Johannes Sebastian Voit
(* 1980 in Nürnberg/Germany)
Text: Christina Körte / Körber-Stiftung 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 (Theater Görlitz, Landesbühnen Sachsen).
Johannes Sebastian Voit was born in Nuremberg in 1980. 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"), and completed a PhD in musicology. Further studies in Norwich, England (composition, voice, piano) and Karlsruhe, Germany (with Wolfgang Rihm as a visiting student).
He received scholarships from the Siemens Arts Program (kiss - Kultur in Schule und Studium), the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the Paul Sacher Stiftung, and the Körber Stiftung for the realisation of his PhD in musicology.
Selected Works
„Schwarzes Jahr“ for choir and percussion (2002)
„Melody Lost“ for viola and 17 players (2005)
„metamorph“ for two percussionists (2006/07)
„mitte panem“ for choir a capella (2007/08, commissioned by Verband Deutscher KonzertChöre)
"singling out" for dancer, Wii-Remote and live-electronics (2008)
"Ankunft" for flute, oboe, bass clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello (2009, commissioned by ensemble courage)
"inside art", sound installation for 13 loadspeakers and one grand piano (2009)
"zeitnah" for flute, alto flute, violin and double bass (2010, commissioned by Trio Zeitsprung)
"Charybdis" for ensemble (2011)
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