Maximilian Schnaus

Maximilian Schnaus (born 1986 in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany) is a German composer, organist, and church musician.[1]

Life

Schnaus studied church music and organ in Hannover and Amsterdam with Pier Damiano Peretti and Jacques van Oortmerssen. He received scholarships from the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation and the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (*Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes*), and completed his concert diploma with distinction in the class of Leo van Doeselaar at the Berlin University of the Arts.

He has premiered works by composers such as Albert Breier, Philipp Maintz, Dominik Susteck, and Hyunwha Cho.

Schnaus is the recipient of several composition and organ prizes, including the Paul Hindemith Prize of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and the International Organ Competition for Contemporary Music at the Berner Münster. He was also named Artist in Residence by the Foundation for Art and Music in Dresden.

He has appeared at numerous festivals, including Mixturen at Sankt Peter in Cologne and Spring Pipes at the new experimental organ of St. Martin in Kassel, and has performed in churches and concert halls throughout Europe and Asia.[1]

Since 2013, Schnaus has served as church musician for the Evangelical Parish Am Weinberg in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg,[2] where he has also been involved in planning the new organ for the Zion Church (Zionskirche).[3]

Selected works

Organ

  • Rhapsodie (2007), premiered by Martin Lücker, Marienkirche Hanau[4]
  • Dyas (2008), premiered by Martin Lücker, Katharinenkirche Frankfurt am Main[4]
  • Fuge (psychogen) (2012), premiered by Una Cintina, Bovenkerk Kampen[4]
  • Come Sweetest Death (2013), premiered by Iveta Apkalna, St. Jacobi Lübeck[4]
  • What Is It Like to Be a Bat – Scherzo (2014), premiered by Ines Schüttengruber, St. Bavo Haarlem[4]
  • Hymnus pro hodierno mundo et adveniente (2020), premiered by Wolfgang Kogert, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna[4]
  • Simultanmusik (2021), premiered by Maximilian Schnaus, St. Nicolai Potsdam[4]
  • signals (from remote territories) (2023), premiered by Christian Schmitt, Tonhalle Zürich[4]
  • Strata, Interferenzen (2023), premiered by Leo van Doeselaar, St. Marien Berlin[4]

Piano

  • piece (2015), premiered by Francesco Piemontesi, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.[4]
  • transparency study (2018), premiered by Francesco Piemontesi, Schloss Reinbek[4]

Chamber music

  • What Is It Like to Be a Bat (2013), premiered by Das Neue Ensemble, Musik21 Festival Hannover[4]
  • O Phantasma (2015), premiered by Katharina Deserno and Martin Lücker, Katharinenkirche Frankfurt am Main[4]
  • Aeterne Rerum Conditor (2022), premiered by Carl-von-Ossietzky-Chor and Berit Kramer, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin[4]

Vocal

  • Heterophonie (2011), premiered by the Hilliard Ensemble, Neustädter Hof- und Stadtkirche Hannover[4]
  • Litanei (2016), premiered by Collegium Vocale Hannover, Florian Lohmann, Kloster Loccum[4]
  • Sanctus (2018), premiered by Dresdner Kammerchor, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biography – Maximilian Schnaus". Maximilian Schnaus – Composer and Organist. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "Staff – Evangelische Kirchengemeinde am Weinberg". am-weinberg-berlin.de. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ "Organ Commission – KlangRaumZion, Zionskirche Berlin". klangraumzion.de (in German). {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Works – Maximilian Schnaus". Maximilian Schnaus – Composer and Organist. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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