Charlotte Seither was born in 1965 in Landau/Pfalz. She works regularly with important interpreters such as the BBC Symphony Orchestra London, ASKO Kamerkoor Amsterdam, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and Nederland Vocaal Laboratorium Amsterdam. She has been a guest at many international festivals like Gaudeamus Amsterdam, Grame Lyon, IFWM Seoul and Lacma Los Angeles. In 1998 she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. She received many honours and prizes, e.g. the 1^st Prize in the Internationalen Composition Context Prague Spring (1995), the 1^st Prize in the International Composition Contest Ciutat de Palma / Spain for orchestra (2004) and was scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (1987-91). In 2003 she was granted the Förderpreis of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. As artist in residence she lived and worked in the Cité des Arts Paris (1999), the Academy Solitude Castle Stuttgart (1995, 2008), in the Palazzo Barbarigo Venice (1993) and in the Villa Aurora Los Angeles (2000). In 2009 she was for one year resident of the German Minstry of Culture at the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome. In 2010 she will be awarded with the Niedersächsischer Musikpreis for Composition. Her works have been played in most countries of Europe, in Asia, Canada, South America and the USA.

 

 

Biography (chronological)

2010

Niedersächsischer Musikpreis 2010 for Composition / Composition Prize of the German State Lower Saxonia

 

Nomination for the Deutscher Musikautorenpreis, Category Instrumental Music

 

World premiere of Fire Music for six or more players with Ensemble V.Act

 

World premiere of Waiting for T for trumpet, trombone, cello and percussion with Ensemble Ascolta

 

World premiere of Schwebender Rand mit Verzweigung for two bass clarinets, Festival Randspiele Zepernick

 

World premiere of Schatten und Klarsein. Verse für Heinrich Kleist for soprano and chamber orchester with Württembergisches Kammerorcheseter Heilbronn

 

Broadcasting portrait at RBB Radio Berlin

 

Jury Member of the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb / Deutscher Musikrat, 4th International Composers Contest Poznan / Poland and the Composition Contest of Tonkünstlerverband Würzburg

 

Further performances at BBC London, Generation-Festival Warzawa / Poland, International Spring Festival for Contemporary Music Poznan / Poland, Cantiere Internazionale di Montepulciano, Torino, Genova

2009

Scholarship of the German Ministry of Culture for the German Academy / Villa Massimo Rome / Italy, one-year residency in Rome

 

World premiere of Beschriftung der Tiefe von innen for ensemble with Ensemble Modern

 

World premiere of Deixis for violoncello with Rohan de Saram

 

Jury member of Deutscher Musikwettbewerb Composition / Deutscher Musikrat, Composition Contest of Bremer Tonkünstlerverband and International Composition Contest Ensemblia Mönchengladbach

 

Further performances e.g. in Venice, Rome (Ensemble L’Arsenale di Treviso, Ensemble Modern) and Vienna  

2008

Invitation by Goethe-Institut Santiago de Chile / Encuentro Internacional de Compositores Santiago, Lecture / Masterclass at Universidad Católica, concert with Ensemble Taller

 

Composer in residence of the University Witten-Herdecke

 

Return Fellow of the Academy Solitude Castle Stuttgart, one-month residency

 

World premiere of Essay on Shadow and Truth as commission of the Opera Krefeld-Mönchengladbach

 

World premiere of Never real, always true for accordion as commission of the Deutschlandfunk Cologne

 

World premiere of Far from distance for clarinet, violoncello and piano as commission of the Festival of Interpretation and Performance Practice Saarbrücken

 

World premiere of Scusi for tenor recorder and piano as commission of Ensemble Mirroir Hannover

 

World premiere of Dopo domani for voice and piano as commission of the Singakademie Berlin

 

Broadcasting portraits at Deutschlandfunk and Bayrischer Rundfunk

 

Further performances e.g. at BBC London (BBC Singers), Teatrul Orion Bukarest, Karavaan-Festival Heiloo / Nederland (Vocaal Laboratorium Amsterdam), Biennale München

2007

Zonta-Prize for Composition

 

Return fellow of ArtSpace Sylt Foundation, one-month residency

 

World premiere of Gran Passo for piano as commission of the Concours Clara Schumann Düsseldorf

 

World premiere of Der helle Rand von Furcht und Erwachen for three soloists and ensemble as commission of the ADEvantgarde-Festival Munich

 

World premiere of koy for bass voice solo at the Festival Voix Nouvelles Royaumont / France

 

World premiere of Echoes of O’s within Documenta XII Kassel

 

World premiere of Passage innocent for 12 voices as commission of the Berlin Senate for Cultural Affairs

 

World premiere of Sous mes yeux for piano at the Traunstein Summer Concerts

 

Jury member of the Composition Contest Klangwerktage Hamburg and since 2007 regularly of the Composition Contest of Berliner Cappella

 

Further perfromances at BBC London (BBC Symphony Orchestra), Festival Viitasari / Finnland, Voix Nouvelles Royaument /France and Göteborg (Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart), Music  of our Time Budapest, Redcat Los Angeles (Ear Unit Los Angeles)

2006

Invitation of Goethe Institute Tashkent / Uzbekistan in cooperation with Ensemble Omnibus Tashkent, Lectures, Masterclasses at State Conservatory Tashkent, concert)

 

Scholarship ArtSpace Sylt Foundation, one-month residency

 

World premiere of Inventaire de départ for accordion and electronics as commission of the Deutschlandfunk Cologne

 

World premiere of Minzmeissel for voice and piano within the Aribert-Reimann-Night Munich

 

World premiere of Visible thoughts for saxophone, percussion and piano in cooperation with the Saarländischer Rundfunk Saarbrücken

 

Broadcasting portrait at Saarländischer Rundfunk Saarbrücken

 

Further performances e.g. at Gaudeamus Amsterdam, ISCM World Music Festival Stuttgart, in Lviv / Ukraine, Bruckner House Linz, Rudolfinum Prague (Tschechisches Rundfunksinfonie-Orchester), Goethe Institute Tashkent, Saptamana Muzicii Contemporane Bukarest, RedCat Los Angeles, in Milano / Monza, Triesen / Liechtenstein, Toronto, Vancover

2005

Scholarship of the Academy of Arts Berlin for the Studio of Electronic Music

 

Special Mention at CLASH! / MUSIK DER JAHRHUNDERTE for Coq-á-l’âne, Selection for ISCM World New Music Festival Stuttgart 2006

 

World premiere of Secret roots of fusion and fate for ensemble and electronics as commission of Academy of Arts Berlin

 

World premiere von Itinéraire for piano as commission of the Bebersee-Festival Gross Doelln

 

World premiere of Flow for flute, violin and violoncello as commission of Villa Aurora Berlin / Los Angeles

 

Jury member for Villa Aurora Scholarship Los Angeles

 

Further performances e.g. in Eindhoven, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht (Asko Kamerkoor Amsterdam); Genua, Portland / USA

2004

First Prize in the International Composition Context Premi Internacional de Composicio Ciutat de Palma for orchestra for Paires d’ alternances

 

Composition Award 2004 of the Berliner for Hora for vocal ensemble

 

World premiere of All’aperto for 16 voices as commission of the International Choir Festival Ruhr Bochum 2004

 

World premiere of Einlass und Wiederkehr for soprano and piano as commission of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hannover / Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival / Meisterkurs Aribert Reimann

 

World premiere of One-woman-opera for voice with hand percussion as commission of the Dresdener Tage für Zeitgenössische Musik

 

Further performances e.g. at BBC London (BBC Symphony Orchestra), Goethe-Institute Milano, Encontre Internacional de Compositores Illes Baleares / Spain, Goethe Institute Santiago De Chile, Salvador Bahia, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Caracas, Montevideo

2003

Scholarship Weikersheim Castle, six-month residency

 

World premiere of Living gardens as commission of Ensemble Modern / City of Frankfurt / Main

 

World premiere of Ricordanza for 15-part choir as commission of the Klaus-Martin-Ziegler-Foundation Kassel

 

World premiere of Unknown friends as commission of the Bayrische Staatsoper Munich

 

Further performaces e.g. at LACMA Los Angeles, IFWM-Festival Seoul, IGNM Zürich

2002

Young Composer’s Award of the Ernst-von-Siemens-Musik-Foundation Munich

 

World premiere of Corps croise for string quartet as commission of the Biennale Hannover / Norddeutscher Rundfunk Hannover

 

World premiere of Paires d’ alternances as commission of the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz / Foundation of Culture Rheinland-Pfalz

 

Further performances e.g. at GRAME-Festival Lyon, Nuova Consonanza Rome (Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart)

2001

Solo CD Wergo, Deutscher Musikrat, Edition Zeitgenössische Musik

 

World premiere of Echoes, Edges for piano as commission of the International Bremen Piano Competition

 

World premiere of Herzform, Krater as commission of the Klangwerkstatt Kreuzberg

 

World premiere of Dir, mir zu within the ADEvantgarde Festival Munich

 

World premiere of Himmelsspalt for organ as commission of WDR Cologne

 

Further performances e.g. at GAIDA-Festival Lithuania, International Youth Music Forum Kiev, Young Culture Seoul, Goethe Institute Kopenhagen, LACMA Los Angeles

2000

Scholarship at Villa Aurora Los Angeles, three-month residency

 

Franz-Liszt-Scholarship of the Cultural Capital Weimar 2000, four-month residency

 

World premiere of the music theatre piece Anderes / Selbst as commission of the Opera Bonn for the series Bonn Chance. Experimental Music Theatre / Bundeskunsthalle Bonn

 

World premiere of Seeds Of Noises for six voices as commission of the Biennale Hannover

 

World premiere of Herzfalter for tenor and piano as commission of Expo 2000 Hannover / German Pavillon

 

World premiere of Playing Both Ends Towards The Middle for violin and violoncello as commission of Expo 2000 Hannover / Foundation Musik Aktiv Hamburg

 

Further performances e.g. at 9th Days of Contemporary Music Katowice, Wroclaw / Poland, Villa Aurora Los Angeles, Rostrum of Composers Amsterdam

1999

Scholarship Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, six-month residency

 

World premiere of Merging strain for violoncello solo as commission of the International Bach Feast Cologne

 

Further performances at Goethe-Institute Lissabon, Festival de Muzica Contemporanea Bukarest, Festival of Today’s Music Ulan-Bator / Mongolia, Cité des Arts Paris

1998

Granted the degree Ph.D. in Musicology by Rudolf Stephan / Free University of Berlin (Dissoziation als Prozess. Sincronie for string quartet von Luciano Berio, Kassel: Bärenreiter 2000)

 

World premiere of Peser Ses Mots for ensemble as commission of the Biennale Munich / Bayrische Staatsoper

 

Further performances e.g. at Goethe-Institute Paris, International Youth Music Festival Kiev, Arsenale Musica Pisa, Musique Dans La Vallée Redanche / Luxembourg, St. Guillaume Strasbourg

1997

World premiere of Monad’s Face for soprano, bass clarinet and violoncello as commission of Dresdener Tage für Zeitgenössische Musik

 

World premiere of Waters, Earth and Air I at the Biennale Hannover

 

World premiere of Waters, Earth And Air II at Klangwerkstatt Kreuzberg

 

World premiere of Sieben Verlautbarungen for baritone and piano as commission of  Deutschlandradio Berlin

 

World premiere of Coq-á-l’âne for three players as commission of the Biennale Hannover

1996

World premiere of Alleanza d’archi for string trio

 

World premiere of Klang und Schwebung within the 60^th-Birthday-Concert of Aribert Reimann at the Hebbel Theater Berlin

1995

First Prize in the International Composition Contest Prague Spring for Kammersinfonie (Objet Diaphane)

 

Scholarship for the Academy Solitude Castle Stuttgart, nine-month residency

 

Scholarship of the Wilfried-Steinbrenner-Foundation Berlin

 

Scholarship of the County of Niedersachsen for the Artist’s Residence Schreyahn, nine-month residency

 

First Premiere of Champlève for piano trio as commission of the Villa Musica Mainz

1994

First Prize in the Composition Contest of Göttingen Symphony Orchestra for Hors d’automne

 

World premiere of Kammersinfonie (Objet Diaphane) for 13 players as commission of the Berlin Senate of Cultural Affairs for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

 

World premiere of L’uno dall’altro for orchestra as commission of the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe / Minstery for Education and Art Baden-Württemberg

 

World premiere of Liquid devices for soprano and ensemble as commission of  Hannoverscher Künstlerverein for the Niedersächsische Staatsoper Hannover

 

World premiere of Fra l’altro for 10-voice chamber choir

 

Composition Diploma at Hochschule der Künste Berlin (study with Frank-Michael Beyer and Friedrich Goldmann, also with Aribert Reimann)

1993

Scholarship for the Deutsche Studienzentrum in Venice / Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, two-month residency in Venice

 

World premiere of Firnis for baritone and bass clarinet as commission of the Chamber Opera Rheinsberg Castle

 

World premiere of Frames and Fingers for three percussionists

1992

Niedersächsisches Nachwuchsstipendium of the Ministery of Science and Culture Hannover

 

World premiere of Hymn for electronics at Klangwerkstatt Kreuzberg

1990

Musica Viva Scholarship of the City of Pforzheim, Masterclass with Ysang Yun

 

Piano Diploma at Hochschule für Künste Berlin

1989

Award for special achievement as a student at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover

1988-91

Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

1981-85

Numerous prizes at Jugend-Musiziert for piano solo and accompaniment, special prizes for the best interpretation of contemporary music