Composer
Biography:
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, born in Mannheim (Germany) in 1962, studied composition, music theory, piano, musicology, philosophy, and sociology with Brian Ferneyhough, Klaus Huber, and Jürgen Habermas, among others. University degree and doctorate in philosophy. Since 1984, he has received international prizes and awards, including the Gaudeamus Prize, the Stuttgart Composition Prize, the Ernst von Siemens Prize, and Villa Massimo. Since 2005, he has been professor of composition at the University of Music and Theater Leipzig.
Editor of the journal Musik & Ästhetik and the book series New Music and Aesthetics in the 21st Century, author of over 150 essays and numerous books (e.g., Kritische Theorie der Musik, Von der messianischen Freiheit, , Philosophie des Orgasmus).
Extensive work in all genres, performed by renowned ensembles (e.g., Ensemble Modern), important commissions (e.g., Salzburg Festival), numerous portrait concerts worldwide.
Major works: Rhizom, Medusa, Kammerzyklus, Angelus Novus, Hommage à György Kurtág, Hommage à Thomas Pynchon, Prospero’s Epilogue, humanized void, voiced void, Hommage à Daniel Libeskind, Kammersymphonie I-IV, void – kol ischa asirit.
Albums:
Luka Juhart – Deconstructing Accordion:
