I'm reading "Ungebrochene Zeichen" which is a book about the composer Klaus Huber (Pfau-Verlag 2005). Klaus Huber is a must to know. His music has it all. Claus-Steffen Mahnkoph writes about Huber that his way of composing is a struggle with one's weaker self Kampf mit dem inneren Schweinehund. For me it is important that I for every new composition discover something new. I have to surprise my self. I do not want to find "my own style" and write pieces year after year with small alterations. Mahnkopf writes about Huber, that Huber isn't famous as Luigi Nono or Helmut Lachenmann because he doesn't repeat himself. I want composition to be a struggle, without a kind of utopia music has no meaning to me.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comments:
It's very interesting what you write here. What I've heard of your prior works, you make it sound so easy even though it's got a serious depth and intricacy. "Inneren Schweinehund", yes. That's a really descriptive way of saying it. Thank you!
Post a Comment