Jay Schwartz
Jay Schwartz is an American composer living in Europe.
He studied music at Arizona State University, where he graduated in 1989, after which he studied musicology in Tübingen, Germany.
From 1992–1995 he was an assistant for incidental music at the State Theater in Stuttgart, Germany.
His compositions have been performed in renowned festivals in Europe such as the Biennale di Venezia, the Donaueschinger Musiktage, the International Computer Music Conference, the Ultraschall Festival Berlin, and the Documenta in Kassel, and by renowned orchestras and ensembles, such as the Rai Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale, the Radio Sinfonie Orchester Frankfurt, the Radio Sinfonie Orchester Stuttgart, the Berliner Sinfonie Orchester, the Staatskapelle Weimar, Ensemble Modern, the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, and the NYYD Ensemble Estonia.
In 2000 he received the Bernd-Alois-Zimmermann-Prize for composition from the city of Cologne, Germany. He is a three-time recipient of the Strobel-Fellowship for electronic music from the Südwestrundfunk.
His works are published and represented by Universal Edition Vienna, London, New York.Works
Works by Jay Schwartz include:
Orchestral works
Music for Orchestra III Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Music for Voices and Orchestra
Music for Orchestra II
Music for Orchestra I
Orchestral Suite, Incidental Music to "Werther: Sprache der Liebe"
Three Pieces for Orchestra
Instrumental works
Music for 13 Cellos
Music for Violin, Cello and Piano
Music for Flute
Music for Eight Double Basses
Music for Chamber Ensemble
Music for Four Saxophones
Music for Four Stringed Instruments
Music for 17 Stringed Instruments
Music for 5 Stringed Instruments, Incidental Music to "Werther: Sprache der Liebe"
Music for 12 Cellos
Music for 6 Stringed Instruments, Boy Soprano and Harpsichord, Incidental Music to "Triumph der Liebe"
Music for Cello
Music for Piano, Violin and Double Bass
Music for Two Saxophones and Two Double Basses
Music for Five Stringed Instruments
Music for 3 Stringed Instruments and Piano, Incidental Music to "Die Möwe"
Music for Piano
Music for Vibraphone and Electronics
Music for Saxophone and Piano
Vocal works
Music for Six Voices III
Music for Six Voices II
Music for Six Voices I
Music theater
Narcissus & Echo, chamber opera
Sound installations
Music for Autosonic Gongs I - IX
Music for Electromagnetic Piano
Music for a Bridge ''
