Annette Schlünz facts for kids

Annette Schlünz (born September 23, 1964) is a German musician and composer. She writes many different kinds of music. Her works include operas, music for orchestras, and pieces for smaller groups of instruments.

About Annette Schlünz

Annette Schlünz was born in Dessau, East Germany. She loved music from a young age. She studied music at the Dresden Music School from 1983 to 1987. Her teachers included Udo Zimmermann. Later, she continued her studies in Berlin. She also learned from famous composers like Iannis Xenakis and Helmut Lachenmann.

Annette Schlünz also shared her knowledge. She taught music at the Dresden Center for Contemporary Music. She also taught at the Dresden Music School for several years. She traveled a lot to share her music. In 1996, she went on a concert tour in South America. She also visited countries like Denmark, France, Spain, the USA, and Vietnam in 2001. She gave talks at many important places. These included the Academy of Arts in Berlin and the German Academy in Rome. In 2005, she was a special composer at a music center in Lyon, France.

Awards and Achievements

Annette Schlünz has received many special prizes for her music. These awards show how much her work is appreciated.

• She won the Hanns Eisler Prize in 1990.
• She received the Heidelberg Artists Award in 1998.
• In 1999, she won a prize from the German Record Critics' Award. This was for her recording of a piece called MOCCOLI.
• She also received scholarships to study at Darmstadt in 1990 and 1992.

Her Music

Annette Schlünz writes music for many different things. She has composed for the stage, which means for operas or plays. She also writes for chamber ensembles, which are small groups of musicians. She creates vocal music for singers and multimedia works that combine different art forms.

Here are some examples of her works:

• Matka (1988–89): This is a chamber opera. An opera is a play where the story is told mostly through singing.
• Un jour d'été (1996): This was a children's theater piece.
• Picardie (1992): A piece for a full orchestra.
• Fadensonnen (1993): Written for a smaller orchestra.
• Ornithopoesie (1989): A choral piece, meaning it's for a choir to sing.
• shaded (1991): A piece for solo piano.
• String Trio – il pleut doucement sur la ville (1989): This is for three string instruments: violin, viola, and cello.
• Rose (1988): A song for a mezzo-soprano singer and piano.

Her music has also been recorded. You can find her works on CDs. Some of her recorded pieces include Traumkraut, Fadensonnen, and MOCCOLI.