Šimon Voseček
Šimon Voseček is an Austrian-Czech composer. He is known for his opera Biedermann und die Brandstifter.
Biography
Šimon Voseček was born in Prague, where he studied, dance, piano and organ. After finishing school, he studied composition at the Prague Conservatory with Otomar Kvěch. He later moved to Vienna to continue his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna with Dietmar Schermann, Erich Urbanner and Chaya Czernowin.
Since 2008 he lives as a freelance artist in Vienna, combining diverse activities such as writing music, acting in theatre, directing theatre productions, but also organizing events with contemporary music. His opera Biedermann and the Arsonists won the Outstanding Artist Award for Music of the Austrian Ministry of Culture in 2008.
Selected works
Soudničky, Opera in 3 Acts, Libretto: Jan Panenka Biedermann und die Brandstifter (opera), Opera in 2 Acts after Max Frisch, Libretto: Šimon Voseček, for 8 voices and orchestra. World premiere 2013 Neue Oper Wien in Vienna, and Bozen, Italy. The English premiere of Biedermann and the Arsonists translated by David Pountney was performed 2015 by the Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells. The German premiere of the opera took place 2017 in Stadttheater Bremerhaven. , Opera in 2 Acts after a libretto by Kristine Tornquist, for 9 voices and orchestra. World premiere 2016 in Vienna,, sirene OperntheaterIm Säurebad , String quartet Migraine, Orchestra Mice, Ensemble and Video Sperms, Sopranino recorder & Piccolo flute Hallutinations, Ensemble ; music for the experimental film Mechanical Principles by Ralph Steiner
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