Stefan Hippe


Stefan Hippe is a German composer, conductor and accordionist.

Life

Born in Nuremberg, Hippe received his first accordion lessons from Herbert Bausewein in 1974 and his first composition lessons from Hans-Ludwig Schilling in 1981. At the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg he studied accordion with Willi Münch and Irene Kauper, then composition at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Bertold Hummel and Heinz Winbeck and conducting with Günter Wich. Since 1999, he has taught at the Nuremberg Music School, and from 2004 to 2007 at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Since 2015, he has been a lecturer among others for conducting at the in Trossingen. As a composer and soloist, Hippe among others works with the, the and the Staatstheater Nürnberg. With the soprano Irene Kurka he founded the duo Soprakkordeon in 2000. Furthermore, he is the principal conductor of the Bundesakkordeonorchester, a project and selection orchestra founded in 2010 and sponsored by the.

Awards

  • 1994: 1st prize at the composition competition of the Summer Music Academy Hitzacker
  • 1995: 1st prize at the composition competition of the city of Würzburg
  • 1997: Scholarship stay in the Cité internationale des arts Paris
  • 1998:
  • 2000: Bavarian Promotion Prize for Young Artists
  • 2003: ; Fördergabe der
  • 2006: Prize of the City of Cottbus

    Compositions

Stage music

  • A Lady Dies. Chamber opera. Libretto:. 11 March 2000 Nürnberg

    Vocal compositions

  • 23rd Psalm for voice and organ. Text Latin and German. 17 April 1988
  • Die drei Teiche von Hellbrunn. 1st string quartet, with soprano solo and double bass. Text: Georg Trakl. 19 June 1989, Lohr am Main
  • Egonoia for chamber choir, contrabassoon and piano. Texts: 6 poems by Ernst Jandl. 20 June 1990, Würzburg
  • Jusques à la mort.... Song cycle for alto and piano. Text: Guillaume de Machaut, Rainer Maria Rilke and Friedrich Hölderlin. 17 December 1990, Würzburg
  • Frühlingslied for mixed choir and accordion orchestra. Text: from the Carmina Burana. 15 June 1996, Schweinfurt
  • Wild with love. Chamber music No.3 for voice, flute, percussion and accordion. Text: Stanley Kunitz. 21 November 2001, Nuremberg
  • Credo for 8-part chamber choir and brass. 1 October 2000, Nuremberg
  • Our Father for soprano, baritone, harp, glockenspiel and string sextet. 11 August 2001, Regensburg
  • Wahnsinniges Gedicht for mixed choir and accordion orchestra. Text: 5 poems by Ernst Jandl. 6 May 2006, Nuremberg
  • Under der linden for chamber choir. Text: 3 poems by Walther von der Vogelweide. 19 August 2002
  • die liebe for soprano and accordion. Text: 2 poems by Gerhard Falkner. 14 January 2003, Nuremberg
  • Blauer Himmel for soprano, flute, 2 guitars, violoncello and accordion. Text: 2 poems by Gerhard Falkner. 10 December 2003, Würzburg
  • Requiem for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra. Text by Alejandra Pizarnik and from the Old Testament. 19 November 2005, Nuremberg
  • Stabat mater for 3-part mixed choir and accordion. 18 April 2009, Warsaw
  • Atem 1946 for choir a cappella - Heinz Winbeck in Memoriam. 25 MaY 2019, Erlangen

    Orchestra/ Ensemble work

  • The Temptation of St. Anthony for accordion orchestra. 22 May 1998, Innsbruck
  • Fresques for orchestra. 5 April 1991, Bad Reichenhall
  • ...ein leiser Ton gezogen... for accordion orchestra. 8 November 1991, Gaggenau
  • Krakatao for accordion orchestra. 23 November 1994, Weißenburg
  • Kammermusik No.1 for ensemble. 23 March 1995, Würzburg
  • MŒHB. Seven pieces for accordion orchestra. 21 November 1998, Horsholm
  • Salut for accordion orchestra and percussion. 24 June 1997, Stuttgart
  • Portraits for symphony orchestra and accordion orchestra. 13 February 1988,
  • OURCQ. Rêvie parisienne for accordion and accordion orchestra. 21 November 1998, Nuremberg
  • Ausdrucksorte for accordion orchestra. 5 December 1998, Laaber
  • Short Cuts' for accordion orchestra, 2 electrons and percussion. 19 July 2003, Nuremberg
  • The Moons of Saturn
Part 2 for accordion orchestra and percussion. 18 March 2007, Erlangen
  • Tumulus - at night for accordion and string orchestra. 16 September 2006, Nuremberg
  • Tango capriccioso for accordion orchestra, piano and percussion. 28 April 2007, Fürth
  • Disposition for organ, 2 oboes, 2 horns in F and string quintet. 3 December 2006, Nuremberg.
  • Trois Pièces' for youth symphony orchestra. 12 December 2007, Limoges
  • Piano Concerto
Version for piano, accordion orchestra and timpani. 22 March 2009, Frankfurt
Version for piano and symphony orchestra.

Film scores

  • for In der Hoffnung ist gut leben , for accordion. First broadcast 28 August 1995
  • for Fantômas , for 5 accordions, 2 electroniums and basso. 31 January 2004, Erlangen
  • for The [White Hell of Pitz Palu |The White Hell of Pitz Palu] , für Kammerensemble. 31 January 2005 Erlangen

    Chamber music

Soli

  • Capriccio for accordion. 1 April 1982 Nuremberg
  • Epitaph fûr M for piano. 11 May 1988 Nuremberg
  • Foot Fire Burn Dance. Chamber music No.3 for percussion. 11 February 2001, Lüneburg
  • 1000 Pieces for piano . 5 May 2001 Munich
Work in progress; so far: No. 1, 22, 83, 325, 741, 772, 907
Version for 4 accordions and basso. 10 May 1997 Passau
  • Catch for accordion quintet. 3 February 2002 Wunsiedel

    Sextets

  • Der Schatz des heiligen Laurentius for brass quintet and organ. 15 July 2008 Nürnberg

    Septets

  • Terpsichore for 7 percussionists. 14 October 1986 Nürnberg

    Octets

  • Annacamento. Kammermusik No.2 für Ensemble. Premiere 9 November 1996 Nürnberg
  • Faux! for accordion ensemble. 19 October 2002, Malden