My guitar trio “sarek” has been premièred early November by Erik Elias, Judith Beschow, and Timon Jahn in Brandenburg an der Havel. A recording of the concert is now online:
SONATE Nr. 1 for guitar solo finished
After a first not valid piece in teenage years, I have now finished my first mature guitare sonata. The work was commissioned by Timon Jahn and it is dedicated to him. Timon studies classical guitar at the UdK Berlin with Marco Tamayo.
It is a large-scale work in four movements that makes full use of the guitar’s expressive possibilities and is not inferior to classical-romantic sonatas in terms of scope and content.
Concerto Nr. 4 published
I am very happy to announce that Joachim-Trekel Musikverlag published my Concerto Nr. 4 for clarinet and plucked string orchestra.
Romanze for two guitars is being premiered
I am very happy that my Romanze for two guitars is being performed in public by its dedicatees, the Duo Jucorda. The concert is held on 21 October at 5 p.m. in the Schiller-Gymnasium Bautzen.
“Burleske Szenen” published on CD
Ariane Lorch has just published her CD “Colors“ with pieces for mandolin solo. One of the works is my “Burleske Szenen”.
The CD can be purchased on the webpage of Duo Lorch.
Romanze for two guitars finished
I finished a piece for two guitars recently. The Romanze is dedicated to the Duo Jucorda. Info on the music can now be found on the “chamber music” page.
Composition prize for menhir
On 20th January 2022, my first work for large orchestra was premiered by the Studentenphilharmonie Tübingen, conducted by Symeon Ioannidis. The corona pandemic prevented a concert directly in Tübingen, but it could be realized somewhat shortened in the Paul Gerhardt Church in Stuttgart.
The orchestra played Sigurd Jorsalfar op. 56 by Edvard Grieg and the 100th symphony in G major (military symphony) by Joseph Haydn. In between, the premiere of my piece “menhir” was heard.
During the concert, the piece was awarded the “Philharmonic Composition Prize” of the University of Tübingen, which is offered each semester to promote young musicians.
For me this means an important step into a new area of composition: the instruments beyond plucked string music have remained largely undiscovered by me so far, and I hope that after this first work there will be others to follow.
The piano – a new world opens up
I’ve been thinking about learning to play the piano for quite some time. After some attempts to learn on my own with a MIDI keyboard, all of which quickly failed, my plans became specific last winter. I realized that I actually do need an acoustic piano as well as a teacher.
So I began searching a used piano this year in spring. Eventually I found an instrument by Ibach from 1983 with a wonderful warm, vibrant sound, which proved to be a real beauty to my music room as well.
I also found a teacher, i. e. from August I am going to be taking lessons again. I have high goals, I am full of zest for action – and curious what I will be able to achieve on this new instrument…
Technical details about my piano can be found under “My instruments”.
United Mandolin & Guitar Orchester | CONNECTED
More than 100 musicians from all over the world have got together to form the virtual “United Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra”, in order to perform the piece CONNECTED by André Herteux (arr. Maren Trekel). The composer collected all contributions and turned them into this wonderful video:
“Six pieces” published
Joachin-Trekel-Musikverlag has published my “Sechs Stücke (Six pieces)” for mandolin and guitar. The fingerings were added by the dedicatees from Duo Consensus.