Timo Jouko Herrmann

Timo Jouko Herrmann (born September 22, 1978 in Heidelberg) is a German composer, musicologist and conductor.

Biography

Herrmann studied composition with Ulrich Leyendecker and musicology with Hermann Jung at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim. During his studies, he received further influence from composers like Hermann Schäfer, Krzysztof Meyer, Detlev Glanert, Roberto Doati and Wladimir Sagorzew.

Herrmann holds a PhD awarded for his thesis on Antonio Salieri and his German language stage works. His rediscovery of the lost song of joy Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia K. 477a by Salieri, Mozart and Cornetti in late 2015 brought him world-wide attention.[1] Among others, Herrmann created works for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, the Leipzig armonia wind ensemble, the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra and the Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he received commissions from festivals like the Heidelberg Biennale for Contemporary Music, the SYLTARTFESTIVAL and the concert series for contemporary music kontrapunkte in Speyer. The Theater Heidelberg premiered several of his stage works, among them the chamber opera Unreine Tragödien und aussätzige Dramatiker and his contributions to the project Das neue Wunderhorn conducted by Cornelius Meister.

Herrmann is currently writing an opera on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which was commissioned by the Opernhaus Dortmund to be premiered in February 2017.[2] His compositions are published by Verlag Neue Musik Berlin[3] and by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag Leipzig. In addition to his profession as a composer, Herrmann also performs as a violinist and a conductor. He regularly works together with the pianist Martin Stadtfeld, the bass-baritone Falk Struckmann, the Mannheim Mozart Orchestra and the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra as well as the Sinfonietta Leipzig.[4] Since 2009 he has been art director of the classical music festival Walldorfer Musiktage in his hometown of Walldorf.[5]

Awards and scholarships (selection)

Compositions (selection)

Publications (selection)

References

  1. ↑ Report on the website of International Mozarteum Foundation
  2. ↑ Website of the Opernhaus Dortmund
  3. ↑ Author's profile on the website of Verlag Neue Musik Berlin
  4. ↑ List of conductors on the website of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra
  5. ↑ Website of the festival Walldorfer Musiktage

External links

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