peter michael hamel Peter Michael Hamel
geboren am 15. Born on 15
Juli 1947 in München, erhielt seinen ersten Klavierunterricht im
Alter von fünf Jahren bei seiner Großtante Amalie
Jensen-Pletsch, später kamen Violine, Violoncello und Horn
hinzu. 1965-70 studierte Hamel Komposition, erst privat bei
Fritz Büchtger, anschließend an der Staatlichen Hochschule für
Musik in München bei Günter Bialas. July 1947 in Munich,
received his first piano lessons at the age of five when his
great-aunt Amalie Jensen Pletsch, later violin, cello and horn
added. 1965-70 Hamel studied composition, first privately with
Fritz Büchtger, then at the Staatliche Hochschule für Music in
Munich with Günter Bialas.
Im gleichen Zeitraum auch Musikwissenschaft bei Thrasybulos
Georgiades und Carl Dahlhaus, Soziologie und Psychologie in
München und Berlin, Beschäftigung mit Free Jazz ,
politischem Kabarett, Musique Concrète und Elektronik.
During the same period also musicology at Thrasybulos Georgiades
and Carl Dahlhaus, sociology and psychology in Munich and
Berlin, dealing with free jazz, political cabaret,
musique concrète and electronic.
Schauspiel- und Fernsehspielmusik für Inszenierungen seines
Vaters Kurt Peter Hamel (1911-1979). Drama and music for
television productions of his father, Kurt Peter Hamel
(1911-1979).
Zwischen 1969 und 1974 arbeitete Hamel vorwiegend mit
amerikanischen Komponisten zusammen, etwa mit John Cage, Morton
Feldman und Terry Riley. Er nahm als Mitarbeiter von Josef Anton
Riedl an dessen multimedialen Projekten teil, improvisierte mit
Jazzmusikern, aber auch mit Luc Ferrari und Carl Orff und
praktizierte freies Stegreifspiel in der von ihm mitgegründeten
international besetzten Improvisationsgruppe Between (6
wiederveröffentlichte CDs bei intuition/wergo ).
Between 1969 and 1974, Hamel has worked primarily with American
composers, such as John Cage, Morton Feldman and Terry Riley. He
has participated as an employee of Josef Anton Riedl, whose
multi-media projects, improvised with jazz musicians, but also
with Luc Ferrari and Carl Orff and practiced free impromptu game
of his international co-improvisation group Between (6
CDs republished in intuition / Wergo).
Ab 1971 begann Hamel als Pianist, Organist, Sänger und
Live-Elektroniker mit eigenen Werke aufzutreten und zahlreiche
Tourneen mit dem Goethe-Institut zu unternehmen, die ihn unter
anderem nach Bombay, Delhi, Madras, San Francisco, New York,
Toronto, Seoul, Osaka, Kyoto, Rom, Dublin, Glasgow, Moskau,
Madrid, Lissabon, Paris und Prag führten. In 1971 Hamel
began as a pianist, organist, singers and live electronics with
your own voice works and numerous tours with the Goethe-Institut
to which it, inter alia, to Bombay, Delhi, Madras, San
Francisco, New York, Toronto, Seoul, Osaka, Kyoto, Rome, Dublin,
Glasgow, Moscow, Madrid, Lisbon, Paris and Prague led.
Auf mehreren Asienreisen beschäftigte er sich seit 1973 mit dem
Studium fernöstlicher Gesangstile und Tonsysteme. Sein daraus
gewonnenes Wissen sowie ästhetische Reflexionen zur Musik seiner
Zeit fasste er in dem 1976 erschienenen Buch Durch Musik zum
Selbst zusammen (Taschenbuch in 7.Auflage bei Bärenreiter
). In Asia several trips he worked since 1973 with the
study of Far Eastern vocal style and sound. His knowledge and
derived aesthetic reflections to the music of his time, he
appeared in 1976 in the book Through Music to the
Self-together (in Paperback 7.Auflage when Bärenreiter).
Während seines Stipendiumaufenthaltes in der Villa Massimo in
Rom 1979/80 entstand das erste abendfüllende Bühnenwerk Ein
Menschentraum , 1981 in Kassel in der Inszenierung von
Dieter Dorn uraufgeführt. During his fellowship stay at
the Villa Massimo in Rome in 1979/80 was the first
feature-length stage work A human dream, 1981 in Kassel
in the staging by Dieter Dorn premiered.
Vortrags- und Konzertreisen führten ihn 1982-1990 durch Europa,
USA und Asien. Lecture and concert tours have taken him
through Europe 1982-1990, U.S. and Asia.
In diesem Zeitraum entstanden neben vielen Kammermusikwerken
(darunter das 1986 vom Kronos -Quartett bei den
Darmstädter Ferienkursen uraufgeführte Zweite Streichquartett
), verschiedene Bühnenmusiken für die Münchner Kammerspiele,
sowie die Lyrikoper Kassandra (uraufgeführt 1987 bei den
Frankfurt Festen ). During this period emerged in
addition to many chamber works (including the 1986 by the
Kronos Quartet at the Darmstadt Summer Courses Second
String Quartet first performed), different music for the
stage Münchner Kammerspiele, the Lyric Opera, and Cassandra
(premiered 1987 at the Frankfurt festivals).
Außerdem wurde seine Musik mehrfach bei den IGNM-Weltmusiktagen
aufgeführt, ebenso bei den Salzburger Festspielen und den
Berliner Festwochen. Moreover, it was his music on
several occasions at the World Music IGNM-days listed, as at the
Salzburg Festival and the Berlin Festival.
Orchester- und Chormusik für die Donaueschinger Musiktage und
alle (west-)deutschen Rundfunkanstalten. Orchestral and
choral music for the Donaueschingen Music Festival and all the
(West-) German broadcasters.
Seine erste große Sinfonie Die Lichtung erklang 1988 zum
Abschluß der 1. His first major symphony sounded
Lichtung The 1988 on the conclusion of the 1st
Münchener Biennale unter Sergiu Celibidache, bei dem Hamel
Phänomenologiestudien betrieb, 1990 folgte ein Violinkonzert
für Christiane Edinger in der Reihe Musica Viva in
München. 1994-96 lehrte Hamel als Gastprofessor an der
Musikhochschule Graz. Munich Biennale under Sergiu
Celibidache at the operational Phänomenologiestudien Hamel, 1990
followed by a violin concerto for Christiane Edinger in
the series Musica Viva in Munich. 1994-96 Hamel taught as
a visiting professor at the Musikhochschule in Graz.
Als Auftragswerk zum 100. As a commissioned work on the
100th
Geburtstag der Münchner Philharmoniker 1995 entstand die
erfolgreich aufgeführte Missa . Anniversary of the
Munich Philharmonic in 1995 which successfully listed Missa.
Anschließend schrieb der Komponist weitere oratorische Werke,
wie die Passion (uraufgeführt mit Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau) und
Die Menschenrechte für mehrere SolistInnen und
Schulchöre. Then the composer wrote orator other works,
such as the Passion (premiered with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau),
and human rights for several soloists and school choirs.
Sein vielleicht radikalstes Musiktheater-Projekt, das aus einem
Musiktheater und einer Radiokomposition bestehende Shoah
setzt sich mit dem Holocaust auseinander (1990-96), die darin
enthaltenen Fünf Tore für Orchester werden am 21.2.2009
innerhalb der Hamburger NDR-Reihe „das neue werk“ zur
Uraufführung kommen. His perhaps most radical musical
theater project, which consists of a radio and a music
composition Shoah existing deals with the Holocaust apart
(1990-96), which included five goals for the orchestra
will be on 21.2.2009 in the Hamburg NDR-series "The new factory
"premiered come.
Hamels Orchester-, Chor- und Kammermusikwerke sind bei
Bärenreiter, ERP und Schott verlegt, zahlreiche
CD-Veröffentlichungen bei wergo/intuition und
Celestial Harmonies , TV-Produktionen, Filmportraits und
Stimmfilm-Neuvertonungen für den BR ( Passion , 1997) und
das ZDF ( SWD, Der lebende Leichnam, Dr.Caligari ).
Neuveröffentlichungen auf CD 2007: Alexander String Quartet und
Vom Klang des Lebens mít Roger Woodward, der am 19.1.2009
im Münchener Gasteig die konzertante Weltpremiere des
einstündigen Klavierwerkes spielen wird. Hamel
orchestral, choral and chamber works are Bärenreiter, ERP and
Schott publishes numerous publications on CD Wergo /
Celestial Harmonies, and intuition, TV productions,
film, portraits and film Neuvertonungen vote for the BR
(Passion, 1997) and ZDF ( SWD, the living corpse,
Dr.Caligari). releases on CD, 2007: Alexander String Quartet
and by the sound of Life with Roger Woodward, on
19.1.2009 in Munich Gasteig the world premiere concert of the
one will play the piano factory.
1997 wurde Hamel als Professor für Komposition und Theorie an
die Hamburger Hochschule für Musik und Theater berufen.
Hamel 1997, as professor of composition and theory at the
Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theater invoked.
Dort war er Leiter des Studio 21 für aktuelle Musik und
ist präsidialer Beauftragter für interkulturelle und
interdisziplinäre Projekte. There he was director of the
Studio 21 for the latest music and is the presidential
adviser for intercultural and interdisciplinary projects.
In Hamels Kompositionsklasse machten so erfolgreiche und
verschiedenartige junge Komponisten wie Jörn Arnecke, Minas
Borboudakis oder Sascha Lino Lemke ihr Diplom, seine
Studierenden im Multimedia-Masterstudiengang kommen und kamen
aus Argentinien, China, Frankreich, Griechenland, Kolumbien,
Rumänien und Südkorea. In composition class Hamele made
so successful and diverse young composers like Jörn Arnecke,
Minas Borboudakis or Sascha Lino Lemke graduated its students in
the multimedia master's degree and came from Argentina, China,
France, Greece, Colombia, Romania and South Korea.
Mit dem 1998 gegründeten Interkulturellen Musikinstitut
in Aschau/Chiemgau, dem Hauptwohnsitz seiner siebenköpfigen
Familie, schuf Hamel ein über die Grenzen des akademischen
Betriebs hinaus arbeitendes Forum für harmonikale
Grundlagenforschung, akustische Kunst, Ethnomusikologie,
Gruppenimprovisation, sowie Stimm- und Atemarbeit. With
the 1998-founded Intercultural Music Institute in Aschau
/ Chiemgau, the principal of his seven family Hamel has created
an over the boundaries of the academic establishment also
working forum for harmonikale basic acoustic arts,
ethnomusicology, group improvisation, and voice and breath work.
Seit 2000 ist Hamel Vorsitzender der Musiksektion an der Freien
Akademie der Künste, Hamburg und im Juli 2007 wurde er in die
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste aufgenommen. Since
2000, Hamel is chairman of the music section at the Freie
Akademie der Künste, Hamburg and in July 2007 he was appointed
to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts added.
Seine zweite Sinfonie Die Auflösung für Chor und
Orchester (2000-2007) hatte 2008 ihre Premiere bei der 11.
His second symphony, the resolution for choir and
orchestra (2000-2007) had in 2008 premiere at the 11th
Münchener Biennale. Munich Biennale.
Derzeit arbeitet der Komponist an einem umfänglichen
Musiktheaterprojekt zum Thema Nahtoderfahrungen: last minute
, Teiluraufführung bei der Münchner Musica Viva am 18.6.2009.
The composer is currently working on an extensive musical
theater project on near-death: last minute, part of the
Munich premiere of Musica Viva on 18.6.2009.
Zahlreiche Preise würdigten sein Schaffen, darunter Förderpreise
der Städte Bonn (1974), Stuttgart (1975), München (1977), der
GEMA-Stiftung (1981), zweimal „Rostrum of Composers“, Paris.
Numerous awards paid tribute to his work, including the cities
of Bonn Awards (1974), Stuttgart (1975), Munich (1977),
GEMA-Stiftung (1981), twice "rostrum of Composers, Paris.
Hamel war composer in residence im Westen der Republik
Irland und beim Schleswig Holstein Musikfestival 1988. Im
gleichen Jahr folgte der Schwabinger Kunstpreis der Stadt
München und 1994 ein Preis beim Carl-Orff-Wettbewerb für
zeitgenössisches Musiktheater. Hamel was composer in
residence in the west of Ireland and the Schleswig Holstein
Music Festival the 1988th in the same year followed the
Schwabinger art in Munich and in 1994 a prize at the
Carl-Orff-competition for contemporary music.
Im Juli 2007 wurde er für seine Chormusik mit dem
Gerhard-Maasz-Preis ausgezeichnet und im November 2008 wird ihm
der Gerda- und Günter Bialas-Kompositionspreis verliehen.
In July 2007 he was for his choral music with Gerhard Maasz
Prize and in November 2008, he received the Gerda and Günter
Bialas Composition Award.
Zu Hamels 60.Geburtstag schrieb der Staatsminister der deutschen
Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Bernd Neumann: „als
Wanderer zwischen den musikalischen Welten sind Sie ein
Pionier: Von neuer Musik über Jazz und Rock bis zu
außereuropiäischen Einflüssen reicht das Spektrum der
Traditionen, aus denen Ihre Musik schöpft. Hamele
60.Geburtstag wrote to the Minister of State at the German
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Bernd
Neumann: "as a wanderer between the musical worlds, you
are a pioneer: From new music, jazz and rock to
außereuropiäischen influences, the range of traditions from
which Their music draws.
Aus immer neuen Quellen haben Sie Inspiration für Ihre Werke
gewonnen und dabei doch ein ganz eigenes, originäres Universum
geschaffen. From new sources of inspiration have you won
for your work, yet a very own original universe was created.
Mit ihren Grenzüberschreitungen haben Sie das Musikleben in
Deutschland außerordentlich bereichert und gehören heute zu den
herausragenden Komponisten der Gegenwart.“ With its
transgression, you have the musical life in Germany
exceptionally enriched and are now one of the outstanding
composers of our time. "
Literatur: Literature:
Peter Michael Hamel: Ein neuer Ton , Schriften zu einer
ganzen Musik Peter Michael Hamel: A new sound,
writings to a whole music
(Alliteraverlag, München, 2007) (Alliteraverlag, Munich,
2007)
Frank Helfrich: Zwischen den Welten – zum Komponieren von
PMH Frank Helfrich: Between two worlds - for
composing PMH
(Pfauverlag, Saarbrücken, 1999) (Pfauverlag, Saarbrücken,
1999)
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Peter Michael Hamel (born in Munich, 15 July, 1947) ranks as one
of the best known and most successful German composers of his
generation. He studied musical composition, psychology and
sociology in Munich and Berlin with teachers as Bialas,
Büchtger, Dahlhaus and Georgiades, attended workshops with
Karlheinz Stockhausen and continued his education abroad,
spending several extensive periods in Asia. Peter Michael
Hamel (born in Munich, 15 July, 1947) ranks as one of the best
known and most successful German composers of his generation. He
studied musical composition, psychology and sociology in Munich
and Berlin with teachers as Bialas, Büchtger, Dahlhaus and
Georgiades, attended workshops with Karlheinz Stockhausen and
continued his education abroad, spending several extensive
periods in Asia.
Hamel has entered into an intensive engagement with musical
cultures from outside Europe, especially the classical music of
India. Hamel has entered into an intensive engagement
with musical cultures from outside Europe, especially the
classical music of India.
He has drawn inspiration from Asian philosophies and from
encounter with the works of Jean Gebser and CGJung to present
music that seeks to make itself accessible to the listener
through meditative experience and self-exploration. He
has drawn inspiration from Asian philosophies and from encounter
with the works of Jean Gebser and CGJung to present music that
seeks to make itself accessible to the listener through
meditative experience and self-exploration.
Also he worked and studied with great American composers as John
Cage, Morton Feldman and Terry Riley. So he worked and
studied with great American composers as John Cage, Morton
Feldman and Terry Riley.
In 1970, he founded "Between", an international group of
improvisational music with whom he made several records,
published by intuition/wergo and in 1978 he initiated the Freies
Musikzentrum in Munich, an institute for musical education and
therapy. In 1976, his book Through Music to the Self was
published, obtaining wide circulation in Europe and the US
In 1970, he founded "Between", an international group of
improvisational music with whom he made several records,
published by intuition / Wergo and in 1978 he initiated the Free
Music Center in Munich, to institute for musical education and
therapy. In 1976, his book Through Music to the Self was
published, obtaining wide circulation in Europe and the U.S.
Since 1997 he is the successor of György Ligeti as professor for
composition at the music academy of Hamburg. Since 1997
he is the successor of György Ligeti as professor for
composition at the music academy of Hamburg.
His orchestra and chambermusic is published by Schott,
Bärenreiter and ERP/Celestial Harmonies. He composed four
operas, many pieces for orchestra as "Gestalt", violin and piano
concertos, spiritual compositions as "Missa" for soprano, choirs
and orchestra, "Shoah" (radio-composition about the Holocaust),
a lot of chambermusic like four stringquartets and he is
constantly working as a selfperforming artist (piano, prepared
piano, pipe organ, voice and live-electronics). His
orchestra and chamber music is published by Schott, Bärenreiter
and ERP / Celestial Harmonies. He composed four operas, many
pieces for orchestra as "shape", violin and piano concertos,
spiritual compositions as "Missa" for soprano, orchestra and
choirs, "Shoah "(radio-composition about the Holocaust), a lot
of chamber music like stringquartets four and he is constantly
working as a selfperforming artist (piano, prepared piano, pipe
organ, voice and live electronics).
His first symphony has been premiered by Sergiu Celibidache in
1988, his second symphony had its premiere in April 2008 with
the Munich Philharmonic. In 2007 Hamel's " Of the Sound of
Life " for great pianist Roger Woodward has been published
by Celestial Harmonies (
13256-2 ). His first symphony has been premiered by
Sergiu Celibidache in 1988, his second symphony had its premiere
in April 2008 with the Munich Philharmonic. In 2007, Hamel's
"Of the Sound of Life" for great pianist Roger Woodward has
been published by Celestial Harmonies
(13,256 -- 2).
From "A few thoughts on composer PMH" by Terry Riley:
"...Peter's heart did not seem to be aligned alone with the post
Webern traditions that had emerged so prevalently in Germany.
His sensibilities were attracted more to American minimalism and
Indian music and to some degree Rock and Jazz. In this sense he
stands apart in the field of modern music of Germany. He has
recognized the vast importance of improvisation and beeing 'in
the moment' in music performance. He realizes the importance of
experimentation and of finding new ways to notate his ideas.
However, his music is at the same time rooted in the great
German tradition and today he is recognized as a major figure
whose compositions have greatly enriched the developement of
20th and 21st century repertoire..." From "A few thoughts
on composer PMH" by Terry Riley: "... Peter's heart did not seem
to be aligned with the post alone Webern traditions that had
emerged so prevalently in Germany. His sensibilities were more
attracted to American minimalism and Indian music and to some
degree rock and jazz. In this sense he stands apart in the field
of modern music of Germany. He has recognized the vast
importance of improvisation and beeing 'in the moment' in music
performance. He realizes the importance of experimentation and
of finding new ways to notat his ideas. However, his music is at
the same time rooted in the great German tradition and today he
is recognized as a major figure whose compositions have greatly
enriched the developement of 20th and 21st century repertoire
... "
(published in: "Ein neuer Ton" (Alliteraverlag, München, 2007)
(published in: "A new sound" (Alliteraverlag, Munich, 2007)
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Einige Gedanken zum Komponisten PMH Some thoughts on the
composer PMH
von Terry Riley by Terry Riley
Ich war eingeladen, während der Olympischen Spiele 1972 in
München zu spielen, und mein Konzert fand an dem schicksalhaften
Tag statt, als mehrere israelische Athleten tragisch
niedergeschossen wurden. Wir kamen einige Tage früher nach
München in der Begleitung von La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela,
meiner Frau Ann und Pandit Pran Nath. I was invited,
during the Olympic Games 1972 in Munich to play, and my concert
took place on the fateful day, when several Israeli athletes
were tragically shot down. We arrived a few days earlier to
Munich in the accompaniment of La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela,
my wife Ann and Pandit Pran Nath.
Mein erster Anblick von Peter bleibt mir in steter Erinnerung:
es war ein sonniger Tag mit blauem Himmel und dicken weissen
Wolken. My first sight of Peter left me in constant
reminder, it was a sunny day with blue skies and thick white
clouds.
Wir spazierten am Gelände der Olympischen Spiele entlang und
kamen an einen Platz, wo Musiker unter freiem Himmel spielten,
es war auf der sogenannte "Spielstraße". We walked on the
grounds of the Olympic Games along and came to a place where
musicians played outdoors, it was on the so-called "road game".
Einer der Musiker fing meinen Blick, da er ein farbiges
Stirnband trug und aussah als gehörte er zu den Be-In's der
1960er, wo Hippies, Künstler und Dichter sich zu
Outdoor-Festivals versammelten, um das Leben und das
Am-Leben-Sein zu feiern. One of the musicians caught my
attention because he wore a colorful headband and looked as he
was one of the Be-In's of the 1960s, where hippies, artists and
poets to outdoor festivals brought to the lives and life-On-His
to celebrate.
Am nächsten Tag erschien der Junge mit dem Stirnband, um uns
einen Besuch zu erstatten und wir luden ihn auf einen Chai und
redeten miteinander. The next day the boy appeared with
the headband, to give us a visit to be reimbursed and we invited
him to a chai and talked with each other.
Diese Person, die sich als Peter Michael Hamel herausstellte,
überraschte mich, da er in sehr informierter Weise über meine
Arbeit und die Arbeit von La Monte Young und Pandit Pran Nath
sprach und das in einer Zeit, als unsere Arbeit noch nicht so
verbreitet war. This person, who as Peter Michael Hamel
out, surprised me, because he very well informed about my work
and the work of La Monte Young and Pandit Pran Nath said, and at
a time when our work has not been so widespread.
In diesem Moment begann eine Freundschaft, die über die Jahre
immer wieder erneuert wurde. At that moment began a
friendship over the years has been repeatedly renewed.
Wann immer ich in Deutschland war, was in den damaligen Jahren
relativ häufig vorkam, konnte ich Peter kontaktieren und wir
verglichen die musikalischen Entwicklungen und fanden viel
Gemeinsames. Whenever I was in Germany, which in former
years, quite often happens, I was able to contact Peter, and we
compared the musical developments, and found much in common.
Beide teilten wir die Liebe zur Klassischen Indischen Musik und
erkannten ihre Bedeutung für eine sich vermischende Weltkultur.
We both shared a love for Indian classical music, and recognized
their significance for world culture intermingle.
Wir sahen, dass ihre bedeutende Tradition notwendig sein könnte
für die zukünftige Entwicklung der Musik im Westen. We
saw that their significant tradition may be needed for future
development of music in the West.
Die kultivierten Elemente der Melodie, des Rhythmus und der
Intonation, die sich über Jahrhunderte auf dem indischen
Sub-Kontinent entwickelt hatten, waren für uns, die angezogen
waren von dieser grossen emotionalen Kraft, nun zum Lernen
verfügbar. The cultured elements of melody, rhythm and
intonation, which over the centuries on the Indian sub-continent
were for us who were attracted by this great emotional force, is
now available for learning.
Peter war nach Indien gegangen und hatte den Vokalisten Pandit
Patekar getroffen, mit dem er die vokalen Traditionen studiert
hatte und ich hatte 1970 etwas angefangen, was sich als ein 26
Jahre langes intensives Studium mit meinem Guru Pandit Pran Nath
herausstellte. Peter had gone to India and had the
vocalists Pandit Patekar taken with the vocal traditions he had
studied and I had 1970 something started, which was a
26-year-long intensive study with my guru Pandit Pran Nath
emerged.
Dadurch, dass damals nur so wenige Kollegen in die Klassische
Indische Musik involviert waren, hatte meine Verbindung zu Peter
eine wichtige Bedeutung. Because at that time so few
colleagues in the Indian Classical music was involved, was my
connection to Peter is an important significance.
Als ich von Walter Bachauer eingeladen wurde, das Metamusik
Festival 1974 in Berlin mit meinen Keyboard-Musik zu eröffnen,
traf ich mich wieder mit Peter und seinem Freund Peter Pannke,
der ebenfalls die indische Verbindung hatte und Dhrupad-Gesang
in Vrindavan studierte. Das Metamusik Festival in Westberlin war
meines Wissens eines der ersten, wenn nicht das erste grosse,
international wahrgenommene Welt-Musik-Fest und der
Energieaustausch unter den teilnehmenden Musikern aus aller Welt
und die Verbindung mit dem elektrisierten Publikum waren
erheblich. When I heard of Walter Auer Bach was invited
to Metamusik Festival 1974 in Berlin with my keyboard music to
open, I met again with Peter and his friend Peter Pannke, who
also had the Indian connection and Dhrupad singing in Vrindavan
studied. The Metamusik Festival in West Berlin was the best of
my knowledge one of the first, if not the first large,
internationally perceived world music festival and the energy
exchange among the participating musicians from all over the
world and connect with the audience were electrified
considerably.
Als ich 1975 in Mary Bauermeisters Haus in der Nähe von Köln
wohnte, um eine Aufnahme mit Don Cherry vorzubereiten, die Peter
vermittelt hatte, traf ich Pandit Patekar, Peters Lehrer, und
ich hatte die Freude mit Peter und Pandit für den Gesang des
Morgen-Raga zu sitzen. When I in 1975 in Mary
Bauermeister home near Cologne lived for a recording with Don
Cherry prepare the Peter had taught, I met Pandit Patekar,
Peters teachers, and I had the pleasure to work with Peter and
Pandit for the singing of the morning Raga to sit.
Manchmal kam Karlheinz Stockhausen (Ehemann von Mary) zu Besuch
und lebhafte Diskussionen über die verschiedenen Ansichten und
Qualitäten unserer unterschiedlichen Arbeiten fanden statt.
Sometimes Karlheinz Stockhausen (husband of Mary) to visit and a
lively discussion about the different views and different
qualities of our work took place.
Peters Herz schien sich damals nicht mit den Post -Webernschen
Traditionen, die sich so dominant in Deutschland entwickelten,
vereinen zu wollen. Peter's heart at that time seemed to
be incompatible with the post-Weberian traditions that are so
dominant, developed in Germany, want to unite.
Seine Aufmerksamkeit war viel mehr angezogen vom amerikanischen
Minimalismus und der ethnischen Musik anderer Kulturen und zu
einem bestimmten Grade auch von Rock und Jazz und von dem, was
sich später als New Age herausstellte. His attention was
much more attracted by the American minimalism and the ethnic
music of other cultures and to a certain extent also by rock and
jazz, and from what later became New Age out.
In diesem Sinn stand er in Distanz zu dem Feld der Modernen
Musik in Deutschland. In this sense, he stood in the
distance to the field of modern music in Germany.
Er hatte die enorme Bedeutung der Improvisation erkannt und die
Bedeutung des "im Augenblick"- Seins einer Performance. Er
verstand die Wichtigkeit des Experimentellen und die
Notwendigkeit, einen neuen Weg zu finden, seine Ideen
festzuhalten. He had the enormous importance of
improvisation and recognized the importance of "the moment" -
being a performance. He understood the importance of the
experimental and the need for a new way to find his ideas to be
recorded.
Selbst ein kurzer Blick in seine Partituren zeigt das!
Even a glance at his scores shows that!
Er integrierte damals Elemente von modalen Ragas in seine
ausgeschriebenen Kompositionen und ging einmal selbst so weit,
dass er in einem seiner Stücke als Vokalist auftrat, während er
in der Begleitung eines Orchesters auch selbst noch die indische
Tanpura spielte. He then integrated elements of modal
ragas in his compositions, and went out to even be able to so
far that he in one of his pieces appeared as a vocalist, while
the accompaniment of an orchestra and even the Indian tanpura
played.
Dennoch ist seine Musik zur gleichen Zeit und im Laufe der Jahre
immer mehr verwurzelt in die grosse deutsche Tradition und er
ist heute anerkannt als eine der bedeutenden Personen, deren
Kompositionen die Entwicklung des Repertoires des 20sten und
21sten Jahrhunderts grossartig bereichert haben.
Nevertheless, his music at the same time and over the years more
and more rooted in the tradition of great German and he is now
recognized as one of the most important persons whose
compositions the development of the repertoire of the 20th and
21st century have enriched great.
Peters Persönlichkeit ist gefüllt mit Wärme und seine Stimme hat
einen liebenden Honigschein, die eine Person mit einem riesigen
Herz enthüllt, das über seine Gedanken und seine
Einbildungskraft wacht. Peters personality filled with
warmth and his voice has a honey-loving note that a person with
a huge heart, reveals the determination of his thoughts and his
imagination monitored.
Sein Buch "Durch Musik zum Selbst", seit 1978 in englischer
Übersetzung, ist eines der wichtigsten Werke über die Natur des
Klanges und hat seine Wurzeln in den alten Traditionen.
His book "Through music for self", since 1978 in English
translation, is one of the most important works on the nature of
sound and has its roots in the old traditions.
Dieses Buch hatte einen enormen Einfluss auf das Denken vieler
Musiker und Denker, die zum ersten Mal mit einem Schatz von
Ideen konfrontiert wurden, der sich hier enthüllte. Diese
Schrift vertiefte auch einige der Erfahrungen, die ich selbst
machte auf meinem Weg zur Indischen Klassischen Musik, besonders
in der Verbindung zu den mystischen und heiligen Traditionen,
die an den Wurzeln der Klassichen Musik von Indien hängen.
This book had an enormous influence on the thinking of many
musicians and thinkers, for the first time with a treasure of
ideas were confronted, which is revealed here. This font also
deepened some of the experiences that I made on my way to the
Indian classical music , especially in connection to the
mystical and sacred traditions, at the roots of the classical
music of India depends.
Peter und ich traten zum ersten Mal gemeinsam öffentlich 1982 im
AmerikaHaus in München auf. Peter and I were together for
the first time publicly 1982 in Amerika Haus in Munich.
Wir improvisierten an zwei Klavieren in einem Modus, an den ich
mich We improvised on two pianos in a mode to which I
als den indischen Raga Bilaval erinnere. as the Indian
raga Bilaval recall.
Peter hatte vorher etwas mit Prepared Piano gespielt, hatte die
schwarzen Tasten seines Klaviers präpariert und liess die
weissen Tasten unverändert. Peter had previously prepared
with a little piano playing, the black keys of his piano and had
prepared the white keys unchanged.
Das gab ihm die Möglichkeit, das Klavier doppelt zu nutzen und
zwei verschieden klingende Instrumente zu haben. Es war eine
erinnernswerte Nacht, That gave him the option of the
piano twice using two different-sounding instruments. It was a
memorable night,
von welcher einiges live aufgenommen wurde. some of which
was recorded live.
1983 war Peter aktiv, um mich zu einem grossen indischen
Festivalkongreß eingeladen zu bekommen, zum EAST WEST MUSIC
ENCOUNTER in Bombay. 1983, Peter actively looking at a
big Indian festival invited Congress to get to the EAST WEST
MUSIC ENCOUNTER in Bombay.
Es war die erste grosse Konferenz mit Musikern aus der ganzen
Welt, die eine Verbindung zu Indien hatten und sich zu
Diskussionen und Konzerten versammelten. It was the first
big meeting with musicians from around the world, a connection
to India and had discussions and concerts gathered.
Da die US-Regierung sich geweigert hatte, mein Flugticket zu
zahlen, vermittelte Peter, dass das Goethe Institut für meine
Reise zahlte. Since the U.S. government had refused to
pay my airfare, Peter taught that the Goethe Institute paid for
my trip.
Die Konferenz war gefüllt mit Komponisten und Musikern aus
Indien und der ganzen Welt. The conference was filled
with composers and musicians from India and around the world.
Unter ihnen Andrej Eshpai, Zakir Hussein, Tom Ross, Peggy
Glanville Hicks, Professor Manfred Junius, Walter Zimmermann,
Roberto Laneri, Fahimuddin Dagar, Bhimsen Joshi und natürlich
Peter Michael Hamel, der eine starke Klavieraufführung im
wunderschönen Tata Theater gab. Among them, Andrej
Eshpai, Zakir Hussein, Tom Ross, Peggy Glanville Hicks,
Professor Manfred Junius, Walter Zimmermann, Roberto Laneri,
Fahimuddin Dagar, Bhimsen Joshi and of course Peter Michael
Hamel, a strong piano performance at the beautiful theater was
Tata.
Es war eine einmalige Gelegenheit für Musiker, mit diversen
kulturellen Hintergründen zusammen zu kommen und ihre Musik für
einander zu spielen, um einen Sinn dafür zu entwickeln, wie
effektiv wir umgehen könnten mit den musikalischen Traditionen
Indiens. It was a unique opportunity for musicians, with
diverse cultural backgrounds to come together and their music to
play for each other to create a sense of responsibility to
develop, how effective we could handle with the musical
traditions of India.
Die Diskussionen waren lebhaft und manchmal kontrovers, aber
notwendig als Geburtsignale für ein neues wachsendes Feld: die
breite Kollektion von "Hybrid Modellen" inspiriert von der Musik
Indiens. The discussions were lively and sometimes
controversial, but necessary as birth signals a growing new
field: the general collection of hybrid models, "inspired by the
music of India.
Um 2000 besuchte ich Peter und seine erstaunliche Familie in
Hamburg, wo er das ehrenvolle Amt des Kompositionsprofessors
übernahm, das einst Ligeti innehatte. Around 2000, I went
to Peter and his amazing family in Hamburg, where he was the
honorable office of composition professor assumed that once
Ligeti began.
Er spielte am Klavier, sang und erfreute mich mit der
enthusiastischen Stärke einer Musik, die der Motor seines Lebens
ist. He played on the piano, sang and enjoyed myself with
the strength of an enthusiastic music, the engine of his life.
TERRY RILEY Terry Riley
Sri Moonshine Ranch Sri Moonshine Ranch
2007, April 14th 2007, April 14th
(übersetzt von Marie Hamel, Vancouver, April 24th)
(translated by Marie Hamel, Vancouver, April 24th)
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A few thoughts on composer Peter Michael Hamel... A few
thoughts on composer Peter Michael Hamel ...
by Terry Riley by Terry Riley
I found myself invited to play at the summer Olympics being held
in Munich in 1972, my concert being on that fateful day in which
several Israeli athletes were tragically gunned down. I
found myself invited to play at the summer Olympics being held
in Munich in 1972, my concert being on that fateful day in which
several Israeli athletes were gunned down Tragically.
I arrived in Munich a few days early in the company of La Monte
Young, Marian Zazeela, my wife Ann and Pandit Pran Nath.
I arrived in Munich a few days early in the company of La Monte
Young, Marian Zazeela, my wife Ann and Pandit Pran Nath.
My first glimpse of Peter Hamel stays in memory as it was on
sunny day with a blue sky and billowing puffy white clouds.
My first glimpse of Peter Hamel stays in memory as it was on a
sunny day with blue sky and billowing Puffy white clouds.
We were strolling the grounds where the Olympics were held and
came upon a square where some musicians were playing outside.
We were strolling the grounds where the Olympics were held and
came upon a square where some musicians were playing outside.
One of them caught my eye as he was wearing a head band and
looked like he would have belonged to one of the BE-IN'S of the
1960's where hippies artist and poets gathered for outdoor
festivities to celebrate life and being alive. One of
them caught my eye as he was wearing a head band and looked like
he would have belonged to one of the BE-IN'S of the 1960's where
hippies artist and poets gathered for outdoor festivities to
celebrate life and being alive.
The next day this young boy with the head-band shows up to pay
us a visit and we invite him in for chai and some conversation.
The next day this young boy with the head-band shows up to pay
us a visit and we invite him in for chai and some conversation.
This person, who turns out to be Peter Michael Hamel, surprised
me by speaking about my work and the work of La Monte Young and
Pandit Pran Nath in a very informed manner, this, at a time when
our work was not so widely known. This person, who turns
out to be Peter Michael Hamel, surprised me by speaking about my
work and the work of La Monte Young and Pandit Pran Nath in a
very informed manner, this, at a time when our work was not so
widely known.
From that moment on a friendship developed that was From
that moment on a friendship developed that was
renewed over the years. renewed over the years.
Whenever I happened to go to Germany, which in those days was
quite often, I would look up Peter and we would compare musical
notes. Whenever I happened to go to Germany, which in
those days was quite often, I would look up Peter and we would
compare musical notes.
We both shared a love of Indian classical music and realized the
importance of its role in a merging world culture. We
both shared a love of Indian classical music and realized the
importance of its role in a merging world culture.
We saw that its grand tradition could be vital to the future
development of music in the West. The sophisticated elements of
melody and rhythm and intonation, which had been developed over
centuries on the Indian sub continent, were now available for
study to those of us who were attracted to its great emotional
power. We saw its grand tradition that could be vital to
the future development of music in the West. The elements of
sophisticated melody and rhythm and intonation, which had been
developed over centuries on the Indian sub continent, were now
available for study to those of us who were attracted to its
great emotional power.
Peter had gone to India and had met the vocalist Pandit Patekar,
with whom he had studied the vocal tradition and I had started
in 1970, what would turn out to be an intensive 26 year study
with my Guru, Pandit Pran Nath. Peter had gone to India
and had met the vocalist Pandit Patekar, with whom he had
studied the vocal tradition and I had started in 1970, what
would turn out to be 26 years of intensive study with my guru,
Pandit Pran Nath.
Since there were so few of us in those days involved in Indian
Classical music my connection to Peter was an important one.
Since there were so few of us in those days involved in Indian
Classical music my connection to Peter was an important one.
When I was invited by Walter Bachauer to play in the Metamusik
festival in Berlin in 1974, I again met with Peter and his
friend Peter Pannke who also had the Indian connection and had
been studying Dhrupad in Vrindavan. When I was invited by
Walter Auer Bach to play in the Metamusik festival in Berlin in
1974, I again met with Peter and his friend Peter Pannke who
also had the Indian connection and had been studying Dhrupad in
Vrindavan.
The Metamusik festival was, to my knowledge, one of the first,
if not the first, large scale world music festival and the
excitement around the participating musicians and audiences was
electric. The festival Metamusik what, to my knowledge,
one of the first, if not the first, large scale world music
festival and the excitement around the participating musicians
and audiences was electric.
In 1975, when I was staying at Mary Bauermeister's house near
Cologne, in order to prepare a recording with Don Cherry, which
Peter was producing, I met Pandit Patekar, Peter's teacher and
had the pleasure to sit with Peter and the Pandit for morning
raga practice.
Sometimes Karlheinz Stockhausen (husband of Mary) would visit
and there would be lively discussions with all of us about the
various approaches and qualities of our diverse work.
Sometimes Karlheinz Stockhausen (husband of Mary) would visit
and there would be lively discussions with all of us about the
various approaches and various qualities of our work.
Peter's heart did not seem to be aligned with the post Webern
traditions that had emerged so prevalently in Germany.
Peter's heart did not seem to be aligned with the post-Webern
traditions that had emerged so prevalently in Germany.
His sensibilities were attracted more to American minimalism and
Indian music and to some degree Rock and Jazz and what would
turn out to be New Age. His sensibilities were more
attracted to American minimalism and Indian music and to some
degree rock and jazz and what would turn out to be New Age.
In this sense he stands apart in the field of modern music of
Germany. In this sense he stands apart in the field of
modern music of Germany.
He has recognized the vast importance of improvisation and being
"in the moment" in music performance. He has recognized
the vast importance of improvisation and being in the moment "in
music performance.
He realizes the importance of experimentation and of finding new
ways to notate his ideas. He realizes the importance of
experimentation and of finding new ways to notat his ideas.
Even a quick look at his scores reveals that! Even a
quick look at his scores reveals that!
He has integrated elements of Raga into his composition, even to
the degree that he performed as a vocalist playing Tampura with
an orchestral accompaniment in one of his pieces. He has
integrated elements of raga into his composition, even to the
degree that he performed as a vocalist playing Tampura with an
orchestral accompaniment in one of his pieces.
However, his music is at the same time rooted in the great
German tradition and today he is recognized as a major figure
whose compositions have greatly enriched the development of 20th
and 21st century repertoire. However, his music is at the
same time rooted in the great German tradition and today he is
recognized as a major figure whose compositions have greatly
enriched the development of 20th and 21st century repertoire.
Peter's personality is filled with great warmth and his voice
has a loving honey glow that reveals a person with vast heart,
enquiring mind and imagination. Peter's personality is
filled with great warmth and his voice has a loving honey glow
that reveals a person with vast heart, enquiring mind and
imagination.
His book, THROUGH MUSIC TO THE SELF, is one of the most
important writings on the nature of sound and it's origins in
ancient traditions. His book, THROUGH MUSIC TO THE SELF,
is one of the most important writings on the nature of sound and
it's origins in ancient traditions.
This book has had an enormous impact on the thinking of many
musicians and thinkers confronted for the first time with the
treasury of ideas it revealed. This book has had an
enormous impact on the thinking of many musicians and thinkers
confronted for the first time with the treasury of ideas it
revealed.
It amplified some of the experiences I had had in my own pursuit
of Indian Classical music. It amplified some of the
experiences I had had in my own pursuit of Indian Classical
music.
Especially in its connection to the mystical and sacred
traditions which are at the root of the classical music of
India. Especially in its connection to the mystical and
sacred traditions which are at the root of the classical music
of India.
In 1982, Peter and I performed together for the first time at
AmerikaHaus in Munich. In 1982, Peter and I performed
together for the first time at Amerika Haus in Munich.
We improvised together on two pianos in a scale I remember being
based on the Indian Raga Bilaval. We improvised together
on two pianos in a scale I remember being based on the Indian
raga Bilaval.
Peter had been working a bit with prepared piano and had
prepared the black notes of his piano, leaving the white notes
unaltered. This gave him the possibility of having two separate
sounding instruments using one piano. Peter had been
working a bit with prepared piano and had prepared the black
notes of his piano, leaving the white notes unaltered. This gave
him the possibility of having two separate sounding instrument
using one piano.
It was a memorable night from which the recording of THE TEN
VOICES OF THE TWO PROPHETS (Kuckuck Schallplatten
12047-2 ) was recorded live. It was a memorable night
from which the recording of THE TEN TWO VOICES OF THE PROPHET
(Kuckuck Schallplatten
12047-2) was recorded live.
In 1983, Peter was instrumental in getting me invited to the
EAST WEST MUSIC festival taking place in Bombay. It was the
first big conference with musicians from around the world who
had some connection to India, coming together for discussions
and concerts. In 1983, Peter was instrumental in getting
me invited to the EAST WEST MUSIC festival taking place in
Bombay. It was the first big conference with musicians from
around the world who had some connection to India, coming
together for discussions and concerts.
Since the US government refused to pay for my ticket to India,
Peter arranged for the Goethe Institute to sponsor my trip.
Since the U.S. government refused to pay for my ticket to India,
Peter arranged for the Goethe Institute to sponsor my trip.
The conference was packed with composers and performers from
India and around the world. The conference was packed
with composers and performers from India and around the world.
Among them, Andrei Eshpai, Zakir Hussein, Tom Ross, Peggy
Glanville Hicks, Professor Manfred Junius, Roberto Lanieri,
Fahimuddin Dagar, Bhimsen Joshi and of course, Peter Michael
Hamel, who gave a powerful solo piano performance in the
beautiful Tata Theater. Among them, Andrei Eshpai, Zakir
Hussein, Tom Ross, Peggy Glanville Hicks, Professor Manfred
Junius, Roberto Lanieri, Fahimuddin Dagar, Bhimsen Joshi and of
course, Peter Michael Hamel, who gave a powerful solo piano
performance in the beautiful Tata theater.
It was a unique opportunity for musicians of diverse cultural
back grounds to get together and play our music for each other
and get a sense of how effectively we were dealing with the
musical traditions of India. It was a unique opportunity
for musicians of diverse cultural back grounds to get together
and play our music for each other and get a sense of how
effectively we were dealing with the musical traditions of
India.
The discussions were lively and sometimes confrontational but
vital to the birth pangs of a new and growing field; the vast
array of hybrid models inspired by the music of India.
The discussions were lively and sometimes confrontational, but
vital to the birth pang of a new and growing field, the vast
array of hybrid models inspired by the music of India.
Around 2000 I visited Peter and his amazing family in Hamburg
where he holds the prestigious chair of composition once held by
Ligeti. Around 2000 I visited Peter and his amazing
family in Hamburg, where he holds the prestigious chair of
composition once held by Ligeti.
He played the piano, sang and delighted me with the
irrepressible force of music that is the engine of his life.
He played the piano, sang and delighted me with the
irrepressible force of music that is the engine of his life.
TERRY RILEY Terry Riley
2007, April 14th 2007, April 14th
