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Laura Elise Schwendinger (* 26. Januar 1962) ist eine amerikanische Komponistin.

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Schwendinger war die erste Komponistin, die mit dem Preis der American Academy in Berlin ausgezeichnet wurde. Sie ist Professorin für Komposition an der University of Wisconsin-Madison, wo sie auch künstlerische Leiterin des Contemporary Chamber Ensemble und Leiterin der Kompositionsabteilung ist. Ihren Doktortitel erhielt sie von der University of California Berkeley, wo sie bei Andrew Imbrie und Olly Wilson studierte. Schwendinger wurde eingeladen, ihre Musik in Seminaren an der Harvard University, der Northwestern University, der University of Chicago, der Yale University, der Juilliard School, der University of California in Berkeley Davis, der University of California Los Angeles, dem San Francisco Conservatory of Music und der Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin vorzustellen. Sie war auch Dozentin bei Sommerprogrammen und Festivals wie der Bennington Conference, dem Talis Festival, New Music on the Point, dem St. Mary’s Summer Composition Intensive und war 2018 Master Artist am Atlantic Center for the Arts sowie Gastdirektorin der Irish Composition Summer School im Jahr 2016.

Schwendinger wurde in Mexiko-Stadt, D.F., Mexiko, geboren. Vor ihrer Tätigkeit in Madison war sie Professorin an der University of Illinois in Chicago und lehrte an der Musikabteilung der University of California, Santa Cruz, am Smith College und an der Preparatory Division des San Francisco Conservatory of Music, wo sie 1985 ein Programm für junge Komponisten ins Leben rief.

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Laura Elise Schwendinger (* 26 January 1962) is an American composer.

Life

Schwendinger was the first composer to win the American Academy in Berlin Prize. She is a Professor of Composition at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she is also the Artistic Director of the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble and Head of Composition. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley, where she studied with Andrew Imbrie and Olly Wilson. Schwendinger has been invited to present her music to seminars at Harvard University, Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Juilliard School, the University of California at Berkeley Davis, University of California Los Angeles, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. She has also been on faculty at summer programs and festivals like the Bennington Conference, Talis Festival, New Music on the Point, St. Mary’s Summer Composition Intensive and was a Master Artist at the Atlantic center for the Arts in 2018, as well as the Guest Director of the Irish Composition Summer School in 2016.

Schwendinger was born in Mexico City D.F. Mexico. Before her position in Madison, she was a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and taught at the Music Department of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Smith College and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Preparatory Division, where she started a program for young composers in 1985.

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Discography


Sheet music

Score for choire

For Parisfor 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choirViolaviola
Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score

for 4-stimmig4 part, Gemischter Chormixed choirViolaviola
Edition: Chorpartiturchoral score

Score for chamber music

Garden of earthly delightsfor Cellocello, Flöteflute, Gitarreguitar, Mandolinemandolin, Violaviola, Violineviolin


for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Gitarreguitar, Mandolinemandolin, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Celestial cityfor Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin


for Cellocello, Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Aviaryfor Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion


for Klavierpiano, Percussionpercussion

Arc of firefor Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin


for Cellocello, Klavierpiano, Violineviolin

Kay ryan settingsfor Cellocello, Klavierpiano


for Cellocello, Klavierpiano

Sonatafor Violineviolin


for Violineviolin

Rapturefor Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano


for Klarinetteclarinet, Klavierpiano

Nonett


Duofor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano


for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

2 little whosfor Gitarreguitar, Violineviolin


for Gitarreguitar, Violineviolin

Lamentfor Cellocello, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Violineviolin

Three's a crowdfor Hornfrench horn, Posaunetrombone, Trompetetrumpet


for Hornfrench horn, Posaunetrombone, Trompetetrumpet

Van Gogh Nocturnesfor Klavierpiano


for Klavierpiano

Chansons Innocentesfor Klavierpiano


for Klavierpiano

Aurorafor Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

for Flöteflute, Klavierpiano

Iridosfor Flöteflute


for Flöteflute

High Wire Actfor Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

for Cellocello, Flöteflute, Klavierpiano, Violaviola, Violineviolin

Pointillismsfor Klavierpiano


    • Point of Departure (3:11)
  • Pedal-Point (4:00)
  • Point of Balance (3:50)
  • Boiling-Point (2:25)
  • Exclamation Point (3:36)
for Klavierpiano

Score for orchestra

Eclipse
Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score



Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score

Animal rhapsody
Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score



Edition: Orchesterpartiturorchestral score