Johannes X. Schachtner
• Johannes X. Schachtner is a composer, conductor, pianist and arranger (e.g. Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Puccini) with an extraordinarily large repertoire
• Tradition and a retrospective view of music history are important driving forces in his work
• Focus on chamber music with occasionally unusual instrumental combinations such as hammered dulcimer or zither
• In his Brahms parergon he also reflects on historical performance situations
• Involved in youth music education
• He has conducted the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich “taschenphilharmonie”, the Georgian Chamber Orchestra Ingolstadt and the Munich Symphony Orchestra
• Music theatre productions for the Vorarlberger Landestheater and the Munich Biennale
• Founded the “Kindersinfoniker” (together with violinist Julia Fischer) and the ensemble concetto:x
Works by Johannes X. Schachtner include:
Bartleby Narration for reciter, female choir and brass quintet (2018)
Pax - Poème théâtral for orchestra (2014)
History Cantata No.2 for soloists, choir, violoncello and bells
(2014)
Works by Johannes X. Schachtner are published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski.
Looking Ahead: 40th birthday on 26 June, world premiere Sei ein Mensch. Stiller Appell for horn with Wilfried Krüger in Nuremberg (6 July), world premiere Artefakt for orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Stanislav Kochanovsky in Hanover (26 Sept)
"...an example of a 'thoroughbred musician' with enormous versatility, appealing to the younger generation." — Ludwig Spaenle
Please also visit Johannes X. Schachtner’s website at www.johannesxschachtner.com