Stefan Hippe

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Stefan Hippe (born 1966) is a German composer, conductor and accordionist.

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Life

Born in Nuremberg, Hippe received his first accordion lessons from Herbert Bausewein in 1974 and his first composition lessons from Hans-Ludwig Schilling in 1981. At the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg he studied accordion with Willi Münch and Irene Kauper, then composition at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Bertold Hummel and Heinz Winbeck and conducting with Günter Wich. Since 1999, he has taught at the Nuremberg Music School, and from 2004 to 2007 at the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg. Since 2015, he has been a lecturer among others for conducting at the Hohner-Konservatorium  [ de ] in Trossingen. As a composer and soloist, Hippe among others works with the Nürnberg Accordion Orchestra  [ de ], the Ensemble Kontraste  [ de ] and the Staatstheater Nürnberg. With the soprano Irene Kurka he founded the duo Soprakkordeon in 2000. Furthermore, he is the principal conductor of the Bundesakkordeonorchester (BuAkkO), [1] a project and selection orchestra founded in 2010 and sponsored by the Deutscher Harmonika-Verband  [ de ]. [2]

Awards

Compositions

Stage music

Vocal compositions

Orchestra/ Ensemble work

  • Part 1 (2005) for accordion orchestra (4.4.3.3.2 Elektronien.2B) and percussion. 8 April 2006, Trossingen

Part 2 (2006) for accordion orchestra (4.4.3.3.2 ;Elektronien.2B) and percussion. 18 March 2007, Erlangen

  • Part 3 (movements 10-14; 2008/09) for accordion orchestra (4.4.3.3.2B). Autumn 2009 Cottbus

Version for piano, accordion orchestra (with 2 electrons) and timpani. 22 March 2009, Frankfurt Version for piano and symphony orchestra.

Film scores

Chamber music

Soli

  • Capriccio (1981) for accordion. 1 April 1982 Nuremberg
  • Epitaph fûr M (1987) for piano. 11 May 1988 Nuremberg
  • Foot Fire Burn Dance (1997). Chamber music No.3 (2nd movement) for percussion. 11 February 2001, Lüneburg
  • 1000 Pieces (2001ff.) for piano (first pieces). 5 May 2001 Munich

Work in progress; so far: No. 1, 22, 83, 325, 741, 772, 907

  • Dies Irae (2003) for guitar. 10 October 2003 Wolframs-Eschenbach
  • Marsch 1933-1945 (2006) for guitar. 19 May 2006 Shenzhen
  • Zithat (2006) for treble zither. 20 October 2007 Hanau
  • 1000 Töne (2007) for accordion. 23 November 2007 Fürth

Duos

  • Kurioso (1983) for bassoon and accordion. 5 December 1986 Nuremberg
  • Sphinx (1988) for percussion and accordion. 19 April 1988 Würzburg
  • Trip (1992) for bass drum (2 players), after a text by Günter Eich. 22 June 1992 Würzburg
  • Liaison (1992) for flute and accordion. 12 February 1993 in Lohr am Main (with the flutist Carina Vogel and Stefan Hippe)
  • Dessins (1994) for piano 4 hands. 5 March 1994, Würzburg
  • Nerv (1995) for clarinet in A (B) and accordion. 15 September 1995, Nuremberg
  • Zwei Ländler (1996) for clarinet and accordion. 17 November 1996, Erlangen
  • Signale (2001) for trumpet and organ. 10 November 2001, Munich
  • Der Kampf des Enkidu (2002) for 2 percussionists. 21 June 2002, Oberasbach
  • Stephanus-Monologe (2002) for clarinet in B and organ. 19 May 2002 Nuremberg (Lorenzkirche; for the inauguration of the Stephanusorgel).
  • Pression (2008) for violin and accordion. 2 March 2008, Nuremberg
  • Acht Kafka-Skizzen (2008) for piano and accordion. 14 October 2008, Prague

Trios

  • Souvenir d’une vie (1984) for flute, violin and accordion. 23 November 1984, Nuremberg.
  • Naive Stücke (2002) for 3 trombones. 22 February 2003 Nuremberg
  • ZwôSibenAhteVier (2007) for 3 organs. 18 October 2007 Nuremberg (Lorenzkirche); for the inauguration of the Laurentiusorgel)

Quartets

  • Die drei Teiche von Hellbrunn (1989). 1st string quartet, with soprano solo and double bass: see under Vocal Compositions.
  • 2nd String Quartet (1993). 31 July 1994 Hitzacker (Minguet Quartet)
  • Wild with love (1997). Chamber music no. (1st movement) for voice, flute, percussion and accordion: see under Vocal compositions.
  • Les quatre Anges et les Vents de la Terre (1997) for accordion quartet (3 accordions and basso). 29 April 1998, Nuremberg
  • Offertorium (2003) for bassoon quartet (3 bassoons and contrabassoon). 31 July 2005 Langenzenn
  • Die Angst des Torhüters (2006) for oboe, clarinet, violin and violoncello. 26 January 2006 Stuttgart (Football-Globus  [ de ])
  • Drei Bilder (2007) for 2 clarinets, alto saxophone and bass clarinet. 26 January 2008, Dithmarschen (Music School)

Quintets

  • Die Versuchung des heiligen Antonius (1986) for 5 accordions. 28 April 1987 Nuremberg. - (1997 version for accordion orchestra).
  • Reise nach (1988) for 5 accordions. 23 April 1988 Erlangen

Version for 4 accordions and basso (1997). 10 May 1997 Passau

  • Catch (2001) for accordion quintet (4 accordions with M3 and basso). 3 February 2002 Wunsiedel

Sextets

Septets

  • Terpsichore (1986) for 7 percussionists. 14 October 1986 Nürnberg

Octets

  • Annacamento (1996). Kammermusik No.2 für Ensemble (1[Picc].0.1.0 – 0.0.0.0 – Schlagzeug – Klavier – Akkordeon – Streicher: 1.0.1.1.0). Premiere 9 November 1996 Nürnberg (Ensemble Ars Nova, conductor: Werner Heider)
  • Faux! (2002) for accordion ensemble (6 accordions with M3 and 2 basso). 19 October 2002, Malden (Netherlands)

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References

  1. The Bundesakkordeonorchester, homepage
  2. Deutscher Harmonika-Verband: Auswahlorchester (retrieved 6 March 2021)