Gerald Resch

• Gerald Resch wants to be clear, succinct, and surprising
• His music develops organically from clearly arranged materials
• He likes layerings, proliferations and changes of perspective
• Is convinced that interrelations and proportions are perceived directly
• His musical structures are strictly applied, demonstrating deep coherence
• Precision, lightness, clarity, complexity, and rapid activity are typical of his aesthetic viewpoint
• for the Vienna State Opera he created a 'walking' opera based on Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio
• Austrian State Scholarship for Composition awarded in 2003 and 2017, Erste Bank Composition Prize in 2011 and Hamburg Tonali Composition Prize in 2012

Works by Gerald Resch include:

Sostenuto for violin, cello and piano
Islands for orchestra (2016)
Abduction into the magic kingdom Opera (2020)

Works by Gerald Resch are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski

"I try to break strict orders in such a way that something free and spontaneous can arise." — Gerald Resch