Detlev Mueller-Siemens
About Detlev Mueller-Siemens
Detlev Mueller-Siemens was born in Hamburg in 1957. In 1970 he began to study theory, composition and piano at the Musikhochschule Hamburg, starting with composition lessons with Guenter Friedrichs and continuing with György Ligeti from 1973-1980, interrupted by an one-year residence in Paris 1977/78. There he studied with Olivier Messiaen. Mueller-Siemens continued his studies of piano with Volker Banfield and took conducting lessons with Christoph von Dohnányi in Hamburg from 1978-1980 and with Klauspeter Seibel in 1985. In 1981 he was assistant conductor of the production of György Ligeti’s "Le Grand Macabre" at the Paris Opera. From 1986-1988 he was assistant conductor at the Theatre Freiburg.
Mueller-Siemens was awarded numerous prizes and scholarships, so he stayed twice at the Villa Massimo in Rome (1980, 1982) and was awarded the Price of the Hindemith Foundation (1985), the Rolf-Liebermann-Grant (1988) and the Rolf-Liebermann-sponsorship for his opera Die Menschen (after a drama by Walter Hasenclever). Detlev Mueller-Siemens hold a professorship for composition at Music Academy in Basel since 1991. From March 2005, he is professor at the University of Vienna.
He wrote operas, works for orchestra and for ensemble, concertos, chamber music and works for piano. His chamber opera Bing (after Samuel Beckett) has been world premiered at the Bonn opera in December 2001. In 2014 ...called dusk III for ensemble received its world premiere at the Arnold Schönberg Center in Vienna.
Successful international concerts took place with the so-called Subsong works for different chamber music instrumentations. Subsong 1 for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, viola and violoncello came out in Basel in 2016. Subsong 2 for string quartet in 2018 in Zurich and Subsong 3 for basset clarinet and string quartet in 2022 at the Schwetzingen Castle. The composer wrote: "Subsong is an ornithological term denoting a type of bird song that is not yet structured and not related to species-specific territorial songs or the like. It is therefore free of purpose and only serves to test the vocabulary; perhaps the subsong could also be described as a kind of existential self-assurance."
Detlev Müller-Siemens lives in Vienna and Basle.
Worklist
Chronology
Neuer Musik in Darmstadt
Jurymitglied und Coaching der TeilnehmerInnen im Rahmen des "Kompositionswettbewerbs "Trabant" mit dem "Phoenix Ensemble", Basel
Leitung der "Masterclass Komposition" im Rahmen der "ISA - Internationale Sommerakademie Wien - Prag - Budapest" in Semmering
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for cello and pianoComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Performing scoreSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: cello and pianoProduct number: ED 20830Product TypeAs low as £23.99 -
for string quartetComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: ED 21351Product TypeAs low as £39.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensSeries: Edition Schott
Violin Library
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Instrumentation: violin soloProduct number: VLB 198Product TypeAs low as £5.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: string quartetProduct number: AVV 153Product TypeAs low as £33.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Performing scoreSeries: Edition Schott
Brand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: flute (piccolo, flute, bass flute) and percussion (1 player): xylophon, vibraphon, cymbales antiques, Korean buk , 4 Chinese cymbals, tomtom (very large)Product number: ED 9736Product TypeAs low as £16.50 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Konzert
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Instrumentation: French Horn and OrchestraProduct number: AVV 321£27.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
A collection of new pieces for pianoMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: pianoLanguage: EnglishProduct number: ED 21470£12.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Oper in zwei Akten nach dem gleichnamigen Schauspiel von Walter HasencleverComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensInterpreter: Waltraud Danner | Anton Diakov | Birgit Eger | Thomas Hardegger | Mark Holland | Madeleine Jalbert | Doug Jones | Marianne Larsen | Gillian MacDonald | Michael McGrath | Jeppe Mydtskov | Jelena Overmann | Claude Pia | Guy Renard | Gerolf Scheder | Thomas Stache | Birgid Steinberger | Juergen Stoessinger | Andrea Trauboth | Dorothea UngerOrchestra/ensemble: Basler Sinfonie-OrchesterConductor: Michael BoderChoir: Chor des Theaters BaselMedia Type: 2 CDsEdition: 2 CDsBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 62532£25.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Oper in zwei Akten nach dem gleichnamigen SchauspielComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: BookEdition: LibrettoBrand: Schott Music
Language: GermanProduct number: BN 3550-50£6.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
for violin, viola and pianoComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
distant traces
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Instrumentation: violin, viola and pianoProduct number: ED 20261Product TypeAs low as £23.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Music Of Our Time
Doppelkonzert
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Instrumentation: violin, viola and orchestraProduct number: AVV 156£27.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
GeschwindtanzComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Separate editionSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 21509 Q11161£1.99available for download immediately -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: Piano TrioProduct number: AVV 149£34.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
(Paul Verlaine)Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Set of partsBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: Wind QuintetProduct number: AVV 111£34.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
(Paul Verlaine)Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: Wind QuintetProduct number: AVV 105£17.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
for Violin, Viola, Cello and PianoComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
distant traces
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Instrumentation: violin, viola, cello and pianoProduct number: ED 20457Product TypeAs low as £23.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: clarinet, horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bassProduct number: AVV 320£60.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensOrchestra/ensemble: Ensemble Phoenix BaselConductor: Juerg HennebergerMedia Type: CDBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 66482£14.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
(in memoriam László Polgár)Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: clarinet, violin and pianoProduct number: ED 21208Product TypeAs low as £14.50 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Score and partsBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: flute (also Piccolo), oboe, clarinet (also bassclarinet), violin, viola and celloProduct number: AVV 322£89.50Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensInterpreter: Volker BanfieldConductor: John Carewe | Kazimierz Kord | Manfred ReichertOrchestra/ensemble: Ensemble 13 | Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel | Southwest German Radio Symphony OrchestraMedia Type: CDBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 60503-50£13.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensEdition: Score and partsSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: violin, viola and celloProduct number: ED 9770Product TypeAs low as £39.50 -
for basset clarinet and string quartetComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet music with E-score PDFEdition: Score and partsBrand: Schott Music
Instrumentation: basset clarinet and string quartetProduct number: ED 23685£28.99In preparation, not yet available -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensOrchestra/ensemble: Mondrian Ensemble BaselMedia Type: CDBrand: Wergo
Product number: WER 73102£14.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days -
after poems by Friedrich HölderlinComposer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensSeries: Edition Schott
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Instrumentation: soprano and pianoProduct number: AVV 324Product TypeAs low as £11.99 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: AVV 117Product TypeAs low as £20.50 -
Composer: Detlev Mueller-SiemensMedia Type: Sheet musicBrand: Ars Viva Verlag
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: AVV 141£18.99Not in stock, but can be ordered - usually despatched (or ready for collection) within 7 days