Johannes Kalitzke
Johannes Kalitzke is known for his progressive style of composition, which integrates electronic techniques with methods evolved by various avant-garde composers. Often Kalitzke's compositions are restricted in their range of expression, owing to their narrow limitation on the number of notes employed. The electronic sounds he uses are typically manipulated and his end product, while unified and coherent, is often challenging to the listener. He has been steadfast in maintaining a progressive stance in his compositions; while many other composers from the late twentieth and early twenty first centuries have retreated into a more accessible style, convinced melody, lucidity, and less dissonance are more workable ingredients. He has written in a variety of genres, including opera, vocal, choral, symphonic, and chamber. Not surprisingly, Kalitzke's music is not widely performed or available on recording. Nevertheless, several labels, including RCA, CPO, and Col Legno, have issued discs of his music. Kalitzke has also had a successful career as a conductor, leading both standard classical repertory and contemporary music.
Johannes Kalitzke was born in Cologne, Germany, on February 12, 1959. From 1974-1976 he mainly studied sacred and church music, then enrolled at the Musikhochschule Köln, where his chief teachers were composer and Boulez-student York Höller (composition), Wolfgang von der Nahmer (conducting), and Aloys Kontarsky (piano).
Kalitzke studied at the Paris-based IRCAM (1982-1983), then and still the leading center devoted to electro-acoustical music. While there, he also took private composition lessons from Vinko Globokar and had further studies back in Cologne at the Musikhochschule with Hans Ulrich Humpert.
In 1984 Kalitzke began appearing as a conductor and two years later was appointed director of the Forum für Neue Musik, in Geselkirchen, holding the post until 1991. During this period he produced his large choral work Das Labyrinth der Lieder, for voices, large orchestra, and tape (1987). Kalitzke served as conductor of the Musiktheater im Revier (1988-1990), also in Gelsenkirchen.
In 1991 Kalitzke, along with three others, founded Musikfabrik NRW (North-Rhine-Westphalia), an ensemble devoted to the performance of modern music. From 1991-1997 he served as the group's conductor and artistic director. Kalitzke began his opera Molière oder die Henker des Komödianten in 1995 and completed it in 2000. From 2001 Kalitzke has appeared regularly as the chief guest conductor of the Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik. His recordings include the 2005 Naxos issue of his Symphony No. 3 and the Violin Concerto by Ulrich Leyendecker.
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Scelsi: The Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Concentus Vocalis Griesensis, Wiener Kammerchor, Peter Rundel, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Mode Records on 1 Jan 2006
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Lucia Dlugoszewski: Abyss and Caress
Klangforum Wien, Peter Evans, Johannes Kalitzke, Tim Anderson, Ilan Volkov
Classical - Released by col legno on 20 Oct 2023
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Winterberg: Orchestral Works
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Jonathan Powell, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Capriccio on 6 May 2022
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Gubaidulina, S.: Orchestral Music
NDR Radiophilharmonie, Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Kalitzke, Bernhard Klee
Classical - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 1994
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Blacher: Dance Suite, Poème, Hamlet & Concertante Musik
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by CapriccioNR on 3 Aug 2018
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Johannes Kalitzke: Vier Toteninseln
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Thomas E. Bauer, Thomas Larcher, Johannes Kalitzke, Stadler Quartett
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 Jul 2007
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Mosolov: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 14
Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Steffen Schleiermacher, Ringela Riemke, Natalia Pschenitschnikowa, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Capriccio on 31 Jul 2015
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Ramon Lazkano: Orchestral Works
Ernesto Molinari, Johannes Kalitzke, Basque National Orchestra, Cello Octet Amsterdam
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 Jun 2009
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Xenakis: Works for Strings
Ensemble Resonanz, John Eckhardt, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Mode Records on 18 Oct 2005
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Klaus Lang: The Book of Serenity
Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 Jun 2008
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I Was Like Wow: Contemporary Music for Bassoon
Lorelei Dowling, Elena Kats-Chernin, Jacob Tv, Klangforum Wien, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by TYXart on 19 May 2017
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Helmut Lachenmann: Les Consolations, Concertini & Salut für Caudwell
Heidelberg Schola, Walter Nußbaum, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Johannes Kalitzke, Klangforum Wien
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 Jan 2008
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Wolpe in Jerusalem
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Ensemble Recherche, Johannes Kalitzke, Werner Herbers
Chamber Music - Released by Mode Records on 1 Jan 2006
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Reinhard Fuchs: Mania
Klangforum Wien, ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Anna Maria Pammer, Sylvain Cambreling, Beat Furrer, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 May 2016
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Johannes Kalitzke: Story Teller . Figuren am Horizont
Classical - Released by KAIROS on 1 Jun 2018
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Czernowin: Water
Experimentalstudio des SWR, Berlin Concert House Orchestra, Johannes Kalitzke, Unknown Artist
Classical - Released by Mode Records on 13 Jul 2010
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Birtwistle: Secret Theater - Ritual Fragment - Nenia: The Death of Orpheus
Ensemble musikFabrik, Rosemary Hardy, Johannes Kalitzke
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jul 2013
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José Manuel López López: Concertos
Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Kairos on 1 Jun 2010
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Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 3
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Roland Greutter, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Apr 2005
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Schöllhorn: Liu-Yi
Das Neue Ensemble, Johannes Kalitzke
Classical - Released by AEON on 6 Nov 2008
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Erhard Grosskopf: Plejaden, Op. 56 & KlangWerk 11, Op. 64 (Live)
Ursula Oppens, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Johannes Kalitzke, Vykintas Baltakas
Classical - Released by NEOS Music on 7 Dec 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo