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On 25 January 2009, [[Leon Botstein]] and the [[American Symphony Orchestra]] presented the New York premiere performance of Matthus's ''Responso'' a four-movement symphony written in 1977.
On 25 January 2009, [[Leon Botstein]] and the [[American Symphony Orchestra]] presented the New York premiere performance of Matthus's ''Responso'' a four-movement symphony written in 1977.


Matthus died in {{ill|Stolzenhagen (Wandlitz)|de|lt=Stolzenhagen}} on 27 August 2021 at age 87 after a longer illness.<ref name="FAZ">[https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/komponist-siegfried-matthus-gestorben-17508206.html Komponist Siegfried Matthus gestorben] (in German) [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] 30 August 2021</ref>
Since 1957, Matthus was married to the singer [[Helga Matthus] and lived in Stolzenhagen-Wandlitz and Berlin.<ref name="Willkommen – Informationsbroschüren "kompakt" in Internet">{{cite web | title=In Stolzenhagen wohnt der bekannteste lebende Komponist Deutschlands | website=Willkommen – Informationsbroschüren "kompakt" in Internet | url=https://www.deutschland-im-internet.de/Archive/Wandlitz/Sonstige/matthus.html | language=de | access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> Matthus died in {{ill|Stolzenhagen (Wandlitz)|de|lt=Stolzenhagen}} on 27 August 2021 at age 87 after a longer illness.<ref name="FAZ">[https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/komponist-siegfried-matthus-gestorben-17508206.html Komponist Siegfried Matthus gestorben] (in German) [[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]] 30 August 2021</ref>


== Compositions ==
== Compositions ==

Revision as of 11:37, 30 August 2021

Siegfried Matthus
Siegfried Matthus in 1990
Born(1934-04-13)13 April 1934
Mallenuppen, East Prussia
Died27 August 2021(2021-08-27) (aged 87)
Stolzenhagen, Brandenburg, Germany
EducationHochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"
Occupations
Organizations

Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer and opera director. Some of his operas, such as Judith, were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin in East Berlin. He founded and directed the chamber opera festival Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg. In 2005, he composed a Te Deum for the reopening of the Dresden Frauenkirche. Matthus is considered one of Germany's most often performed contemporary composers.[1]

Biography

Born in Mallenuppen [de], East Prussia,[2] Matthus attended secondary school in Rheinsberg, followed by studies at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. After graduating, he continued his studies in composition with Rudolf Wagner-Régeny and Hanns Eisler, and was shortly thereafter made the youngest composer in residence in the history of the Komische Oper Berlin by Walter Felsenstein. Matthus composed more than a dozen stage works.[3] The opera Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke (Cornet Christoph Rilke's song of love and death ) after Rainer Maria Rilke was completed in 1983, first performed in Dresden in 1985, performed also for example by the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in 1993.[4] The opera Graf Mirabeau (1987–88) is set during the French Revolution. It was commissioned for the 200th anniversary of Bastille Day and enjoyed simultaneous productions in both East and West Germany as well as Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and France. The opera was also recorded by the Berlin State Opera. Other opera recordings include his Old Testament-based "opera vision" Judith (1984) by the Komische Oper Berlin and his Der letzte Schuss with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 2003 he composed music for both a ballet and an opera adaptation of Michael Ende's The Neverending Story.[1]

Matthus was a prolific composer of works for orchestra as well as chamber and recital compositions. He enjoyed a close working relationship with conductor Kurt Masur who presented many world premieres of his music, including what Matthus called "the commission of my life", a Te Deum for the reopening of the Dresden Frauenkirche after restoration, broadcast live on 11 November 2005.[5] His works are featured on more than twenty recordings by several of Germany's leading symphony orchestras and chamber music ensembles.

Matthus was artistic drector of the Kammeroper Rheinsberg since 1991. He was also the founder and director of the Rheinsberg Music Festival and an honorary citizen of the city of Rheinsberg.[1]

On 25 January 2009, Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra presented the New York premiere performance of Matthus's Responso a four-movement symphony written in 1977.

Since 1957, Matthus was married to the singer [[Helga Matthus] and lived in Stolzenhagen-Wandlitz and Berlin.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Matthus died in Stolzenhagen [de] on 27 August 2021 at age 87 after a longer illness.[6]

Compositions

Source:[2][7]

Opera

References

  1. ^ a b c "Music Associates of America Roster ~ Siegfried Matthus Biography". www.musicassociatesofamerica.com.
  2. ^ a b Liedtke, Ulrike (2001). "Matthus, Siegfried". Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18104. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Matthus, Siegfried on the operone website
  4. ^ "Glyndebourne Touring Opera". Archived from the original on 4 April 2010.
  5. ^ Te Deum von Siegfried Matthus – Uraufführung in der Frauenkirche zu Dresden (premiere in the Frauenkirche, Deutschlandradio, 11 November 2005 (in German)
  6. ^ Komponist Siegfried Matthus gestorben (in German) FAZ 30 August 2021
  7. ^ Liedtke, Ulrike (2016). "Matthus, Siegfried". In Heister, Hanns-Werner; Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang (eds.). Komponisten der Gegenwart (in German). (subscription required)
  8. ^ "» EFFI BRIEST | Staatstheater Cottbus" (in German).

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