Deadly Encounters
Miroslav Srnka’s new opera “Voice Killer” is based on a real criminal case
Manfred Trojahn was born in Cremlingen near Braunschweig in 1949. He studied orchestral music in Braunschweig and composition with Diether de la Motte in Hamburg.
With his works he has received numerous scholarships and prizes for his work, including the Study Foundation of the German People (1971), the Stuttgart Award for Young Composers (1972), International Rostrum of Composers, Paris (1978), the Academia Tedesca Villa Massimo in Rome (1979/80), Sprengel Music Prize, Hannover (1980), Deutscher Musikautorenpreis by GEMA (2009).
In 1979-80 Trojahn spent a one-year residence at Villa Massimo, Rome. He was Professor of Composition at the Robert-Schumann-Hochschule in Düsseldorf until 2017 and is a member of the Academies of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin and Munich.
He lives in Düsseldorf and Paris.
The work list of Manfred Trojahn includes almost every genre. His works are performed internationally by leading orchestras and composers and renowned soloists.
Since the premiere of “Enrico” at Schwetzingen and Munich 1991 music theatre has occupied an important position in Trojahn’s oeuvre: his operas “Was ihr wollt” [Twelfth Night], (Munich, 1998), “La grande magia” (Dresden 2008) and “Orest” (Amsterdam 2011) have received new productions at many international theatres as well as the new composition of the recitatives of Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito” was premiered at many theatres.
In recent years Trojahn has intensified composing for ensemble. Since 2012 his cycle “Quitter” appears on texts by René Char for 2 sopranoes, vocal ensembe and 18 instrumenalists, 2017 the 6th movement “Les dentelles de Montmirail” have been premiered by Ensemble Modern at the Festival Acht Brücken in Cologne.
2013 Trojahn has composed “Le Ceneri di Gramsci” on a text by Pier Paolo Pasolini for MusikFabrik, and in 2015/16 the first part of “Nocturne – Minotauromachie”has been premiered by Ensemble Intercontemporain.
In 2017 the melodram “Verpasste Gelegenheiten” (Missed Chances) in cooperation with the poet Michael Krüger has been composed for the Klavier Festival Ruhr as well as the song cycle “Die Sonne sinkt” (The setting sun) for soprano and piano after Friedrich Nietzsche for the song workshop of the festival Kissinger Sommer.
Projects of the season 2017/18 include a new production of “Enrico” at the Frankfurt opera an the revival of the ballet production “une campagne noire de soleil” by Reinhild Hoffmann at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen.
2021 saw the publication of Robert Maschka’s “Manfred Trojahns Musik“.
In 2019, Manfred Trojahn moved to the Boosey & Hawkes publishing house.
composer_first_name | composer_last_name | title | date | orchestra | conductor | location | special |
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Charlotte | Seither | Neues Werk für Stimme und Klavier | 05.07.2025 | Dietrich Henschel (Bariton), Anne Le Bozec (Klavier) | Bad Kissingen (Kissinger Sommer, Liederwerkstatt) | Uraufführung | |
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XIX (wie schön leucht uns der morgenstern) für orgel solo | 18.07.2025 | Georg Gottschlich (Orgel) | Berlin (St. Marien Friedenau) | ||
Andrea Lorenzo | Scartazzini | Enigma für Orchester | 18.07.2025 | Jenaer Philharmonie | Simon Gaudenz | Toblach (Mahler Festwochen) | |
Beat | Furrer | Prophezeiungen – für Alt, Kontrabassklarinette und Akkordeon | 19.07.2025 | Helena Sorokina (Alt), Marco Sala (Kontrabassklarinette), Krassimir Sterev (Akkordeon), Cantando Admont | Cordula Bürgi | Salzburg (Salzburger Festspiele, Kollegienkirche) | |
Manfred | Trojahn | Streichquartett Nr. 3 | 26.07.2025 | Kuss Quartett | Hitzacker (Sommerliche Musiktage) | ||
Beat | Furrer | Prophezeiungen – für Alt, Kontrabassklarinette und Akkordeon | 27.07.2025 | Helena Sorokina (Alt), Marco Sala (Kontrab.klarinette), Krassimir Sterev (Akk.), Cantando Admont | Cordula Bürgi | Ossiach (Carinthischer Sommer, Stiftskirche) | |
Charlotte | Seither | „ahnst du“ für Orchester, Chor und Vokalensemble | 02.08.2025 | Orchester, Chor und Vokalensemble der Musikakademie der Studienstiftung | Martin Wettges | Bruneck (Intercable Arena) | |
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXVII (so nimm denn meine hände) choralvorspiel XXXVII (so nimm denn meine hände) | 07.08.2025 | Leo van Doeselaar (Orgel) | Kampen (Bovenkerk) | Niederländische Erstauff. | |
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXVIII (schmücke dich, o liebe seele) | 13.08.2025 | Anna-Victoria Baltrusch | Trier (Konstantinbasilika) | ||
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel XXXVIII (schmücke dich, o liebe seele) | 17.08.2025 | Anna-Victoria Baltrusch | Fulda (Dom St. Salvator) | ||
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel III (die nacht ist vorgedrungen) für orgel solo | 22.08.2025 | Angela Metzger (Orgel) | Berlin (Internationaler Orgelsommer, Dom) | ||
Dieter | Ammann | Viola Concerto „No templates“ | 30.08.2025 | Tabea Zimmermann (Viola) Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | David Robertson | Luzern (Lucerne Festival) | |
Bernd Alois | Zimmermann | Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu | 31.08.2025 | Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin | Anja Bihlmaier | Bonn | |
Beat | Furrer | Klavierkonzert Nr. 2 | 03.09.2025 | Francesco Piemontesi (Klavier), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande | Jonathan Nott | Genf (Victoria Hall) | Urauff., auch 4.9. Genf |
Dieter | Ammann | Violation für Violoncello und Orchester | 14.09.2025 | Sol Gabetta (Violoncello), Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly | Luzern (Lucerne Festival) | |
Matthias | Pintscher | NUR für Klavier und Ensemble | 26.09.2025 | Conrad Tao (Klavier), Konzerthausorchester Berlin | Matthias Pintscher | Berlin (Konzerthaus) | auch 27.9. |
Beat | Furrer | PHAOS für Orchester | 28.09.2025 | Basel Sinfonietta | Titus Engel | Basel (Stadtcasino) | Schweizer Erstauff. |
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel IX (erbarm dich mein, o herre gott) für orgel solo | 06.10.2025 | Henry Fairs (Orgel) | Berlin (Maria unter dem Kreuz, Vierter Orgelzyklus) | ||
Philipp | Maintz | englouti, haché | 11.10.2025 | Angela Metzger (Orgel) | Madrid (Auditorio nacional de Música) | Span. Erstauff. | |
Dieter | Ammann | Viola Concerto „No templates“ | 16.10.2025 | Nils Mönkemeyer (Viola), Münchener Kammerorchester | Bas Wiegers | München (Prinzregententheater) | |
Manfred | Trojahn | Herbstmusik - Sinfonischer Satz | 23.10.2025 | Tiroler Symphonieorchester | Gerrit Prießnitz | Innsbruck (Congress) | auch 24.10. |
Beat | Furrer | Studie III für Klavier solo | 02.11.2025 | Filippo Gorini (Klavier) | Hong Kong (City Hall) | Uraufführung | |
Beat | Furrer | PHAOS für Orchester | 02.11.2025 | Basel Sinfonietta | Titus Engel | Essen (Philharmonie) | |
Andrea Lorenzo | Scartazzini | Earth für Orchester (Neues Werk zum 200. Jubiläum der Bremer Philharmoniker) | 02.11.2025 | Bremer Philharmoniker | Marko Letonja | Bremen (Die Glocke) | Urauff., auch 3.11. |
Giselher | Klebe | Das Mädchen aus Domrémy | 23.11.2025 | Alexander Hannemann, Regie: Michael Dissmeier | Detmold (Hochschule für Musik) | ||
Lubica | Cekovská | Toy Procession or orchestra | 28.11.2025 | Houston Symphony Orchestra | Juraj Valcuha | Houston (Jones Hall) | Uraufführung |
Philipp | Maintz | jag die hunde zurück! für sechs soprane und sechs schlagzeuger | 29.11.2025 | N. Senatskaya/S. Bódi/I. Balzer-Wolf/C. Vélez Murcia/H. Kim/M. Viera (Soprane), Christoph Sietzen | Wien (Festival Wien Modern, Konzerthaus) | Österr. Erstaufführung | |
Philipp | Maintz | haché für orgel solo, englouti für orgel solo | 09.12.2025 | Angela Metzger (Orgel) | München (musica viva, Herkulessaal der Residenz) | ||
Philipp | Maintz | choralvorspiel II (rorate cæli desuper) für orgel solo | 14.12.2025 | Andreas Sieling (Orgel) | Berlin (Dom) | Uraufführung | |
Beat | Furrer | „Ira-Arca“ für Bassflöte und Kontrabass | 20.01.2026 | Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin | Berlin (Konzerthaus) |
Miroslav Srnka’s new opera “Voice Killer” is based on a real criminal case
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Miroslav Srnka’s new opera “Voice Killer” is based on a real-life criminal case
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