Peter Michael von der Nahmer

Peter Michael von der Nahmer (born 7 April 1977 in Munich) is a composer and sound researcher based in New York City. His American/German/Cuban heritage influences the questions of identity, complexity, and transcendent connection that shape his music. In 2016 McKnight Visiting Composer Residency from the American Composers Forum, where he works on musical theater pieces with the people of New Ulm, Minnesota about the history of city.[1][2] In June 2017, he received an honorable mention in the New World Composition Challenge with his piano piece "From Here to There", organized by the New York Philharmonic.[3]

Peter Michael von der Nahmer
Birth namePeter Michael von der Nahmer
Born (1977-04-07) April 7, 1977
OriginMunich, Germany
GenresContemporary classical, Musical theatre
Occupation(s)Composer, Sound studies, Music Psychotherapist
Years active1992–present
Websitewww.petermichaelvondernahmer.com

Selected Awards and Recognition
  • (2018) "SU-CASA Residency" Queens Council on the Arts, New York
  • (2017) "Honorable Mention" "New World Composition Challenge", New York Philharmonic with the piano piece "From Here to There"
  • (2016) American Composers Forum McKnight Visiting Composer Residency
  • (2016) The Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation Grant for the commission of the dance piece "Reflections" by FJK DANCE, New York
  • (2014) Conference Funding Grant, New York University
  • (2012) CAGE 100 - Party Pieces Project with performances in New York and Leipzig
  • (2011) California International Theatre Auswahl 2011 selection with the opera "El Canguro" (Libretto: Cynthia Lewis Ferrell)
  • (2011) Kinder zum Olymp!-Award for the European school project MP3-DNA in collaboration with Mehr Musik!
  • (2010) Berlin Opera Award Neuköllner Oper for "20 Minuten" (Libretto: Andreas Bisowski)
  • (2010) Scholarship at the OpenForum, the International Festival for alternative Music Theater “OpenOp 2010”, Neuköllner Oper, Berlin
  • (2009) Herrenhaus Edenkoben Residency
  • (2008) 1st and special prize at ISME-IVME 2nd International Composition Contest 2008 for "NO ATTETÜDE!"
  • (2008) Guest composer Bar Harbor Music Festival
  • (2008) 2. Prize Siegburger Kompositionswettbewerb with "Musical Fairytales for Children"
  • (2007) Winner “Renée B. Fisher Composer Award” with "Hip Hop for piano"
  • (2007) ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop
  • (2007) Winner C. Keith Birkenfeld Composition Competition with Powerwalk
  • (2007) American Composers Forum Jerome Foundation Grant
  • (2007) American Composers Forum Encore Grant
  • (2006) Winner Masterworks Prize with "The Monk and the Fish"
  • (2005) Maestro's Circle and Susan and Ford Schuman Award, Aspen Music Festival and School
  • (2004) Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, composition Scholarship for 14th Annual O’Neill Puppetry Conference
  • (2004) Society for New Music, Dr. J. Howland Auchinloss Prize with "The Monk and the Fish"

Compositions

Opera

  • (1995) "Zwischen Wahn und Wirklichkeit" (Libretto: Peter Michael von der Nahmer)
  • (2010) "20 Minuten" (Libretto: Andreas Bisowski)
  • (2010) Youth opera "Klangwandler" (Libretto: Kai Ivo Baulitz)
  • (2011) "El Canguro" (Libretto: Cynthia Lewis Ferrell)
  • (2014) "The Cookies Call – A Tragic Tragedy" (Libretto: Emily J. Roller)
  • (2014) "Ho! Ho! Ho!" (Libretto: Kate Chadwick)
  • (2016) Electropera "Tightrope" (Libretto: Tatiana Wechsler)

Musical

  • (1999) "Lupus Albus" (Libretto: Martin Decker)
  • (2004) "The Ultimate Musical" (Libretto: Virginia Emrick & Peter Michael von der Nahmer)
  • (2005) "Von Zeyt zu Zeit" (Libretto: Johannes Ponader)
  • (2014) "A Bump in the Road" (Libretto: Emily J. Roller)
  • (2015) Musical drama "Esther" (Libretto: Emily J. Roller)
  • (2018) "Welcome to Hell" (Libretto: Peter Lund)

Sacred drama

  • (2017) "Gottesschwingungen" (Text: Alfred Walter)
  • (2017) "Multitudes" (Text: Gloria Zimmerman)
  • (2017) "Alexa the Dyslexic Angel" (Text: Marianna Mott Newirth)
  • (2001) "Umbra Lux" (Text: Sanskrit)
  • (1998) "Schweigende Unendlichkeit"

Theatre

Ballet chanté

  • 2015: "Talking City" (Libretto: John Dietrich)
  • 2017: "NIA WA JA SHU" (Libretto: Tatiana Wechsler)

Song cycle

  • (2008) "SPAM" (Libretto: Scott Guy)
  • (2018) "Blue Hum" (Libretto: Anita Prestidge & Marianna Mott Newirth)

Performance/Dance

  • (2001) Darkness of Water
  • (2002) Circuit
  • (2014) Passing-Over
  • (2015) Mashrabiya
  • (2015) Psychogramm
  • (2016) Red Tide
  • (2016) Reflections

Choral

  • (1994) Ars Amatoria (for choi and organ), (Text: Ovid)
  • (2006) And I saw... (for choir and organ)
  • (2006) Beyond Forever (choir a cappella), (Text: Virginia Emrick)
  • (2006) Missa Brevis (for choir and organ)
  • (2008) Above the Sky (for handbell choir and choir)

Mixed Chamber

  • (1997) Sphären (for accordion, alt. sax. percussion, 2 violins, viola, 2 Celli)
  • (2000) Atem (for alto saxophone and accordion)
  • (2001) Dvandva (for violin and piano)
  • (2002) Sax’eon (for alto saxophone and accordion)
  • (2004) The Monk and the Fish (for piano quartet)
  • (2004) Intome (for flute and accordion)
  • (2006) Trial ADN Error (for piano quartet)
  • (2007) Hip Hop for piano (for piano solo)
  • (2007) Dance of the Fairies (for flute, harp and cello)
  • (2007) African Dream (for flute, harp, cello)
  • (2007) Rhythm Some Blues (percussion)
  • (2008) Witzelsucht (for piano four hands)
  • (2008) No Attetüde! (2008) (for harp)
  • (2008) Anatomy of Rhythm (für Perkussionduo)
  • (2010) Moving on...
  • (2017) From Here to There (for piano, based on themes from Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák))
  • (2019) Where is the Stillness (for piano solo)

Orchestra

  • (1997) Natura et Homo (for orchestra and narrator)
  • (2003) Mikrokosmos (for orchestra and soprano)
  • (2003) Persiflamia
  • (2005) Angels (for orchestra, choir and piano)
  • (2007) Fanfare
  • (2003/2008) Powerwalk (for string orchestra and piano)

References
  1. "Visiting composer working with The Grand this summer". New Ulm Journal. June 26, 2017.
  2. "Composer's work focuses on New Ulm stories | News, Sports, Jobs - The Journal". www.nujournal.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  3. "NYP - New World Initiative Composers Challenge".
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