David Philip Hefti @ Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin
On December 6, 2024, the string quartet of the Staatskapelle Berlin will present the sixth string quartet Five Scenes for Gustav by David Philip Hefti at the Pierre Boulez Saal Berlin. The “Five Scenes for Gustav” were composed as preludes to Gustav Mahler's five “Rückert Lieder”, in Hefti's arrangement for high voice and string quartet. In this concert, Hefti's sixth quartet and his Mahler arrangement will be performed alternately, as originally planned. The soloist will be soprano Mojca Erdmann.
Since his collaboration with the Scharoun Ensemble, Hefti has cultivated a young but intensive artistic friendship with Wolfram Brandl, leader of the Staatskapelle Berlin string quartet, which is based on the successful premiere of his octet “Des Zaubers Spuren” at the Zermatt Music Festival and was performed for the first time in Germany on the occasion of the Scharoun Ensemble's 40th anniversary concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in September 2023.
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SUISA en scène: Application deadline 11 December 2024
The “SUISA en scène” commissioning and mentoring project is a collaboration between SUISA and the Murten Classics Summer Festival. On the basis of submitted application documents, two young composers will be selected to be coached by the renowned Swiss composer David Philip Hefti from January to May 2025 to compose a commissioned work of approximately 8 minutes each.
The works written during this coaching process will be premiered as part of the 2025 Murten Classics Summer Festival and performed by a student ensemble from the ZHdK (Zurich University of the Arts). The style of composition is free, but all non-acoustic parameters (electronics, live electronics and video) are excluded.
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David Philip Hefti @ Konzerthaus Berlin
On September 30, 2024, the Amaryllis Quartet will perform David Philip Hefti’s seventh string quartet Ans Ende der Zeit at the Konzerthaus Berlin. The work will be performed at the invitation of Christian Jost in his concert format “2xhören”. Following the performance, Christian Jost will hold a discussion with the musicians and composer David Philip Hefti before the piece is performed. “Be surprised how much your ears have opened up when the piece is heard for the second time!” is the slogan of this innovative concert series.
David Philip Hefti’s seventh string quartet “Ans Ende der Zeit” was commissioned by Graz Opera for the in-house ballet company. The premiere with the Graz Opera Ballet in a choreography by ballet director Beate Vollack and with the PhilQuartet of the Graz Philharmonic took place in May 2023. Since then, the work has been performed several times in concert.
David Philip Hefti has a long-standing collaboration with the Amaryllis Quartet, during which most of his compositions have been performed for this ensemble.
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David Philip Hefti & Scharoun Ensemble & Zermatt Festival Orchestra on SRF2 Kultur
The world premiere of Des Zaubers Spuren by David Philip Hefti performed by the Scharoun Ensemble, for which the work was composed, can now be listened to on the SRF concert podcast. Des Zaubers Spuren is a tribute to Franz Schubert, as Schubert’s music has left audible and “inaudible” traces in Hefti’s work, as the composer says.
Concert from 15 September 2023, St. Mauritius Church, Zermatt (Zermatt Festival)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor BWV 1060
David Philip Hefti: Des Zaubers Spuren (2023, world premiere) Commissioned composition for the Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Alban Berg: Seven early songs (arranged by Reinbert de Leeuw)
Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 “Tragic”
Zermatt Festival Orchestra
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
David Philip Hefti, conductor
Wolfram Brandl, violin
Jonathan Kelly, oboe
Christiane Karg, soprano
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David Philip Hefti @ Elbphilharmonie
David Philip Heftis work Fünf Concertini für Streichorchester, composed in 2022, will be performed by the Musikkollegium Winterthur under the baton of Roberto González-Monjas in Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie on February 3, 2024.
Details of the concert can be found here.
The Five Concertini for string orchestra are a tribute to Antonio Vivaldi, who composed over 500 solo concertos. This gave him the idea of composing five micro-concertos for the string orchestra’s five principals.
The world premiere of the work took place on June 30, 2023 as part of the Kammerkonzerte Laufen (CH) with the Berliner Barock Solisten, to whom the work is dedicated, under the baton of David Philip Hefti. read more less
David Philip Hefti @ BerlinPhil’s Digital Concert Hall
On 27 September 2023, the German premiere of David Philip Heftis octet Des Zaubers Spuren took place on the occasion of the Scharoun Ensemble's 40th anniversary concert at the Berlin Philharmonie. The work was recorded and can be viewed and heard at the Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall. read more less
