Events

OMEN for orchestra
ORKUS for orchestra
ANIMA for orchestra (World premiere)

Mahler-Scartazzini-Cycle VIII
Evelyn Krahe, alto
Opernchor der Theater Chemnitz, Monteverdichor Würzburg, Philharmonischer Chor Jena, Jenaer Madrigalkreis
Jenaer Philharmonie, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie Chemnitz, Simon Gaudenz

Wed, 06 March 2024, 20:00
Thu, 07 March 2024, 19:00
Stadthalle Chemnitz

Fri, 08 March 2024
Sparkassenarena Jena

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TORSO for orchestra

Mahler-Scartazzini-Cycle I
Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz

Wed, 17 April 2024, 19:30
Musiksaal, Stadtcasino Basel
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Thu, 18 April 2024, 19:30
Musiksaal, Stadtcasino Basel
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Fri, 19 April 2024, 19:30
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum La Poste, Visp
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Works

Operas

Edward II

Opera in 10 scenes
after Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II
Libretto by Thomas Jonigk
85 min.
Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017

Der Sandmann

Opera in 10 scenes
after E.T.A. Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann
Libretto by Thomas Jonigk
80 min.
Theater Basel 2012, Oper Frankfurt 2016

Wut

Opera in 7 scenes and an epilogue
after the story of Pedro I of Portugal and his mistress Ines de Castro
Libretto by Christian Martin Fuchs
75 min.
Theater Erfurt 2006, Theater Bern 2010

Orchestral works

Einklang

for orchestra (2021)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement V*
5 min.

Incantesimo

for soprano (ad lib.) and orchestra (2020)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement IV*
5 min.

Salve

for orchestra (2020)
7 min.

Spiriti

for orchestra (2019)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement III*
5 min.

Epitaph

for choir (ad lib.) and orchestra (2019)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle movement II*
6 min.

Torso

for orchestra (2018)
Mahler-Scartazzini Cycle, movement I*
6 min.

Viaggiatori

for soli, choir and orchestra
on texts of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Adolf Wölfli, Dante Alighieri and Friedrich Hölderlin (2011)
35 min.

Siegel

for soprano and orchestra on a sonnet of Rainer Maria Rilke (2008)
12 min.

Pollux

for chamber orchestra (1999)
12 min.

 

*Each of these compositions can also be programmed independently.

Chamber music

So sieht’s aus

6 Songs for soprano and piano on poems of Nora Gomringer (2021)
16 min.

String Quartet No. 1 (2017/19)

18 min.

Kassiopeia

for ensemble (2008)
20 min.

Nachttief und Mond

Three miniatures for countertenor (or alto) and violoncello
on texts of Arno Schmidt (2007)
4 min.

Abracci auguri

for piano (2003)
3 min.

Katarakt

for large ensemble (2003)
10 min.

Sappho-Lieder

6 Songs for low voice and piano
German adaptation by Raoul Schrott (2002)
11 min.

Geleit

for large ensemble (2001)
9 min.

in giro

for 3 instrumental groups (2000)
10 min.

Im traum hab ich mit dir geredet, göttin, kypris

for female voice and four players on fragments of Sappho
German adaptation by Raoul Schrott (2000)
10 min.

Il pozzo sepolto

for piano and 5 winds (1998)
6 min.

Cammina cammina

for mezzo-soprano, viola and theorbo on poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti (Italian) (1996)
7 min.

Further information available at Bärenreiter.

Biography

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini Portrait

Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (*1971, Basel) earned his degree in German and Italian from the University of Basel while studying composition with Rudolf Kelterborn (Basel) and with Wolfgang Rihm (Karlsruhe). In 1999/2000 he also made additional studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

In 2004 he served as composer-in-residence at the University of Witten/Herdecke followed by residency invitations in 2011 and 2018 from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai, and in 2012/13 he was a scholarship recipient at the international artist house Villa Concordia in Bamberg. Awarded prizes include the Study Prize from the Ernst von Siemens Foundation, the Jakob Burckhardt Award from the Basel Goethe Foundation and the Supportive Prize from Alexander Clavel Foundation.

His work is regularly performed at major festivals including the Salzburg Easter Festival, the Lucerne Festival, the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, Prague Premieres, Stars at the Rhine and others by renowned ensembles such as Quatuor Diotima, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Contrechamps, Collegium Novum Zürich, Ensemble Phoenix, and orchestras including the Kammerorchester Basel, Sinfonieorchester Basel, Basel Sinfonietta, Berner Sinfonieorchester, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Jenaer Philharmonie, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, among others.

His operas Edward II (Deutsche Oper Berlin 2017), Der Sandmann (Oper Frankfurt 2016, Theater Basel 2012) and Wut (Theater Bern 2010, Theater Erfurt 2006) occupy an important component of his output.

Since autumn 2018, Scartazzini has worked as composer-in-residence in collaboration with the Jenaer Philharmonie. The scope of this project consists of a cycle of symphonic works centred around Gustav Mahler where a movement is composed in response to each of Mahler’s 10 symphonies. With each performance of the Mahler, Scartazzini’s movements will fuse into a large-scale symphony.

His works are published by Bärenreiter.

Recordings

BrucknerBlume

Hansjörg Albrecht

Release: 2023
Label: OehmsClassics
Catalog Number: OC 482

Mahler-Scartazzini-Zyklus

Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz

Release: 2023
Label: Odradek
Catalog Number: ODRCD443

Mahler-Scartazzini-Zyklus

Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz

Release: 2023
Label: Odradek
Catalog Number: ODRCD440

Edward II

Deutsche Oper Berlin

Release: 2017
Label: Oehms
Catalog Number: OC 969

Der Sandmann

Opera in 10 scenes

Release: 2016
Label: Musiques Suisses
Catalog Number: MGB CD 6288

Grammont Sélection 2

Scartazzini, Siegel for soprano and orchestra on a sonnet of Rainer Maria Rilke

Release: 2009
Label: Musiques Suisses
Catalog Number: CTS-M 120

Halt’s Maul und mach was - Ein Konzert für Arno Schmidt

Scartazzini, Nachttief und Mond
Three miniatures for countertenor (or alto) and violoncello on texts of Arno Schmidt

Release: 2010
Label: cpo
Catalog Number: BA09366

Collegium Novum Zürich

Scartazzini, Kassiopeia for ensemble

Release: 2014
Label: Musiques Suisses
Catalog Number: CTS-M 135

Hesperos 20th Century Songs

Scartazzini, Sappho-Lieder
6 Songs for low voice and piano

Release: 2002
Label: Guild Music
Catalog Number: GMCD 7254

Audio

Salve

by for orchestra (excerpt) | Sinfonieorchester Basel, Ivor Bolton

Spiriti

by for orchestra (excerpt) | Jenaer Philharmonie, Simon Gaudenz

Epitaph

by for choir and orchestra (excerpt) | Jenaer Philharmonie, Philharmonischer Chor, Jenaer Madrigalkreis, Simon Gaudenz

Edward II

by 4th scene | Markus Brück, bass, Gideon Poppe, tenor, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Thomas Søndergård

Kassiopeia

by for ensemble, 3rd movement | Collegium Novum Zürich, Michael Wendeberg

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