Summary
Thuon Burtevitz, (born 27 August 1973) is a German composer.
Life edit
Born in Halle (Saale), Burtevitz first studied philosophy at the Technical University of Dresden, then changed to the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber as a student of Jörg Herchet. She continued her studies at the Studio für Elektronische Musik and as a master student of Dimitri Terzakis at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig. Since then she has been living as a freelance composer in Dresden.[1]
Work edit
Burtevitz developed her own tuning system for the piano work "Axia" (ancient Greek: "fundamental value") which lasts a good one and a half hours. In this system all intervals have a different size. For example, there are five different fifths. The octaves are also unequal. With this tuning system a strict order of tones is created, which nevertheless remains open to infinity. The form and rhythms of "axia" are also based on the tuning system.[2]
Awards edit
- Scholarship of the Mozart Foundation, Frankfurt 2004
- Working scholarships of the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen 2006 and 2009[3]
- Composition prize of the state capital Stuttgart 2008 für Rabba in Sard… (violin and prepared piano)[4]
References edit
- ^ Notice on SWR Classic, retrieved on 7 June 2020.
- ^ Zeitungsnotiz zur Uraufführung, retrieved on 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen: Archiv 2009". www.kdfs.de.
- ^ "Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart verliehen". neue musikzeitung (in German). Regensburg. 7 February 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
External links edit
- Thuon Burtevitz in Archiv Contemporary composer of the Saxon State and University Library Dresden
- Literature by and about Thuon Burtevitz in the German National Library catalogue