Johannes Schöllhorn in April 2019
Johannes Schöllhorn (born 30 June 1962) is a contemporary German composer.
Born in Murnau am Staffelsee, Schöllhorn grew up in Marktoberdorf. He studied musical composition with Klaus Huber, Emmanuel Nunes and Mathias Spahlinger and music theory with Peter Förtig at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. He also attended conducting courses with Péter Eötvös.
He taught at the Zurich University of the Arts from 1995 to 2000 and from 2001 to 2009 as a professor for composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover. Since 2009 he has been a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
Prizes
- 1997: Comité de Lecture of the Ensemble intercontemporain
- 2009: Praetorius Musikpreis.
Notable students
- Farzia Fallah (born 1980), composer from Tehran, living in Germany
- Georgia Koumará (born 1991), Greek composer, living in Germany
External links
- Official website
- Extensive interview with Johannes Schöllhorn
- "Johannes Schöllhorn (biography, works, resources)" (in French and English). IRCAM.
- Johannes Schöllhorn on Éditions Lamoine
- Johannes Schöllhorn on Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine
- Johannes Schöllhorn on Goethe Institut
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