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| Born | Friedhelm Hans Hartmann 24 April 1963 Reichenbach, Germany |
| Alma mater | Folkwang University of the Arts |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Website | https://hartmannfriedhelm.wixsite.com/my-site |
Friedhelm Hans Hartmann (born 24 April 1963, Lower Silesia), also known as Freed, is a German composer.
Biography[edit source]
From 1979 to 1986, he studied contemporary classical composition with Manfred Weiss and Udo Zimmermann at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden, from 1986 to 1988 with Georg Katzer at the Academy of the Arts Berlin[1], and algorithmic composition with Dirk Reith at the Institute for Computermusic and Electronic Media at the Folkwang University of the Arts from 1989 to 1993. At this time, Freed became also an active member of the German Society for Electroacoustic Music. From 1993-1995 Freed pursued his education further with Itzhak Sadai at the Rubin Academy of Music of Tel-Aviv University in the field of musical semiology within the framework of the German Academic Exchange Service program.
Inspired by Escher’s transformative tesselations, Freed approaches sound territories of different cultures (electroacoustic, traditional and contemporary classical music, Jazz and Pop) by applying figurative morphing in an attempt to free musical perception from common dyadic rhythmical and harmonic functional syntax without having to abandon essential elements of musical logic and rhethoric (which are carried through transformative grooves alike) in favor of dominating sound painting gestures, as they may be intended, for example, by pure spectral compositions.
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Beside worldwide[2] performances of Freed’s compositions held by renowed music societies such as the ISCM, or ICMA in various European[3] and non-European[4][5] countries, Freed’s efforts to socialize new musical perceptions in circles rather unfamiliar with avantgarde or experimental music[6] led to various international projects that included the contribution of his vast repository of experimental sound textures used till today by multiple thousand members of the Freesound community, the collaborative creation of musical pieces composed of sounds and sound structures by many Freesound members stemming from a multitude of musical backgrounds, musical education projects and lectures for primary school classes[7], multidisciplinary student groups in German, Spanish and Israeli universities, and private art circles supported by temporary social media collaboration groups, performing interactive street concerts and various remote performances over the Internet including multiple concurrent players.
Selected compositions[edit source]
Electroacoustical[edit source]
- Take Five Takes (1990)
- Piano Games (1991)
- ExSamples Mechanique (1991)
- The Bell Drama (1993)
- Portraits of a Woman (1994)
- Black Bird's Garden (1996)
- Electric Symphony (2000)
- Noise Symphony (2001)
- Pitch Symphony (2002)
- Clung Symphony (2003)
- Letters (2004)
- Album for the Youth (2019)
Live Electronics[edit source]
- Play Fair and Light for Fairlight system (1988)
- Changes of Music for online Shockwave player environment (2009, Freesound credits apply)
- Breakin' Bars for Shockwave environment (2009, Freesound credits apply)
- Pathways for Shockwave environment (2011, Freesound credits apply)
- Recital for Shockwave environment (2011, Freesound credits apply)
- Hypersound Tours for Shockwave environment (2011, featuring Dirk Reith, Ralf Ollertz, Achim Bornhöft, Heinz-Josef Florian)
- RedPoint Sound Tours for Shockwave environment (2011, featuring Igal Myrtenbaum)
- Freesound Stories for Shockwave environment (2013, Freesound credits apply)
Instrumental[edit source]
- Music Minus One for bass clarinet and tape (1993)
- Black Sonata for two pianos (2015)
- White Sonata for piano (2017)
- Claveland for Claves solo (2018)
- Flying Carpets for Ensembles (2018)
- Oireca! Symphony for Orchestra (2020)
- Piano Concerto Coronation of Morpheus (2021)
On Stage[edit source]
- PASSAGE for pantomimic shadow projections and electronics (1992)
Web links[edit source]
- Works of and about Friedhelm Hans Hartmann at the catalogue of the German National Library
- Works of and about Friedhelm Hans Hartmann in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Biography at EMDoku – Internationale Dokumentation Elektroakustischer Musik
- Friedhelm Hans Hartmann bei Discogs
- Website of Freed
References[edit source]
- ^ Academy of the Arts, Archive, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ Eighth Annual Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival Program for the 8th Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival in 1999. Retrieved February 1, 2000.
- ^ World Music Days 1995 in Essen, Open Air Electronic Night Concert Event calendar of the German Society for Electronic Music (DeGeM). Retrieved Juni 1, 1996.
- ^ International Computer Music Festival Seoul 2003 Festival Website. Retrieved August 31, 2004.
- ^ 24 Hour Festival of Electro-Acoustic Music Concert program of the organizer The Warner Bentley Theater/USA. Retrieved August 31, 2004.
- ^ Music between space and time Broadcast series of the Hessischer Rundfunk. Broadcast on April 15, 2002.
- ^ The Sound Surf Project „The Sound Surf Project“ for the Ironi Alef School in Tel Aviv, Spring 2007. Retrieved from the school website on July 1, 2007.