Johannes Sebastian Voit
(* 1980 in Nürnberg/Germany)
Johannes Sebastian Voit was born in Nuremberg in 1980, recorder- and piano lessons in his hometown, in 1997 pupil of the Meißen music school (piano, voice, music theory) and of the Heinrich Schütz conservatory Dresden (voice).
He studied music and English in Dresden (teaching degree) and composition (with Günter Schwarze and Jörg Herchet at Dresden music college "Carl Maria von Weber"). Further studies in Norwich, England (composition, voice, piano) and Karlsruhe, Germany (with Wolfgang Rihm as a visiting student). Scholarship kiss - Kultur in Schule und Studium of the Siemens Arts Program.
He organises school projects with New Music, like "Neue Musik erleben und gestalten", part of „Klangnetz Dresden“. He also works as a singer, lately as a choral scholar at the church St. Peter Mancroft in Norwich, in Keswick Hall Choir Norwich and in Sächsisches Vocalensemble Dresden as well as in German opera choirs (Görlitz, Radebeul).
In 2008 he received a scholarship from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung for the realisation of his PhD in musicology.
Selected Works
Schwarzes Jahr for choir and timpani (2002)
Songs of Experience for baritone and piano (2003)
Threesome (music for the theatre piece "So We Meet", 2003)
Melody Lost for viola and 17 players (2005)
metamorph for two percussionists (2006/07)
mitte panem for choir a capella (2007/08, Auftrag des VDKC)
zwei wandeln for flute, vibraphone and tamtam(2008)
singling out for dancer and live-electronics (2008)
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