Enno Poppe


Enno Poppe is a German composer and conductor of classical music, and an academic teacher.

Career

Enno Poppe studied composition and conducting at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin with Friedrich Goldmann and Gösta Neuwirth, among others. He studied sound synthesis and algorithmic composition with Heinrich Taube at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe.
Since 1998 he has conducted the ensemble mosaik for contemporary music in Berlin. He taught from 2002 to 2004 at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". He received commissions from Salzburg Festival, Berliner Festwochen, Ensemble InterContemporain, The Louvre, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, the SWR for the Donaueschinger Musiktage and the Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Poppe was a Stipendiat of the Villa Massimo in 1995/96, and won an Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize in 2004.
His opera Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung on a libretto of Marcel Beyer was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2008.
Since 2008 Poppe has been a member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin, since 2009 of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste and, since 2010, of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste.
In 2023 Poppe was awarded the Franco Abbiati Prize from Italian Music Critics Association.

Works

Source:

Stage works

IQ. Text: Marcel BeyerArbeit Nahrung Wohnung. Text: Marcel BeyerInterzone Text: Marcel Beyer

Works for orchestra

  • HUNDERT. Hommage à Pierre Boulez VI
  • Strom Schnur for cello and orchestraFett Welt Markt Altbau Keilschrift
  • ''Obst''

Works for ensemble

  • Blumen for ensemble
  • Körper for ensemble
  • Hirn for ensembleO Du for ensembleProzession for large ensembleRundfunk for 9 synthesizersFleisch for tenor saxophone, electric guitar, keyboard and percussionFilz for viola solo, 4 clarinets and stringsSpeicher Wald for four string quartets Salz Öl Holz for clarinet and small ensembleDem Bones for ensemble

Chamber music

  • Laub for seven instrumentsQuintet for string quintetBuch for string quartetFreizeit for string quartetFeld for two pianos and two percussionistsBrot for five instrumentsSchweiß for violoncello and keyboard or for four instrumentsTonband for two keyboards, percussion and live electronicsZug for seven brass playersTrauben for violin, violoncello, and pianoRad for two keyboardsTier for string quartetGelöschte Lieder flute, violin, violoncello and piano

Vocal music

Augen for soprano and chamber orchestra. Text: Else Lasker-SchülerDer Wechsel menschlicher Sachen for mixed choir. Text: Quirinus KuhlmannIch kann mich an nichts erinnern for choir, organ and orchestra. Text: Marcel BeyerAbend for four male voices and four trombones Drei Arbeiten for baritone, horn, piano and percussion Gold for mixed choir Wespe for voice solo

Solo music

Fell for drumset soloHaare for violinZwölf for violoncello 17 Etüden für die Flöte, 3. Heft Arbeit for virtual Hammond organHerz for violoncelloHolz solo for bassoon or bass clarinetThema mit 840 Variationen for piano
  • ''17 Etüden für die Violine, 2. Heft''