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Burghardt Benedikt
- Compositions
- General Information
- Education
- Activities
- Performances (Selection)
- Awards
- Press Reviews
- Contact, Links
Compositions
General Information
Music studies in Essen, Stuttgart, Buenos Aires, Darmstadt and Vienna. Freelance composer, conductor and lecturer from 1987 - 2002 in Vienna and since 2002 in Hamburg. In addition to several compositions for vocal ensembles and chamber music works, he has composed many pieces as a teacher for beginners and children (for puppetry productions, among others) and pupils.
User Information:
At present, a selection of works is available on our database.
Education
| Period | Education | Instrument | Teacher | Education Organisation | Location |
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1977 - 1986
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guitar (Hans Gräf) | ||||
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Conservatorio J. J. Castro, Buenos Aires: conducting (Antonio Russo) | |||||
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Conservatorio J. J. Castro, Buenos Aires: music theory, composition (Guillermo Graetzer, Louis Arias) | |||||
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Pädagogische Hochschule - Waldorflehrerseminar, Stuttgart: school music (Peter-Michael Riehm) | |||||
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course for harmony | |||||
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master classes for composition (Ivo Malek, Helmut Lachenmann, Reiner Febel, Paul Mefano, Mariano Etkin) |
Activities
| Period | Activity | Organisation | Location |
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1983 - 1984
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Buenos Aires: choir director | ||
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1987 - 2001
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Vienna and Linz: director of various children, youth and school choirs, orchestras and ensembles | ||
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1987 - 2002
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Vienna and Linz: school musician in primary and secondary schools | ||
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1989 - 1994
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Goetheanistische Studienstätte, Vienna: director of the students' choir | ||
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1989 - 1994
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Goetheanistische Studienstätte, Vienna: assistant for music in musical education, music theory and ensemble directing | ||
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1993 - 2002
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co-founder and teacher for the subjects of music theory, improvisation and composition | ||
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1995 - 1999
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choir and orchestra director, various performance projects | ||
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1999 - 2002
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choir director | ||
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1999 - 2001
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teacher (courses in improvisation, directing workshops and concerts at Viennese music schools) | ||
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2006
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ChorTheater "Sinnsalabim", Hamburg: co-founder | ||
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Hamburg School of Music, Hamburg: lecturer in music history, musical education, musical form, melody and counterpoint | |||
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director of three choirs in Hamburg, Bergedorf and Henstedt-Ulzburg | |||
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seminars and lectures in Austria and abroad about music education, harmony and music philosophy |
Performances (Selection)
| Period | Performance | Composition | Organisation | Location |
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1995
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1996
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The Stone Bell House, Prague | |||
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1997
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Schillertheater Gelsenkirchen | |||
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1999
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cathedral Linz | |||
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2001
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Teatro Politeama Universale Arezzo | |||
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2002
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2003
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World Music Days, at the cathedral in Maribor | |||
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2004
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Choir Festival Wiesbaden | |||
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2004
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Days of Contemporary Music Darmstadt |
Awards
| Period | Award | Composition | Awarding Organisation |
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1995
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composition sponsorship | ||
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1996
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prize winner at the composition contest in Vienna | ||
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1997
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prize winner at the composition contest in Munich | ||
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1998
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Saar-Sängerbund, Saarland Broadcasting Corporation, Minister for Cultural Affairs of the Federal State of Saarland: two times winner of the Louis Pinck composition contest | ||
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1998
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promotional award for composition | ||
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1998
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composition sponsorship | ||
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1999
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Anton Bruckner Composition Contest: prize winner | ||
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2000
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International composition contest Guido d'Arezzo: first prize | ||
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2002
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second prize at the international Gustav Mahler composition contest | ||
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2006
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City of Bad Brückenau: prize winner at the Valentin Becker composition contest | ||
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Saar-Sängerbund: prize winner at the Louis Pinck composition contest, special award of the Minister for Cultural Affairs of the Federal State of Saarland |
Press Reviews
22. June 2000
Afterwards, the choir left the gallery and showed itself in the chancel, to perform a genuine master piece performing Benedikt Burghardt's "Missa brevis" from last year.
Westdeutsche Zeitung
29. July 2002
The prize winners of the Gustav Mahler composition contest
The second prize winner, Benedikt Burghardt, honoured poet Antonio Porchia's life-time achievement in the five-movement piece "VOCES - Epitafio a Antonio Porchia". Designed for contradictory listening experiences, which also leave room for encouraged improvisation by the two solo instruments [...]
Kleine Zeitung
21. June 2004
The chamber choir Hösel excellently performed Benedikt Burghardt's Psalm 86 [...] The motet in four voices was exciting and enthralling, and the subtle passages were as right as the wide arcs.
Rheinische Post
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