Women Composers - Elisabeth Naske

Elisabeth Naske

Austria | *1963

Elisabeth Naske is a professionally trained cellist who also studied composition with Tristan Schulze. The flexible tone of the cello can still be detected in her music. 'Das kleine Ich bin ich' marked the beginning of her successful compositional career with a primary focus on works for children and young people. The Austrian’s compositional output ranges from operas with children’s choirs and small-scale compositions to pieces for ensembles and orchestras. She has made guest appearances with her works in the children’s and young peoples’ stage departments of the Vienna State Opera, the opera houses in Stuttgart and Cologne as well as in the main auditorium of the Komische Oper Berlin. Elisabeth Naske possesses a particular sensibility for key issues as displayed in her works which are concerned with topics such as the protection of the environment and the accumulation of waste, migration and fleeing, and the assertiveness of children and the development of a distinctive voice in the world.

Elisabeth Naske

by Hannah Naske

Sommerfreunde

für Sprecher und Orchester (2018) · 30’ Text von Ela Baumann (dt.)

Lollo

Eine Klanggeschichte zum aktiven Mitgestalten in Bild und Ton zum Thema Müll, Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit für Kinder der 1. bis 4. Schulstufe (2015) · 90’ Libretto von Ela Baumann nach einem Buch von Mira Lobe und Susi Weigel (dt.)

Das Städtchen Drumherum

Kinderoper in einem Akt nach dem gleichnamigen Kinderbuch von Mira Lobe und Susi Weigel (2013) · 50’ Libretto von Johanna von der Deken (dt.)

Die rote Zora

Familienoper in drei Akten (2007) · 105’ nach dem gleichnamigen Jugendbuch von Kurt Held Libretto von Theresita Colloredo (dt.)

Das kleine Ich bin ich

Spiel mit Musik nach dem gleichnamigen Kinderbuch von Mira Lobe und Susi Weigel (dt.) für Erzählerin und Instrumentalensemble (2001) · 34’