Friedrich Heinrich Kern

Friedrich Heinrich Kern
Friedrich Heinrich Kern live in Leipzig, 2017
Born (1980-03-19) March 19, 1980 (age 44)
Ludwigshafen, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationHochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, New York University
Occupations
  • Musician
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Glass Harmonicist
Years active1997–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
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Websitefhkern.com

Friedrich Heinrich Kern (born March 19, 1980, in Ludwigshafen) is a German composer, pianist, and glass harmonica player.

Kern began his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim where he graduated with a Diplom in Music Composition and Piano. His principal teachers included Ulrich Leyendecker and Rudolf Meister. Additionally, he spent one year studying traditional Korean music at Seoul National University.[1] In 2007, he was a visiting composer at Wesleyan University.[2] From 2008, Kern studied in New York with Matthias Pintscher and Louis Karchin.[3] He received a MacCracken Research Fellowship[4] and now teaches at New York University. Over the past 20 years, Kern has composed and produced hundreds of new compositions and dozens of new works. He has made lauded appearances as performer and composer in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.[5] In addition to his work with electronic instruments and media, Kern has composed works for acoustic instrumentations, ranging from soloist to full orchestra. Friedrich Heinrich Kern published his dissertation, entitled An Exploration of Compositional Technique in the Operas of Kaaija Saariaho and Christian Jost[6], in 2016. He teaches a composition class at New York University,[7] where he earned a PhD, and is based in New York City. Important works include Von Taufedern und Sternen for soprano and orchestra, premiered by the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany;[8] "...pour une nuit seule", a string quartet written for the Jack Quartet, and Eins.Zwei for piano and percussion, premiered by the Either/Or Ensemble. His works are published by syncron-arts, Cecilia Music Concept, and Edition Impronta, his recordings are released by M=MAXIMAL and Sony Classical.

  1. ^ Barber, Simon (2009-02-14), "Friedrich Heinrich Kern", Composers Forum Website, Dresden: Komponistenforum.de, archived from the original on 2013-07-07, retrieved 2010-11-19
  2. ^ Wesleyan University music department website, "Music @ Wesleyan". Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  3. ^ Friedrich Heinrich Kern Biography[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ New York University music department website, [1]
  5. ^ "Personal Website". Friedrich Heinrich Kern. Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  6. ^ "Proquest: Dissertation Friedrich Heinrich Kern".
  7. ^ "NYU Music Department".
  8. ^ "Baden-Baden Philharmonic website". Archived from the original on 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2010-11-19.