Annesley Black

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Annesley Black (born 8 September 1979 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian composer based in Germany and Austria. Her works span from instrumental music to electronics and video performances, from orchestra and chamber music to theatre, solo performances and installations. She has appeared as a performer, improviser and sound-director.

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Career

After studying jazz and electronic music at Concordia University in Montreal Annesley Black received her bachelor's degree in musical composition in 2004 from McGill University in Montreal under Brian Cherney. She studied composition 2004–2006 with York Höller and Hans-Ulrich Humpert at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. She completed her studies in composition with Mathias Spahlinger, electronic music with Orm Finnendahl and applied music with Cornelius Schwehr at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg (Diplom Dec. 2008).

Among her many awards and distinctions are a scholarship and award from the Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music (2004/2006), the Busoni Composition Prize (Förderpreis) of the Academy of Arts, Berlin (2008), [1] the Stuttgart Composition Prize (2009) [2] and the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize (2019). [3] She was also a fellow at the Academy of Arts, Berlin in 2009 and since 2018 has been a member of this institution. [4]

Her pieces have been performed in Germany, Canada and other countries by various ensembles including Ensemble Modern, Ensemble ascolta, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble SurPlus, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Tsilumos Ensemble, ensemble contemporain de Montréal, Quintett Boréale, Composers Slide Quartet and hr-Sinfonieorchester [5] in such festivals as Warsaw Autumn, [6] Ultraschall Festival Berlin, [7] Darmstadt Summer Courses, ECLAT Festival Stuttgart, [8] Donaueschingen Festival, [9] Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, SALT New Music Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, [10] Ottawa Chamber Music Festival. Her music theatre Solopoly for five percussionists was premiered at the National Theatre Mannheim in May 2015. [11] A sound, a narrow, a channel, an inlet, the straits, the barrens, the stretch of a neck for large spatialised orchestra was premiered in February 2024 at the Liederhalle Stuttgart. [12]

From 2008 to 2011, Annesley Black performed as a Sound Engineer Assistant for the SWR Experimental Studio for recordings and concerts and from 2012 to 2020, she was board member of the German Society for Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM). [3]

She was Lecturer at Kronberg Academy in Frankfurt a. M. (2013–2016), at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main (2014–2020) and at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt a. M. (2016–2022). From 2022 to 2024, Black was Professor for Composition with New Media at Hochschule für Musik Würzburg. In 2023, Black was appointed Professor for Composition at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz. [3]

Annesley Black lives in Frankfurt am Main/Germany and Graz/Austria.

Works (selection)

Solo music

Chamber music

Ensemble / Orchestra

Stage works

Electronic music

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ List of Busoni Composition Prize Winners. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Winners of the Stuttgart Composition Prize 2009 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 6 January 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Edition Juliane Klein – Annesley Black".
  4. ↑ Member page at Academy of Arts, Berlin, Section Music, Annesley Black (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ World premieres by hr-Sinfonieorchester since 1928 Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Press release (in English) by the City of Warsaw concerning the Warsaw Autumn 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Isabel Herzfeld, “Mit Virtuosität an einer Tradition der Moderne bauen” (Review about Ultraschall Festival 2008, in German), nmz (neue musikzeitung) 3/2008. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Program of ECLAT Festival Stuttgart 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Annesley Black at Donaueschinger Musiktage (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  10. ↑ SALT New Music Festival and Symposium 2015 Archived 16 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  11. ↑ “Wunder des Gemeinsamen” Review of Solopoly by Manfred Jahnke in Die Deutsche Bühne (in German). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Stuttgarter Staatsorchester: Spektakuläre Ausweitung der Klangzone - Kultur". 19 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Quasar Quatuor De Saxophones – De Souffles Et De Machines III (2021, CD)" . Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "ANNESLEY BLACK: Things That Didn't Work the First Time – KAIROS" . Retrieved 27 June 2024.
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