The 20-year-old Jakow Pavlenko received the special prize for the best interpretation of the commissioned work by David Philip Hefti at the 2nd Stuttgart International Violin Competition. The prizewinner's concert can be heard on DLF Kultur on 29 February at 20:03.
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Regine Müller on SWR 2 about this year's Zermatt Festival with David Philip Hefti
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David Philip Hefti interviewed by Andrea Meuli (Musik & Theater)
September 09, 2023 | Permalink
David Philip Hefti is Composer in Residence at this year's Zermatt Music Festival, where he will present his new octet Des Zaubers Spuren, commissioned by the festival for the Scharoun Ensemble, among other works.
Hefti will be featured in various concert formats. In addition to rehearsing and conducting concerts with the Scharoun Ensemble and the Zermatt Festival Orchestra, as well as other concerts featuring works by Hefti, this will include work with the academy's musicians. On two concert evenings, the young musicians of the Zermatt Music Academy will perform Hefti's Gallicinium "Musik zur vierten Nachtwache" for wind quintet and Monumentum for string sextet.
On 27 September, the German premiere of the commissioned work Des Zaubers Spuren will take place on the occasion of the Scharoun Ensemble's 40th anniversary concert at the Berlin Philharmonie.
Please find more information on the concerts here.
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On 24 May, the ballet production "Der Tod und das Mädchen“ will be premiered at Graz Opera. In two parts, the evening musically and choreographically combines Hefti's commissioned work "Ans Ende der Zeit" with Franz Schubert's famous string quartet "Der Tod und das Mädchen".
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David Philip Hefti will be honored with the Composer Award of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) in April 2023, and it is precisely the diversity of his works that is the focus. “Hefti’s tonal language captivates with an enormously wide spectrum of expressive means. Luminous timbres and dramatic constructions are as much a part of it as subtle and fragile sonic developments. The spectrum of genres in which the composer expresses himself is also wide, with the result that his music reaches performers as well as a broad audience.” said jury president Remy Franck. read more
February 09, 2023 | Permalink
Harmonie Heilbronn, Theodor-Heuss-Saal
Recording from 22.09.2022
David Philip Hefti
«Rhapsody» for baritone and orchestra on a text by Sir Salman Rushdie
Benjamin Appl, Bariton
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Conductor: Case Scaglione
February 06, 2023 | Permalink