impuls . 11th International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music
Graz, February 10th - 22nd, 2019
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Andreas Fischer, Department of Voice + vocal ensemble
The Department of Voice at the impuls Academy 2019 offers a wide range of activities to each participant. Certainly you will benefit from solo lessons with both tutors for voice and on top profit from their very specific additional know-how (Agata Zubel is also a renowned composer, Andreas Fischer has longtime-experience also as member of the world famous vocal ensemble Neuen Vocalsolisten Stuttgart specialising in contemporary music and premiering various new compositions every single year). Of course you are free to bring along your own scores and literature for these solo lessons and name your specific interest. On the other hand impuls also prepares literature to be worked on (depending on your abilities, musicianship and your voice range amongst others), partly together with instrumentalists, partly as vocal ensemble. On top of that impuls 2019 holds two more special programs: „Voice_Noise_Toys“ and „Tierkreis“ by Karlheinz Stockhausen – the former to specially enable you to work together closely with the composers selected for this program.
"To hit the right tone – both in the literal sense of the word and in a metaphorical sense – can be considered as one of the central goals for our work: with musical intuition, love for detail, technical refinement for the appropriate expression, individually as well as collectively …" (Andreas Fischer)
Andreas Fischer studied singing, school music and German in Stuttgart, Vienna and Tübingen. A central focus in his work is put on most recently composed music. Hereby a close cooperation with the composers is especially important to him. As member of the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart he was part of countless world premieres, radio productions and CD recordings. He is particularly interested in music theater and opera. As soloist he is a renowned partner of various opera houses, ensembles and composers. Increasingly he also devotes himself to pedagogical work and holds workshops and masterclasses for vocal ensembles at internationally known institutes and academies, such as the Darmstadt Summer Courses, impuls Academy Graz, Stuttgart Music Academy and the Californian Institute of the Arts.