The ensemble recherche, consisting of nine soloists, has a self-governing organizational form and its own concert series in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Performer Biography
ensemble recherche is a distinguished new music ensemble that has premiered almost 400 works since its founding in 1985.
Composition History
Wolfgang Rihm considers his piece "Paraphrase" to be his 'apprentice piece' because working on it was the first time he felt like a true composer.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Rihm, the composer, was born in Karlsruhe in 1952 and studied composition with Eugen Werner Velte, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Klaus Huber.
Compositional Technique
Rihm's "Paraphrase" features a sound cipher repeated 63 times, possibly alluding to Stockhausen's "Klavierstück Nr. IX" which challenged the ban on serial repetition.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Wolfgang Rihm, music has always meant freedom and 'the other,' with boundary transcendence being his artistic home territory.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Wolfgang Rihm's music is characterized by a permanent attempt to transcend boundaries, with composition seen as progress and qualitative modernism.
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