I'm a composer of new classical music, and I was born in 1948 in Essen (Germany).

My works:

CD: The Piano Sonatas Nos 6 - 8 were produced by MD&G (Musikproduktion Dabringhaus & Grimm, Detmold) by the pianist Noriko Kitano in 1993. The piano was a Steinway. Location: Fürstliche Reitbahn Schloss Arolsen, Germany.

The Piano Sonatas Nos 6 - 8 are examples of my tonal style. These sonatas were composed concurrently (e.g., the first movement of Piano Sonata No. 6 developed during the same year as the final movement of Piano Sonata No. 8), and in each case the completed sonatas were committed to writing within the space of a few days: Sonata No. 6 in 1984, Sonata No. 7 in 1985, and Sonata No. 8 in 1987. Each sonata has a three-movement form. While No. 6 is a piece of passionate music, No. 7 bears the stamp of mystical fantasy. In the latter sonata the slow first movement is followed by a wild second movement at times reflecting the fugue style. In turn, the second movement proceeds to a slow third movement representing a virtual mirror reproduction of the first movement. It is here, after thematic development, elaboration, and inversion in the second movement, that the cycle described by the music is brought to completion: the mysterious cycle of growth and decay. Piano Sonata No. 8 is a sonata of new beginning and hope, as is manifestly shown in the radiant D major conclusion of the third movement.

Piano Sonatas Nos 6 & 7 now on

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