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BIOGRAPHY
Manos Tsangaris Manos Tsangaris was born in Düsseldorf in 1956 and studied composition and New Music Theatre with Mauricio Kagel and percussion with Christoph Caskel at the Musikhochschule (Academy of Music) in Cologne. Since the 1970s, Manos Tsangaris has consistently made the conditions of a performance the central focus for compositions in various artistic formats. In 1991, Tsangaris was Composer in Residence in Moscow at the invitation of the Soviet Union of Composers. In the same year, he initiated the ‘Praemoderne’ congress in Cologne. In 1991 he received the Bernd Alois Zimmermann Grant from the City of Cologne, and in 1993/94 a grant from the ‘Akademie Schloss Solitude’, Stuttgart. In 1997 he was presented with the Art Award of the Berlin Academy of Arts. In 1998 he stayed at the Villa Serpentara, Olevano, and in 2009 he was guest of honour at the Villa Massimo in Rome. In 1991 he lectured at the summer academy Civitella d’Agliano (Italy), in 2002 he taught transdisciplinary composition at NY Musikk in Oslo and Stavanger (Norway) and in 2003 at the KlangKunstBühne summer academy of the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2007/08 he was in charge of the academy project of the European Center of the Arts in Dresden at the Hellerau Festival Centre with 20 recipients of grants. Manos Tsangaris’s compositions are regularly performed at internationally renowned festivals such as the Donaueschingen Festival, Witten Festival for New Chamber Music, the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, the Ultima Festival in Oslo, the ‘TonLagen’ festival in Dresden, the Warsaw Autumn Festival and in theatres and opera houses in Cologne, New York, Mannheim, Dresden and Berlin. Manos Tsangaris has also often been commissioned by German radio broadcasters to write compositions. Among other things, he composed a large-scale orchestral work for the 10th anniversary of the Cologne Philharmonie concert hall. For his multi-site theatre piece Batsheba. Eat the History!, first performed in 2009 at the Donaueschingen Festival, Manos Tsangaris received the composition prize awarded by the SWR Symphony Orchestra. Since 1990, his installations and other art works have been regularly exhibited by important galleries and museums in Germany and abroad. The Cologne Diözesanmuseum and the Odense Art Gallery (Denmark), among other venues, have devoted solo exhibitions to his work. Concert tours have taken him to many countries in Europe, to North America and to Asia.
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BIOGRAPHY
From 2002 to 2007, Manos Tsangaris was artistic advisor to the director of the Cologne Schauspielhaus. Since 2004, he has taught at the International Holiday Courses for New Music in Darmstadt, and since 2008 he has been the guest curator for sound in Kolumba, the art gallery of the archdiocese of Cologne. In 2009, he was appointed as professor of composition at the Hochschule für Musik (University of Music) in Dresden. In the same year, he was elected as a full member of the Berlin Academy of Arts, where he has headed the music department since 2012. In 2010 Manos Tsangaris was elected as a full member of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste (Saxon Academy of Arts), and in 2011 as the deputy secretary in the music category there. In 2011, he founded the ‘International Institute for Artistic Investigation’ and undertook research in the area of scenic anthropology. In the study year 2012/13 Tsangaris was Artist in Residence at the Zurich University of the Arts (Master’s course Transdisciplinarity). In the study year 2017/18 he will be Visiting Professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music. Since 2016 he is co-artistic director with Daniel Ott of the Munich Biennale - Festival of New Music Theater. In 2017 Tsangaris was elected full member of the The Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. “Manos Tsangaris’s compositional work focuses on the question of how the various mediarelated areas of human perception can be meaningfully combined. In the process, the activity of composing does not just refer to placing things together (com-posing), but at the same time to the preceding experimental exploration of the interfaces where media connections are made possible in the first place. This expansion of the traditional concept of composition is matched by the variety of the possible results. In the past 25 years, in addition to musical compositions, Tsangaris has created poems, prose, installations and other art works. Although his works in the field of language and pictures can very much be seen as independent in their own right, their combination and synthesis in a form of universally understood music theatre is the central element of his artistic activity.” (Raoul Mörchen)
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WORK LIST
Orchestra / Ensemble Das Pizzicato Mysterium (2015) 16’ for string orchestra strings: 6.5.4.4.2 First performed 25 February 2016, Munich, Prinzregententheater, by Münchener Kammerorchester, cond.: Alexander Liebreich EP 14153 LUX (2014) 12’ (Mistel IV: Dark Misteltoe, Mistel V: LUX Mistel) for orchestra 4.3.3.3.CBsn - 8.5.5.1 - perc(4) - hp(2) - pf - str First performed 28 November 2014, Luxembourg, by Orchestre Philharmarmonique Luxembourg, cond.: Emilio Pomarico EP 14153 Mistel Album (2014) 21’ (Schwindel der Wirklichkeit; Mistel I-III) for orchestra 4.0.6.4BCl.2.Cbsn - 6.3.5.0 - perc(6) - pf - str (8.8.6.6.6) First performed 17 / 19 October 2014, Donaueschinger Musiktage, by SWR Symphonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, cond.: Emilio Pomarico / Francois-Xavier Roth EP 14061 a / b / c Trypt für Armin Köhler (2015) 6’ for brass ensemble and percussion 1.1.1.ASax.1 - 1.1.1.1 - perc(2) First performed 24 May 2015, Donaueschinger Musiktage, by Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik BadenWürttemberg EP 14138
Chamber Music Ansage (2003) 21’ for solo flute Dedicated to Astrid Schmeling First performed 2003, Hannover, by Astrid Schmeling EP 12759 Ausflug ins Gebirge: Ausflug (2017) 21’ for clarinet in B, viola, violoncello and double bass First performed 27 May 2017, Niederurnen (CH), by Collegium Novum Zürich EP 14251 Ausflug ins Gebirge: Einzug, ein Zug (2017) 11’ for 2 percussionsts and 2 helpers First performed 27 May 2017, Niederurnen (CH), by Collegium Novum Zürich EP 14252 Ausflug ins Gebirge: Im Gebirge (2017) 21’ for horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba First performed 27 May 2017, Niederurnen (CH), by Collegium Novum Zürich EP 14254
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Beiläufige Miniaturen: Viscum Album (2013) 16’ for accordion First performed 2013, Cologne, by Dorrit Bauerecker EP 14047 Fadenwerk (1991/92) 14’ for piano (bells, voice), tuba (bells, voice) and objects (2 players in total) Dedicated to Pi-hsien Chen First performed 1992, Cologne, by Pi-hsien Chen and Klaus Burger EP 12633 Glück und Vergessen (2012) 7’ for cello, piano and iPhone video Commissioned by Thürmchen Ensemble. Supported by the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kunststiftung NRW) and the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia. First performed 2012, Cologne, by Thürmchen Ensemble EP 12681 Read (2017) 6’ for two plucked instruments First performed 22 March 2020, Dresden-Hellerau, by Ensemble Courage EP 14497 Shellbum Album (1992) 25’ 8 pieces for piano to be performed in any sequence First performed 1992, Madrid, by Klaus Steffes-Holländer EP 12758 So low (1981) 21’ for contrabass clarinet and performer First performed 1981, Cologne, by Michael Riessler EP 14091 Übergangsstücke Mistel Album (2012...) 16’ for 2 cellos and percussion Dedicated to Trio Onyx. 1 „... ü ...“ Mistel Motel One - München, den 11.Oktober 2012 2 „... ngsst ...“ Stimmen (mit Stimmen) 3 „... über ...“ Stumme Mistel Gong Die Dauern der Nacht 4 „... cke ...“ Reine Rhythmen Geld Mistel 5 („ü ... ü ...“ Übergang vom Baum zum Himmel) 6 „... (a)n ...“ Das Zeichen 7 „... erg ...“ Umbau Mistel 8 „... ga ...“ Das Ziehen First performed 2012, Bern, by Trio Onyx EP 12744 a - h What I see (2018) 6’ for two performers First performed 06 February 2018, Berlin, BKA, by Duo Conradi-Gehlen EP 14364
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Stage Works / Music Theatre Abstract Pieces (2018) 90’ music theatre for voices and ensemble text: Manos Tsangaris mezzo soprano, baritone, bass clarinet, viola, perc, pianos(2), audio tapes, video projections, objects, light First performed 19 May 2018, Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, by Marielou Jacquard (mezzo), Martin Gerke (bar.), Alexander Glücksmann (bcl), Emily Yabe (va), Evdoxia Filippou (perc), Jenny Kim (pf 1), Alba Gentili-Tedeschi (pf 2), Nastasja Keller (video), Stefan Schlagbauer (light), Max Renne (cond.) and Roman Reeger (dir.) EP 14338 Beiläufige Stücke: Mauersegler (2013) 45’ Audio film remix for voices, horn, percussion, moving ensembles, electroacoustics, trams and roaming audiences First performed 2013, Witten, by Maria Meckel, Cornelius Uhle (voices), Peter Bromig (horn), Thomas Meixner (percussion), Dominik Fornezzi (actor) and performer chorus EP 12815 City Pieces (Window Piece) (2016) for singer, actor, ensemble, installation, light, video and audioguide text: Manos Tsangaris First performed 2016, Hongkong, by Ensemble Scenatet EP 14380 Die Sonne hat sich inzwischen weiter gedreht (2018) 120’ for mezzo soprano, percussion, performers (min 10), trees and lighting First performed 17 August 2018, Rümlingen (CH), Rümlingen Festival EP 14444 Diskrete Stücke (1996/2007) variable duration audioscenes for individual spectators Full-length stage piece in stages without fixed sequence Funkhausblockade - Pförtner - Double / Doppelportrait mit Vase - Ein-Personen-Kopf-duschen-Schreiber 4 stage performers (min.) - soprano, tenor - clarinet, horn, accordion(2), violin, viola First performed 2007, Cologne, by Géraldine-Aimée Grabe, Carlos Robalo, Jan Reichow, Jessica Rona, Kate Strong, Francesco Agostini, Dorrit Bauerecker, Florian Stadler, Stephan Meier, Thomas Meixner, Carlos Tarcha, Oliver Nitsche, Marlies Klumpenaar, Christoph Thelen, Truike van der Poel and Immo Schröder EP 12697 Erste szenische Miniaturen (1978-1985) 41’ Studie – Traktat – Stuhlgang (Meta) – Molto Molto – o.T. (Schütten!) Up to 4 performers and lighting EP 12698 Es geht voran (2019) 31’ chamber play for singer, performer and ensemble sopran, performer, cl, trp, perc First performed 10-12 May 2019, Witten (D), Tage für Neue Kammermusik EP 14411 Es kommt ein A ... es kommt ein a (2016) 41’ performance / intervention for speaker and four singing actors text: Marcel Beyer First performed 06 May 2016, Paderborn, by Marcel Beyer and AuditivVokal (Maria Meckel, Philipp Schreyer and Felix Schwandtke) EP 12698 Final Match (2011) 12’ for 3 players with “amplifiers” (min. 11 instruments) ob - bsn - trb - tb - perc - str Dedicated to Mauricio Kagel. For Ensemble musikFabrik. Commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation for Music. First performed 2011, Cologne, St. Peter, by Ensemble musikFabrik EP 12539
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Freigehege (2013) 120’ for orchestral groups, soloists, performance locations throughout the venue, transitions, lighting and movable audience groups of students of different ages, two vocal soloists (soprano, baritone), presenters, professional musicians from all orchestral sections and supervisors NB: Audiences will roam the outdoor enclosure! Commissioned by Südwestrundfunk. - Raum der Geräusche - Raum des Unisono - Blech & Licht - Raum der Geläufigkeit (und Präparation) - Raum der Solisten - Dirigent & Licht - Große Pause - Übergang (Brückenmusik) - Unterricht (... der unbekannte Kontinent) First performed 2013, Freiburg (DE), Konzerthaus, by SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Maria Meckel, Cornelius Uhde (students of the Paul Hindemith Primary School), Wentzinger Realschule and Wentzinger Gymnasium in Freiburg, cond. Dirigent & Licht: François-Xavier Roth EP 12816 Glück macht mutig (2004/2008) 34’ stage music for chorus with electronically altered voices and speaker based on texts from the diaries of Hans Christian Andersen for chorus, speaker and electronics Libretto in Danish, German and Italian. Danish texts transcribed in phonetic symbols. First performed 2009, Munich, by Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, cond.: Lothar Zagrosek EP 12693 Home: Das Orakel (2016) 240’ from LIVING SPACES (2016/17) for two actors and speakers text: Manos Tsangaris First performed 30 March 2017, Athens, Onassis Centre, by Vasso Mpourazanídou, Zenia Agkistrioti and Dimitris Katsimiris EP 14239 Home: Installation (2016) 240’ from LIVING SPACES (2016/17) for soprano, actor, clarinet and piano text: Manos Tsangaris First performed 30 March 2017, Athens, Onassis Centre, by Lenio Liatsou (piano), Kostas Tzekos (Oidipous), Maria Vlachopoulou (Iokasti) and Kostas Laskos (Laios) EP 14238 Karl May, Raum der Wahrheit (2013) 70’ Opera 4 singers - narrator - mixed choir - 0.0.2.2 - 2.0.0.0 - perc(2) - cemb - str (1.1.1.1.1) libretto: Marcel Beyer First performed 20 June 2014, Dresden, Semperoper, by Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Manfred Weiß (dir), Erik Nielsen (cond.) EP 14032 Love & Diversity (2012) 30’ Music theatre performance for small ensemble for actor, soprano, ushers, flute, clarinet, toy piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass For Ensemble dissonArt. Commissioned by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Supported by the Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kunststiftung NRW). First performed 2012, Thessaloniki, by Ensemble dissonArt EP 12732
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Mnemosyne / Bühne (2004) 12’ from: Drei Räume (Theater Suite) Music theatre performance for 20 performers First performed 2004, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Hofbibliothek EP 14396 My Heart is a Map (Helsekiosk) (2020) 21’ for three percussionists / performers Commissioned Pinquins Trio First performed 13 September 2020, Oslo, Ultima Festival Oslo, by Pinquins Trio EP 14562 Orpheus, Zwischenspiele (2002) 100’ music theatre performance for soprano, mezzo soprano, altus, small orchestra, performers (15), background actors (min 50), Fadenorgel, elevator, underground trains (3) and lighting First performed 22 September 2002, Bielefeld (D), Theater Bielefeld EP 14466 Pygmalia (2020/21) 90’ music theatre with changing audience perspective for mezzo-soprano, baritone, speaker (sound engineer), flute (piccolo), bass clarinet (cl. in Bb), percussion(2), piano(2), viola, cello, audio feeds, video projections, objects and light First performed 03 February 2022, Frankfurt(Main), Alte Oper, by Ensemble Modern EP 14631 Tafel 1 (1989) 30’ (Wiesers Werdetraum) for 3 performers: two performers at a wooden table walkman, radio, movable light sources, thread organ (1 player) First performed 1989, Cologne, by Thomas Witzmann, Manos Tsangaris, Heinz-Klaus Metzger and Rainer Riehn EP 12626 Vivarium – Reisen, Kochen, Zoo... (2012) 33’ for movement in space speaker/conductor, soprano, baritone, clarinet, piano, violin, viola, min. 20 movement artists, ca 30 passers-by Commissioned by Siemens Arts Program to mark the 100th anniversary of the Hellerau Festival Theatre. Rearranged for the ensemble El Perro Andaluz for the Spanish premiere at FASE, Madrid, May 2012. First performed 2011, Dresden, by Ensemble El Perro Andaluz, cond.: Lennart Dohms EP 14309 Vivarium – Reisen, Kochen, Zoo... (2012) 41’ version for speaker, soprano, baritone and large ensemble for soprano, baritone soli - 1.1.1.1 - 1.1.1.1 - perc(2) - pf - str (1.1.1.1.0) - lighting, assistance Commissioned by the German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat) for the European Workshop for Contemporary Music 2012 First performed 2012, Warsaw Autumn, by EWCM ensemble 2012 EP 12677 winzig (1993) 150’ Music Theatre Miniatures / Theatre For A House First performed 1993, Cologne, by Thürmchen Ensemble, Beth Griffith, Pi-hsien Chen, Tobias Liebezeit, Christoph Gesing, Katja Wüsten, Frank Köllges, Stefan Kunzmann, Martin Schmitz, Thomas Kling, Albrecht Zummach, Uta Rings, Heinz Conrads, Gero Sprafke a.o. EP 14196
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Vocal Music Ausflug ins Gebirge: Gebirge Flüstergalerie (2017) 21’ for choral solists text: Franz Kafka / Manos Tsangaris First performed 27 May 2017, Niederurnen (CH), by Collegium Novum Zürich EP 14253 Eiland (Isola). Das aufgehobene Ich (2015) 45’ for voices, five contrabass clarinets and lights text: Franz Kafka / Manos Tsangaris First performed 05 September 2015, Berlin, Chruch St. Elisabeth, by Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Armand Angster, Hans Koch, Ernesto Molinari, Theo Nabicht and Olivier Vivares EP 14130 Hidden Risk (2018) 21’ for soprano, percussion and Fadenorgel text: Manos Tsangaris First performance 30 September 2018, Cologne, Fuhrwerkswaage, by Ann-yi Eötvös (soprano), Rie Watanabe (percussion) and Ruben Tsangaris (Fadenorgel) EP 14363 WAIT! (2016) 180’ from LIVING SPACES (2016/17) for a group of performers (singers) text: Ann Cotten / Manos Tsangaris First performed 09 October 2016, Ultima Oslo, by Oslo Domkor EP 14195
Future Works Das Fremde und das Gekochte (2020) 12’ a listening exercise after Beethoven for piano and projection (texts and some pictures) text: Manos Tsangaris First performance tba, BTHVN 2020, by E-Mex Ensemble EP 14561
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Literature by Manos Tsangaris 3x8 Zeichnungen und 14 Gedichte (1990) together with Rainer Barzen Thürmchen Verlag Köln ALINEA (1992) Nr.3 neue texte Edition Fundamental Köln Blick zurück nach vorn (1992) Ingrid Roscheck, Heribert C. Ottersbach und Manos Tsangaris (ed.) Thürmchen Verlag Köln Die kleine Trance (2002) poems Radius Verlag Lobotomie / katharine und der tote bischof (1991) poem Thürmchen Verlag Köln Mundmaßung (1995) poems Edition Solitude Stille Post (1986) poems Thürmchen Verlag Köln Unbekannte Empfänger (2017) poems Radius Verlag Werkbuch Manos Tsangaris (2011/2014) zum Implodierenden Schreibtisch KOLUMBA Werkhefte und Bücher Band 40 Werkbuch Manos Tsangaris Herausgeber: Stefan Kraus, Ulrike Surmann, Marc Steinmann, Barbara von Flüe
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Literature on Manos Tsangaris Manos Tsangaris (Sonderband) (2015) from the series “Musik-Konzepte” editor: Ulrich Tadday edition text+kritik 201 Zurück zur Gegenwart? Weltbezüge Neuer Musik aus der Reihe: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt editor: Jörn Peter Hiekel, texts by Dieter Mersch, Hannes Seidl, Lydia Jeschke, Patrick Frank, Mesias Maiguashca, Manos Tsangaris u.a und+ Komponisten, ihre Musik und ihre anderen Künste (2014) catalogue to the exhibition “und+” at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2014 by Armin Köhler / Bernd Künzig (ed.) with texts and art by Ondřej Adámek, Peter Ablinger, Brian Ferneyhough, Georg Friedrich Haas, Johannes Kreidler, Bernhard Lang, Chris Newman, Enno Poppe, Wolfgang Rihm, Jennifer Walshe and Manos Tsangaris SMA STYKKER / KLEINE STÜCKE (2002) Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik editor: Thorsten Sadowsky Manos Tsangaris (2001) MusikTexte Nr.91
March 2022
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