Eres Holz
Eres Holz (born September 26, 1977 in Rehovot), is an Israeli composer who lives in Germany since 2003.
Biography
Holz studied composition with Ruben Seroussi in Tel Aviv. 2003-2011 he has studied composition with Hanspeter Kyburz and electronic music with Wolfgang Heiniger at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin, where he teaches since 2008 Algorithmic Composition with OpenMusic and Common Music.
His works have been performed in Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Spain and Australia, among others by Ensemble Adapter, Ensemble Zafraan, Modern Art Sextet, Trio Nexus, Ensemble Risonanze Erranti, Israel Contemporary Players and Ensemble Meitar, as well broadcast on the national German public radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio and on the Hessian broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk.
Since 2014 he is a member of the Academy of German Composers (Akademie Deutscher Musikautoren)
Grants & Awards
Prizes in the category of Composition at the Hanns-Eisler-Prize: Competition for Composition and Performance of Contemporary Music, 2005, 2008 and 2010.
2012 he was nominated for the German Music Authors Prize in the category "Promotion of young composers".
2012 he received the half-year residence scholarship of the Cité Internationale des Arts for 2013 in Paris (scholarship of the Senate of Berlin).
2013, 2014 and 2015 he received composition scholarships of the Senate of Berlin.
Music
Eres Holz draws inspiration from confrontation with extra-musical disciplines such as psychology and film which manifests itself notably in his music. His composition LATAH (2006/07) was inspired by dealing with the same-named mental disorder from Malaysia, Weisse Wunden (2008) is based on text by the Belgian director Jan Fabre. Holz makes this extra-musical content collide with partly rigid inner-musical organization principles, which he developed by using algorithmic Models. In addition, Holz uses electronic sounds - often harking to an archaism, which he contrasts with highly expressive instrumental gestures.
List of Works (selection)
- Chaconne (2014) for 6 instruments; commissioned by Meitar Ensemble
- Nemesis (2014) for 12 instruments; commissioned by the Berlin Cultural Administration (2014); collaboration with Ensemble Risonanze Erranti (Conductor: Peter Tilling)
- Study 1 in Markov-Chains (2014) coded in Common Music
- Vier Schatten (2013) for brass quintet; commissioned by the Berlin Cultural Administration (2013); collaboration with Ensemble Schwerpunkt
- MACH (2012/13) for piano solo (dedicated to the international pianist Einav Yarden)
- Sich einstellender Sinn (2011) for mezzo-soprano, keyboard and live-electronics (lyric: Asmus Trautsch)
- MACH (2011) for trumpet solo
- Erd und Abgrund muss verstummen (2010) for keyboard, cello and live-electronics
- Trällernde Erinnerung (2010) for flute, clarinet, viola, piano and percussion
- Quartett (2009) for flute, clarinet, viola and piano
- Quintett (2009) for flute, clarinet, viola, piano and harp
- Weiße Wunden (2008) music theatre for three trumpets and video
- BLACK BOX (2007) for flute, piano and percussion
- LATAH (2006–07) for 15 musicians and live-electronics
- Moiré (2006–07) for accordion and clarinet
- Transmigration (2006) for fixed media
- Perspektiven (2005) for eleven musicians
- Zirkulationen (2004) for piano solo
- Frauen von Freunden (2003) for tenor, piano, harpsichord and harp (text: Kurt Tucholsky)