Horst Lohse Komponist

1943

born at Kulmbach am Main 

1964-67

Studies at the Pedagogical University Bayreuth 

1967-70

Teacher and choral conductor

1970-72

Studies at the Mozarteum University Salzburg: composition with Helmut Eder, violin with Jürgen Geise and Hermann Kienzl, Music Education with Barbara Haselbach, Wilhelm Keller and Hermann Regner 
Master classes with Bogusław Schaeffer and the Austrian Ensemble for Contemporary Music 

1972

Prize for outstanding artistic achievement at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
WP Bagatellen für Streichquartett and Movements at Salzburg 

1972-76

Studies at the University of Music Würzburg: composition with Bertold Hummel, musical theory and analysis with Klaus Hinrich Stahmer 

1972-2005

Teacher in music model classes at Bamberg 

1973

Förderungspreis für Komposition der Musikalischen Akademie Würzburg 
WP Floating for Strings, Exercises and Imaginations at Würzburg 

1974

Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart für Cantos sinfónicos 

1975

Artistic State Examination in composition
Theory teacher exam
WP Quartett at Würzburg 
WP Laetare Jerusalem (Léopold Sédar Senghor) at Nuremberg 

1975-76

Master student in composition with Bertold Hummel 

1976

WP Lyrics at Bamberg 

1977

WP Alliances inusitées at Bayreuth 
WP La morte d’Orfeo at Montepulciano (Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte) 
WP Floating for Strings (orchestral version) at Bamberg 

1977-84

Lecturer at the University of Music Würzburg 

1979

WP Solitude I at Bamberg 
WP Des Teufels goldene Haare at Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater) 
WP Epitaph für Nizami at Coburg (Landestheater) 

1980

WP Solitude II (quasi un’elegia) at Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater) 
Solitude I at Kiel and Hanover 

1981

WP Retour at Berlin 

1982

Orchestral Composition Prize awarded by the Cultural Committee of German Business within the Federation of German Industries and the Society for Contemporary Music 
Prize winner at the European Composition Competition of the Aaarhus Symphony Orchestra 
WP Sisyphos at Leverkusen 

1983

Honorary Endowment of the City of Bamberg 
WP Brahms-Metamorphosen and Moments de passion at Bamberg 
WP Phoenix (Hommage à Scriabine) at Nuremberg 

1984

Prize winner at the International Carl Maria von Weber Competition for ballet compositions at the Dresden Music Festival 

1985

WP Nocturne - Aubade at Bielefeld 
WPCantos sinfónicos (Federico García Lorca) at Nuremberg 

1986

Co-founder of Neue Musik in Bamberg and Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg 
WP Bamberg Symphony  

1987

WP Divergenz at Leverkusen 
WP Rounds and Interludes, Laetare Jerusalem (choir version), Solitude III and Aprilmusik at Bamberg 

1987-93

Jury member and lecturer at the competition Jugend komponiert of Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland 

1988

WP Rückert-Lieder at Schweinfurt 
WP Auf einen Stein am Weg geschrieben (Rubén Darío | Beltrán Morales | Gioconda Belli) at Braunschweig (New Akademy) 
WP La morte d’Orfeo (orchestral version) at Nuremberg 
Phoenix at Donaueschingen 

1989

WP Brahms-Reflexionen at Leverkusen 
WP Der eingebildet Kranke at Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater) 
CD Roseau-Quintett (tgf records): Nocturne - Aubade 

1990

WP The Seven Deadly Sins in Bonn 

1991

WP Five Portraits (nach Homer’s Odyssey) at Bamberg 
WP Aus der Tiefe at Nuremberg 
The Seven Deadly Sins at Erlangen, Frankfurt and Nuremberg 

1992

WP Greetings at Bayreuth 

1993

WP Abschied and Die Zeit ist ein uferloser Fluss at Bamberg (Villa Dessauer) 
Lecture at Bayreuth (composition workshop of the International Youth Music Festival) 
Participation at the 1st International Piano Forum …antasten… at Heilbronn 

1994

WP Bird Monument, Decomposing at Bayreuth 
WP Drei Lieder (Edgar Allan Poe) at Halle (Handel House)
WP Chant à l’amitié at Nuremberg (St. Sebaldus) 
CD Mythen in Musik. ambitus 97814  

1995

WP Spells for Bells at Bamberg 
WP Transitions on top of the Waldstein (Festival Mitte Europa) 
Bird Monument, Decomposing at Würzburg, Leiden (Made in Leiden 5), Bayreuth, Halle and Bamberg 

1996

WP A. Schmidts Monde at Almada, Portugal 
WP G-A-M-E-S at Erlangen 
Lecture at Jesi, Ancona (Incontri internazionali di musica contemporanea) 
CD Brahms-Reflexionen. ambitus 97935 
CD Trio con variationi. ambitus 97936  

1997

WP The Four Last Things at Bamberg (Joseph-Keilberth-Saal) 
A. Schmidts Monde at Zürich 

1998

A. Schmidts Monde at Nuremberg, Würzburg, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Heilbronn, Freiburg and Fulda 

1999

Berganza-Preis of the Art Association Bamberg 
WP Valses sentimentales et tristes at Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater) 
WP Nachtstück I+II at Orléans (Semaines musicales internationales) 
WP Hephaistos at Munich 
Nachtstück I+II at Turin (Festival internazionale di musica antica e contemporanea), Weimar (Tage Neuer Musik), Nuremberg and Bamberg 
Five Portraits at Istanbul (Goethe-Institut) 

2000

WP AllerleiRauh at Weimar (University of Music Franz Liszt) 
WP Harmonie du soir at Bayreuth 
WP Prelude of Spring at Nuremberg 
Valses sentimentales et tristes at Natal, Brazil 
Lecture at Wuppertal (Cologne University of Music) and composer portrait at the Von der Heydt Museum, invited by the Bergische Gesellschaft für Neue Musik 

2001

WP Nachtstück III at Erlangen 
WP Netz at Lüneburg 
Lecture and portrait concert at Munich (University of Music and Performing Arts) 
Portrait concert at Saint Petersburg (Festival Sound Ways)
CD Moments de passion. Cavalli Records 

2002

Otto-Grau-Kulturpreis 
CD …à E. T. A. Hoffmann. Cavalli Records 
CD Im Netz des Hephaistos. Berliner Bibliophilen Abend 

2003

WP Dedicazione at Heilbronn 
WP Nachtstücke V+VI at Nuremberg (Neues Museum) 
Portrait concerts (…à E. T. A. Hoffmann) at Nuremberg and Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater) 

2004

WP La naissance du feu at Bamberg 
WP Blue Spot at Kulmbach 
WP Die Sirenen noch im Ohr at Nuremberg 
WP Birgit’s Toy at New York City (Cooper Union | Spinet Project, an Experiment on Gesamtkunstwerk) 

2005

WP Verhüllung (Wolfgang Hilbig) at Stuttgart (Gustav-Siegle-Haus) 
WP Turm der Winde at Fürth (Kulturforum) 
WP Mahan at Bamberg (E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater)
La naissance du feu at Dublin (Mostly Modern Series) 

2006

Cultural Award of the Upper Franconia Foundation for achievements as a contemporary composer and for Artistic Direction of Tage der Neuen Musik Bamberg 
WP Nocturne memorialis D. S. at Saint Petersburg (Festival Sound Ways) 
Penelope at San José, Costa Rica (Martes por la noche)
Turm der Winde at Harmo Novi Trossingen (Hochschule für Musik) 

2007

WP Drei Lieder (Ingo Cesaro) at Bamberg
WP …unterwegs… at Nuremberg (Hochschule für Musik) 
WP Canto perpetuo at Bamberg (University) 
A. Schmidts Monde at Bremen and Eschede 
Lecture at the Quasar Institute, Rome 
Composer portrait Incontro con l’Autore at Autunno Musicale, Museo Campano Capua 
CD …unterwegs…. Cavalli Records 

2008

E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Preis der Stadt Bamberg for life-time achievement as a composer and for promotion of new music 
WP Morgenstern-Lieder at Berlin (BKA-Theater) 
WP Tor zur Tiefe at Bleibach 
A. Schmidts Monde at Salvador (Federal University of Bahia) 
AllerleiRauh at Timișoara (Festivalul International Timișoara Muzicala) and Bucharest (Săptămâna Internațională a Muzicii Noi) 
Five Portraits at Erfurt (musica rara-Festival) 
Composer portrait at BR Klassik (by Jörg Krämer)

2009

WP La siesta del trópico and Doppelter Abschied at Nuremberg (Neues Museum) 
WP Solitude V (Labyrinth) at Bamberg (Villa Dessauer) 
Verhüllung at Bayreuth (Musica Bayreuth), Saint Petersburg (Festival Sound Ways) and Szczecin (Westival Sztuka Architektury) 
Lyrics at Rome (Festa Europea della Musica) 
Netz at Fortaleza, Brazil (Teatro Celina Queiroz, Festival Eleazar de Carvalho) 

2010

Nachtklänge from Mahan at Timișoara, Bușteni (Centrul Cultural Aurel Stroe), Bucharest (George Enescu Festival) and Tolstefanz 
CD Lyrics. ragaprong RG 2010-002/LC 12599. CD Release at Hamburg (Kirche St. Pauli) 
CD Konzert für Arno Schmidt. cpo 777 508-2: A. Schmidts Monde. CD Release at Oldenburg (Internationales Jugendprojektehaus Weiße Rose 1)  

2011

Lecture at Oldenburg (Komponisten-Colloquium) 
The Seven Deadly Sins and Abschied at Fürth (St. Paul | Auferstehungskirche) 

2012

Friedrich Baur Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts 
WP Sabelita Scenes N°2+4+9+17 (Michael Herrschel) at Nuremberg (Neues Museum) and Fürth (Auferstehungskirche) 
Tor zur Tiefe at Lüneburg (Festival Neue Musik) 
Nocturne memorialis D. S. at Weinsberg, Bad Rappenau and Mannheim (Neckar-Musikfestival) 

2013

WP Cave cave Dominus videt (Michael Herrschel) at Fürth 
WP Fischgesänge (Ingo Cesaro) at Kronach (Synagoge) 
WP Spirits of the Dead (Edgar Allan Poe) at Nuremberg (Neues Museum) 
WP Palingenesis at Erlangen (Redoutensaal) 
Portrait concerts at Bamberg, Bayreuth, Kulmbach und Nuremberg 
Fremder Vogel (Michael Herrschel) at Bucharest (National University of Music) 
Five Portraits at Detmold (Hörfest Neue Musik: Mythos und Moderne) 
Dedicazione and Nocturne memorialis D. S. at Lüneburg (Festival Neue Musik) 
CD Horst Lohse | Trio Contraste. Cavalli Records 
Composer portrait at BR Klassik (by Wolfgang Schicker) 

2014

Die Zeit ist ein uferloser Fluss at Timișoara 
Lyrics at Reutlingen 

2015

Nocturne memorialis D. S. at Bayreuth (Zeit für Neue Musik) and Lüneburg 
Ira - Acedia - Avaritia at Baden-Baden 
Nausikaa - Kirke at Timișoara 
Moments de passion at Bucharest (Meridian Festival) 

2016

Abschied at Bayreuth (Zeit für Neue Musik) 
Prelude of Spring at Weißenburg 
Penelope at Iowa City 
Fremder Vogel (Michael Herrschel) at Timișoara (Intrada Festival) and Bucharest (Meridian Festival) 
The Seveb Deadly Sins at Craiova (Festivalul Craiova Muzicală) 
CD Letzte Dinge (Last Things). Hieronymus Bosch Triptychon. NEOS 11604  

2017

La morte d’Orfeo (orchestral version) at Timișoara 
Portrait concerts at Bamberg (Colours of Infinity) and Fürth (Ocular Chorales): The Seven Deadly Sins - Cave cave Dominus videt (Michael Herrschel) 
Moments de passion at Düsseldorf (Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus) 
Drei Lieder (Edgar Allan Poe) at Bucharest (Meridian Festival) and Timișoara (Intrada Festival)
Lecture at the Caspar Walter Rauh Symposium at Porto 
Transfer of printed scores and completed manuscripts to the Bamberg State Library 

2018

Dedicazione at Lüneburg (Festival Neue Musik) 
Portrait concerts at Bamberg (Horst Lohse & Friends), Münster, Delmenhorst and Timișoara 

2019

WP Tree Stories (Ursula Shields-Huemer) at Bayreuth (Kunstmuseum) 
Cave cave Dominus videt (Michael Herrschel) at Munich (Münchner Orgelsommer) 
Moments de passion at Bucharest and Timișoara (Timsonia Festival) 
Graphics in Music & Poetry: Multi media concerts at Bayreuth (for the twenty-year anniversary of the Kunstmuseum) and Bamberg (with studio recording)

2020

Graphics performances at Himmelkron (Winterkunstwochen) and Fürth 
Moments de passion at Sibiu (Festivalul Minunata Muzică Nouă)
CD Graphics in Music & Poetry. kreuzberg records 10147  

2021

WP Nausikaa - Kirke - Penelope (Recorder Version) at Nuremberg (Hirsvogelsaal)
WP Duo concertant at Fürth
WP Das Steinschneiden (Michael Herrschel) at Nuremberg 
WP Pandora ist tot (Michael Herrschel) at Darmstadt (State Theatre, online)  
Abschied on CD Perspektiven. audiotransit

2022

WP Haiku Suite (Ingo Cesaro) at Nuremberg (Kulturwerkstatt Auf AEG)
WP Kalypso - Pallas Athene (Recorder Version) at Nuremberg (Hirsvogelsaal)
WP Pandora ist tot (Michael Herrschel) at Nuremberg (St. Martha, live)
WP Landscape with River at Timișoara (Festivalul Internațional de Muzică Nouă) 
Cave cave Dominus videt (Michael Herrschel) at Neu-Ulm, Fürth and Bad Wörishofen 
Five Portraits at Nuremberg (Hirsvogelsaal) and at the Franconian Theatre Summer 
…unterwegs… at Bamberg 
Valses sentimentales et tristes at Berlin 
Landscape with River at Heidelberg, Vienna, Gyula and Bucharest (Săptămâna muzicii noi) 
Website www.horst-lohse.de becomes part of the electronic long-term archive of the Bavarian State Library 

2023

WP Caprice. Blues. Variations at Fürth
WP Five Early Songs after English Poems at Nuremberg
WP Miniatures Japonaises at Nuremberg
WP Berceuse at Nuremberg
Portrait concerts at Fürth and Bamberg
KlangSplitterMosaik at Bayreuth, Himmelkron, Fürth, Nuremberg and Bamberg: piano miniatures dedicated to Horst Lohse on his 80th birthday
Monograph Horst Lohse within the book series Bavarian Composers 

2024

Turm der Winde at Nuremberg and Brunsbüttel 
Portraits at Fürth