Nikolaus Schapfl is a German Compositeur born the August 21st 1963 with Munich.

Nikolaus Schapfl began the training from the Accordéon dice seven years and that of the piano at 14 years, age to which it carries out its first compositions. To 18 years, it gives its first concert of piano as a soloist to the theater of the town of Fürth and works as pianist of accompaniment of silent films. It starts into 1983 of the studies of engineer in Munich and successfully in 1988 finishes them. Then he follows this occupation during three year and half. In parallel, in 1985, it takes courses of composition with Johann-Peter Gampl.

Of 1989 with 1992, it takes courses of musical theory, melody and Composition with Dieter Buwen with the academy of Nuremberg. In 1992, it studies the composition with the Mozarteum of Salzburg with Wolfgang Sauseng and Christian Ofenbauer, at the university of music and representational arts of Vienna with Diether of the Mound, the harmony and the counterpoint with Franz Zaunschirm, the history of the music with Siegfried Mauser.

Works

Theoretical work

• 1995 : On Octandre of Edgard Varèse
• 1996: Faded Photographs - On the cycle for piano of the American type-setter Daniel Brewbaker
• 1996: the sound language of Alexandre Scriabine , memory diplômant

Compositions (selection)

• the small prince , opera in two acts according to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for full orchestra, chorus and soloists
• Songs without words 1-7, for violin and piano (creation in 1999 with the Museum of Freising)
• the three brothers for mixed chorus, according to a Russian tale
• Sonata for piano (creation in 1993, small room of the Gasteig)
• Cry-X , electronic music, creation Alte Schmiede, Vienna, 1997
• Arlecchino , music for dance in four scenes (creation in 1994 with Santander UIMP)
• Continuation for orchestra according to the opera the small prince (in May 1997 creation, Shanghai)
• String quartet n° 2 , creation in 2002 by the Quartet Gaudeamus

Source

External bond

• Site of Nikolaus Schapfl