Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Joachim Franziskus Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Please read below for information about my professional background.
Biography
My interest in composing began in my teens. Afterwards I studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, Germany and I earned a diploma in pedagogical organ, my main subject, which I studied under Prof. Friedemann Winklhofer. At the University of Music in Würzburg, Germany, I studied composition under Prof. Heinz Winbeck and Tobias PM Schneid and earned diplomas in composition and concert. I also studied choral conducting under Prof. Joerg Straube while there and took part in master classes given by John Casken, Krzystof Penderecki and Joerg Widmann.
Several first releases of my compositions were published while I was still at university, in a variety of arrangements for solo instruments as well as larger ensembles and orchestras. The first public presentation of my own work was in 2008 at the Music Festival “Kasseler Musiktage”, where my piano composition »Beethoven Frieze« (original title »Beethovenfries«), created for the festival, was played in concert.
In the live music section musica viva of the radio station “Bayerischer Rundfunk”, I worked as a trainee to produce the German first release of the opera »Saturday from Light« by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
In addition to my work as a composer I conduct three choirs in Munich.
Gustav Mahler
»Musik eine zweite Offenbarung der Welt, das unaussprechliche tönende Geheimnis des Daseins.«
Media
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Compositions
My Compositions
Details of my compositions with arrangements varying from chamber music to large orchestras.
Beethoven Frieze/ Beethovenfries
For solo piano
Inspired by the painting “Beethoven Frieze” (Gustav Klimt)
Music Festival “Kasseler Musiktage”
Soloist: Wen-Tao Zhang
Premiered 2008
Song »On A Beautiful Summer Evening«
For mezzo-soprano and piano
Words: Theodor Storm
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2009
Song »Quite A Few Have Gone«
For mezzo-soprano and piano
Words: Friedrich Theodor Vischer
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2009
Piano Studies For Solo Piano
- quiet and natural
- mystical
- very briskly and lightly
- lively
- not too fast, but intensely
- swinging, excited
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2010
The Other Side
Inspired by the fantastic novel »The Other Side« (Alfred Kubin). For large ensemble, incl. arr. for: piccolo, flute, [clarinet-B,-Es], contrabassoon, B-trumpet, trombone, tube, percussion instruments, harp, 3 violins, viola, violoncello, keyboard and piano
- The Call
- The Pearl
- The Fall Of The Dream Empire
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2010
The Internal Domination
For octet, incl. arr. for: flute, oboe, [clarinet-B,-Bass], [vibraphone-marimba-tubular bells], piano, violin, viola, violoncello
- No Return/ Kein Zurück*
- Pack Ice/ Packeis
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2012*
shell shock
For cello quartet and piano
University of Music, Würzburg
Premiered 2011
Dantes Purgatorio (2012)
For large orchestra
»Dost Ask Who That May Be?«
Inspired by the hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Martin Luther)
For piano, accordion, synthesizer and three baritone voices
Trinitatis Church, Oberschleißheim
Premiered November 3, 2013
Piano Quintet
- When It Began/ Als Es Begann*
- A Man’s All Alone In His Soul
Trinitatis Church, Oberschleißheim
Premiered November 22, 2014
Piano Duo (2014)
For two pianos
- Together We All Are One Big Being
Sound Of Svalbard (2015)
For string sextet: 2 violons, 2 violas, violoncello and doublebass
Concerto For Double String Quartet (2016)
Robert Schumann
»To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist.«
Concerts
Concerts
Below is a list of recent concerts and premieres.
November 22, 2014 • Trinitatis Church Oberschleißheim
»When It Began« - premiere
November 3, 2013 • Trinitatis Church Oberschleißheim
»Dost Ask Who That May Be?« - premiere
Inspired by the hymn “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” (Martin Luther)
July 9, 2012 • Concert Diploma • University of Music, Würzburg
»The internal domination«
• No Return / for octet
July 5, 2012 • Composition Evening • University of Music, Würzburg
»The internal domination«
• No Return / for octet
December 14, 2011 • Composition Evening • University of Music, Würzburg
»Shell Shock« for cello quartet and piano - premiere
Sidney Lanier
»Music is love in search of a word.«
Contact
Contact
If you are interested in my compositions, please contact me.
Joachim Franziskus Nikolai
Composer & Arranger
Tel.: 0170/8330395
E-Mail: joachim.nikolai@googlemail.com