Schmögner Thomas
- Compositions
- General Information
- Education
- Activities
- Performances (Selection)
- Awards
- Description of Style
- Press Reviews
- Discography, Projects
- Performer of (Composition)
- Dedicatee of (Composition)
- Contact, Links
Compositions
General Information
Thomas Schmögner was born in Vienna in 1964. He received his musical education in Vienna and at the Conservatoire National de Region in Strasbourg thanks to a scholarship of the French government. He has been part of various ensembles for Early music: Concilium Musicum, Ensemble Flauto Voce, Clemencic-Consort, Van Swieten Ensemble, as well as director of the study programme and conductor at the festival for Baroque Opera Spektakulum. As a soloist and accompanist, he has been part of orchestra performances together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, the Vienna Radio Symphonic Orchestra, the Symphonic Orchestra Berlin, the Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice, and others.
Performances in Austria, Germany, France (Notre Dame Paris, cathedrals in Strasbourg, Chartres, Versailles), the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, etc. Tours through Japan and the USA, as well as radio and CD recordings. Technical articles for the Österreichisches Orgelforum and other magazines, as well as the publication "In memoriam Anton Heiller" (1999), whose works play an essential role for Thomas Schmöger. Publishing Heiller Scores in cooperation with publishing companies.
Education
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1974
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from that year on first musical education: piano (Hilde Langer-Rühl), music theory and composition (Friedrich Neumann) | ||||
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1978 - 1987
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1985 - 1986
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Conservatoire National de Region: organ (Daniel Roth, André Stricker), study visits as holder of a scholarship by the French government | ||||
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1986
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Conservatoire National de Region: graduation with distinction "medaille d'or à l'unanimité" | ||||
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1986 - 1991
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1987
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diploma (concert studies) with distinction | ||||
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1991
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diploma, "Mag. art. " (similar to Master of Arts) | ||||
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1991
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diploma (concert studies) with distinction | ||||
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master classes under Michael Radulescu and Jean Langlais |
Activities
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1987 - 1992
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director of the organ class | ||
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1988
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Viennese van Swieten Ensemble: founder of the ensemble playing music on organ instruments | ||
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1990 - 2005
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teacher for thoroughbass, accompaniment, notation, historic music theory and ensemble Early music | ||
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1991 - 1994
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Concertino Cantabile: director of the vocal ensemble | ||
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1991 - 1997
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teacher for harpsichord and thoroughbass | ||
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1992 - 1999
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organist on the Rieger organ at the St. Anna church | ||
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1994 - 2005
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setting up the new department for "Early music", director of the class for historic keyboard instruments | ||
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1995 - 2005
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professorship for organ | ||
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ENSEMBLE MVSICA ANTIQVA: organist and harpsichordist (director Bernhard Klebel) | |||
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titular organist |
Performances (Selection)
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1988
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1992
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1994
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2003
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Festival Kremnicer Burgorgel Kremnica, St. Catherine's Church | |||
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2004
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OrganoPleno, Jesuites' Church Salzburg: performance of a new work on the occasion of the inauguration of a new organ |
Awards
| Period | Award | Composition | Awarding Organisation |
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1981
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1st prize regional youth contest "Jugend musiziert" Vienna | ||
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1981
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2nd prize federal youth contest "Jugend musiziert" | ||
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1982
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International Interpretation Contest Nijmegen: 3rd prize | ||
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1983
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promotional award for composition | ||
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1986
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International Improvisation Contest Nuremburg: 1st prize | ||
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1987
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recognition award | ||
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1988
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International Interpretation Contest Bruges: appreciation award | ||
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1991
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appreciation award | ||
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1992
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Grand Prix de Chartres: finalist | ||
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2004
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promotional award for composition |
Description of Style
My works, predominantly composed for organ, have been created after intensive work with improvisation and partly derived directly from that improvisation. The archetypical polarity between the strict order of the material and intuitive liberty in the creational process of musical relations is characteristic for these compositions. Stylistic parameters are made subject to musical expression individually, whether they are strictly counterpoint-like, dodecaphonic, serial, minimalist or experimental. Sound and emotion are always in the foreground of my compositions. Jehan Alain, Olivier Messiaen, Anton Heiller and Michael Radulescu are the composers of the 20th century I feel mostly related to. In addition to composition and improvisation, adaptations are an essential part of my creative work on the organ. The small number of significant compositions for the organ made me look for organ-like structures in Anton Bruckner's or Max Reger's orchestra works; from this search I created the adaptations of Bruckner's 4th Symphony or the Mozart-Variationen op. 132 by Max Reger.
Thomas Schmögner 1994
Press Reviews
26. September 2005
This reaching out for the highest [...] was convincing using skill, insight into the work and power of creation. The huge score of about 1,700 bars impressed due to the soloist's instrument compatible way of thinking. Essential: cascades of sound, finest webs, affectionate enwrapping in melodies, explosive eruptions. Schmögner also earned his laurels for the physical stamina he displayed for such a mega concert - about 100 minutes.
Oberösterreichische Nachrichten
1997
The glory for the first transcribed symphony belongs to the Viennese composer Thomas Schmögner, who - in 1994 - produced an exemplary and exciting recording of the "Fourth" (version 1878/80, Nowak) on the Cavaillé-Coll organ of La Madeleine in Paris.
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Discography, Projects
Discography:
- 1999: Giacomo Puccini: Orgelwerke und Opernpotpourris an der historischen Puccini-Orgel in San Pietro Somaldi in Lucca (Arte Nova Classics, 1999))
- 1999: Italienische Orgelmusik des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts an der historischen Orgel in San Filippo in Lucca (Gabrieli, Guammi, Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Zipoli u.a. (Arte Nova Classics, 1999))
- 1998: Louis Vierne: Symphonie a-moll op.28 (Transkription) an der Cavaillé-Coll-Orgel von St-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts in Paris (Edition Lade 1999))
- 1997: "Orgelmusik im Stift Melk" (Musik der Melker Stiftsorganisten an der Reil-Orgel der Melker Sommersakristei) (Edition Lade) 1997)
- 1996: "L'Orgue Kern de Masevaux" Pierre Chevreau, Thomas Schmögner et Vincent Warnier joue Marchand, Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn et Alain (Edition Festival de Masevaux) 1996)
- 1996: Pierre Alexandre François Boëly: Ausgewählte Werke an der historischen Isnard-Orgel (1777) von St.Maximin-de-Provence(Edition Lade) 1996 )
- 1994: "Anton Bruckner: 4.Symphonie (Transkription) an der Cavaillé-Coll-Orgel der Pariser Madeleine - Kirche (Edition Lade) 1994
- 1994: "Orgel Life" Livekonzertmitschnitt an der Rieger-Orgel in St.Anna Baumgarten Wien, Oktober 1994 (Bach, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Schmögner, Boëllmann) (Edition RSA001)
- Johann Joseph Fux: Das Gesamtwerk für Tasteninstrumente (Cembalo, hist. Mitterreither-Orgel von 1739 in der Stiftskirche Pöllau, Steiermark) (Edition Lade))
- Max Reger: Introduktion, Passacaglia und Fuge h-moll op.67 für 2 Klaviere, Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Mozart op.132, in Orgeltranskriptionen an der historischen Walcker-Orgel (1880) in Winterthur (Edition Lade))
- "Positive Bach": Manualiter-Orgelwerke von Johann Sebastian Bach am Åkerman&Lund-Orgelpositiv der Alten Wiener Universitätskirche (Alving Digital Records)
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