Volker Ignaz Schmidt
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Volker Ignaz Schmidt is a composer of contemporary music.
Volker Ignaz Schmidt started composing in 1986 and has been a member of different rock and jazz bands playing piano, keyboards, trumpet as well as song writing.
He has been studying harmony, counterpoint, form and orchestration since 1993.
Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox
(University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp
(Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer)
(University of Hertfordshire, England).
In 2001 he started composing his own music. Until now Volker Ignaz Schmidt has composed several solo works for piano, cello, violin, flute, clarinet and trombone, a duo for two double-basses, a string trio, vocal pieces for female voices, songs and several works for chamber ensembles.
Schmidt worked with performers like Solisten, New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Franklin Cox and Trio Mondala. His works have been performed in Germany, Mexico, Russia & USA.
Volker Ignaz Schmidt started composing in 1986 and has been a member of different rock and jazz bands playing piano, keyboards, trumpet as well as song writing.
He has been studying harmony, counterpoint, form and orchestration since 1993.
Since 1995 he has studied composition privately with Franklin Cox
Franklin Cox
Franklin Cox is an American composer and cellist. He composes music in the school of New Complexity and his performances range from new music to classical chamber works.-Life:...
(University of Maryland, USA), Bernd Asmus (Freiburg, Germany), Jan Kopp
Jan Kopp
Jan Kopp in Pforzheim, Germany, is a German composer for contemporary music. He also works as an essayist and teacher. The focus of his artificial works lies in contemporary composing. He was a pupil of Wolfgang Rihm, Helmut Lachenmann und Marco Stroppa...
(Stuttgart, Germany) and John Palmer (composer)
John Palmer (composer)
John Palmer is a British composer, pianist and musicologist.John Palmer studied piano with Grazia Wendling and Eva Serman at the Lucerne School of Music , Switzerland, while attending courses in composition with Edison Denisov and Vinko Globokar...
(University of Hertfordshire, England).
In 2001 he started composing his own music. Until now Volker Ignaz Schmidt has composed several solo works for piano, cello, violin, flute, clarinet and trombone, a duo for two double-basses, a string trio, vocal pieces for female voices, songs and several works for chamber ensembles.
Schmidt worked with performers like
Solo works
- Erscheinungen (2002) piano
- Ikaros (2004) cello (commissioned by Frank Cox)
- eS (2006) trombone
- Tales from the topographic inside (2007) piano
Ensemble works
- GAIA (2004/2005) flute/piccolo, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, trumpet in B-flat, horn in F, trombone, tuba, harp, double-bass, timpani & percussion
- Triptychon (2003) flute/piccolo, bassoon, horn in F, trombone, bassclarinet
Vocal works
- ∞ (2006) 4 female voices (commissioned by the
Solisten) - Suleika spricht ... (2007) 3 female voices & claves (commissioned by the
Solisten) - Goya I (2009) 3 voices, flute & clarinet (commissioned by the Frankfurter Tonkünstlerbund)