
- ↑ https://ensemble-mosaik.de/
- ↑ "Ensemble unitedberlin – Ensemble-in-Residence im Konzerthaus Berlin". 4 March 2024.
- ↑ "Ensemble Garage". ensemblegarage.de.
- ↑ "Neue Vocalsolisten".
- ↑ "Nadar Ensemble".
- ↑ "Schloss Wiepersdorf Alumni until 2018". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Cite des Arts Paris - Michael Beil". 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Heinrich-Gartentor-Stipendium | Institution".
- ↑ "Dedalo ensemble - Camillo Togni".
- ↑ "Deutscher Musikautor*innenpreis 2023: Die Gewinner*innen". 30 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Gielen, Pascal; Moore, Thomas R. (30 April 2024). "Hide to Show: 'Memefying' Live Music | INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology". doi:10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2022.5.8.29.
- ↑ Draus, Agnieszka (2019). "The Past in the Music of the Digital Natives of the 21st Century: The Sense or Nonsense of Post-Material Aesthetics" (PDF). Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny. 17: 136–148.
- ↑ Ciciliani, Marko (2017). "Music in the expanded field: On recent approaches to interdisciplinary composition" (PDF). Darmstädter Beiträge zur Neuen Musik. 24: 23–35.
- ↑ Moore, Thomas R. (15 July 2023). "This is My Instrument: An Approach Towards Performance Practice for Integrated Concerts". INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art and Technology (10): 90–108. doi:10.51191/issn.2637-1898.2023.6.10.90. ISSN 2637-1898.
- ↑ "ensemble mosaik - repertoire". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ "Nadar - Composers". Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ↑ Delaere, Mark (February 2019). "Beil, Michael, BIOGRAPHIE". MGG Online. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ↑ Beil, Michael. "Homepage - overview of compositions". Retrieved 17 February 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Michael Beil on Mach Sieben
- Interview with Björn Gottstein
- Michael Beil, AV – Music and Video
- Andrew J. Chung, What is Musical Meaning? Theorizing Music as Performative Utterance in Music Theory Online, Society for Music Theory, Volume 25, Number 1, March 2019
- Michael Beil's YouTube channel
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