Thomas Larcher (born 16 September 1963, in Innsbruck) is an Austrian composer and pianist.
Thomas Larcher (born 16 September 1963, in Innsbruck) is an Austrian composer and pianist.
Thomas Larcher completed his studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna under Heinz Medjimorec and Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), and Erich Urbanner (composition). He became well known as a pianist whilst at university, focusing particularly in the area of contemporary music.
Larcher has performed under conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, Dennis Russell Davies and Franz Welser-Möst, and worked closely with composers such as Heinz Holliger, Olga Neuwirth and Isabel Mundry. He is also active in the sphere of music festivals: he founded the Klangspuren festival (which he ran from 1993 to 2004) and the chamber music festival Musik im Riesen (which he ran from 2004 to 2022) in Swarovski Kristallwelten Wattens [1] . Since 2023 he is artistic leader of the chamber music festival listening closely [2] .
For some years now, Larcher has dedicated himself primarily to composing and is today considered one of the leading composers of contemporary classical music in Austria. His early works (including “Naunz” and “Kraken”) are scored almost exclusively for piano and chamber orchestra. In recent years, his oeuvre has also encompassed, alongside chamber music (String Quartets 2 and 3, “My Illness is the Medicine I Need”), more compositions for orchestra and ensemble, as well as works for soloist and orchestra (e.g. “Böse Zellen”, “Die Nacht der Verlorenen”).
Larcher has been composer in residence at Aldeburgh Festival [3] , Concertgebouw Amsterdam [4] , Elbphilharmonie Hamburg [5] , Wigmore Hall [6] and Musikdorf Ernen [7] in Switzerland. He has written numerous compositions for internationally renowned soloists and ensembles such as the London Sinfonietta, the Artemis Quartet, Heinrich Schiff, Matthias Goerne, Till Fellner, the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. He has been commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, London’s Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall, and the Zaterdagmatinee in Amsterdam.
Music by Thomas Larcher was used for the ballet “Kaspar Hauser” [8] by Tim Plegge and for “Die Liebe kann tanzen” [9] by Stephan Toss.
Thomas Larcher is a member of the Austrian Art Senate (Österreichischer Kunstsenat) [10] and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts [11] .
Larcher's works are published by Schott Music. [20]
CDs with music by Thomas Larcher
CDs with Thomas Larcher as interpreter
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