FESTIVAL PALMKLANG COMPOSER 2020
Gerd Hermann Ortler is appointed PalmKlang Composer 2020!
More Details: http://www.palmklang.at/composer
CUCKOO CLOCK
Gerd Hermann Ortler’s new composition “CUCKOO CLOCK - for Percussion Ensemble (2019)” will be premiered by the “conTakt percussion group” at the Kulturhaus Schlanders - Italy (3th of November 2019). This composition was commissioned by the South Tyrolean Artists Association and will be recorded and released on CD.
Here’s a behind the scene look at conTakt Percussion-Group recording CUCKOO CLOCK
PREMIERING NEW CHAMBER MUSIC
FREE FUGUE FOR TWO TONGUES
Gerd Hermann Ortler’s new composition “FREE FUGUE FOR TWO TONGUES - Duet for Clarinet and Tuba” will be premiered this summer by Vienna Philharmonic’s outstanding soloists Matthias Schorn and Christoph Gigler at the Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival!
NEW COMPOSITION: THE WIZARD OF OZ - Philharmonie Luxembourg
JUBELFANFARE - 150 Jahre Wiener Staatsoper
Gerd Hermann Ortler had the honour to compose and conduct this piece, performed by world class musicians from the Vienna Philharmonic / Wiener Philharmoniker and the Staatsopernorchester at the Vienna Opera Ball. The organizer, Mrs. Maria Großbauer, presented it to Mr. Dominique Meyer, director of the Vienna State Opera.
HAPPY 150th BIRTHDAY VIENNA STATE OPERA!
Dominque Meyer, Gerd Hermann Ortler, Maria Großbauer. (📸© leadersnet.at / C. Mikes)
HERMANNOLOGY
Be prepared for the return of »HERMANNOLOGY«
28 Dec. 2018, 8.30pm DORNBIRN | Spielboden
29 Dec. 2018, 8.30pm VIENNA | Porgy&Bess
with the phenomenal Jazzorchester Vorarlberg, conducted by Gerd Hermann Ortler.
Nostalgic video from 2011: The GHO Orchestra performing »HERMANNOLOGY« at the Porgy&Bess Vienna 🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥
Interview kulturzeitschrift.at
Vorarlberger Nachrichten
DECONSTRUCTED ECSTASY
It’s going to be loud! Gerd Hermann Ortler’s composition »DECONSTRUCTED ECSTASY - Concertino for Percussion Ensemble and Orchestra« will be premiered tonight by Simon Aschenwald, Matthias Brandt, Jonas Zink, Jeremias Zöhrer and the Tiroler Kammerorchester InnStrumenti (cond. by Gerhard Sammer).
DATES:
23 Nov. 2018, 8pm DORNBIRN | Kulturhaus
24 Nov. 2018, 8pm INNSBRUCK | Haus der Musik
25 Nov. 2018, 5pm MERAN | Kurhaus
CONDUCTING AT THE MUSIKVEREIN VIENNA
Gerd Hermann Ortler had the pleasure to conduct the Tonkünstler-Orchester and Federspiel at the Musikverein Wien a few months ago. Here's the first Video from the concert: "Huldefossen", a composition by Matthias Werner about a tiny Fossegrim, dancing in a norwegian waterfall, playing the fiddle...
COMING SOON!
"AND THE MOON AND THE STARS AND THE WORLD" on Air
FÖRDERUNGSPREIS DER STADT WIEN
"AND THE MOON AND THE STARS AND THE WORLD" Symphony
ON OUR WAY!
CONDUCTING THE "CONTEMPORARY URBAN BEATS ENSEMBLE" AT THE 200th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE „UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS VIENNA“
NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR VAN GELDER, BAAS AND THE METROPOLE ORCHESTRA AT TRANSITION FESTIVAL
On Saturday 8 April 2017 TivoliVredenburg and North Sea Jazz present the second edition of Transition Festival in Utrecht.
Ben van Gelder and Reiner Baas performed two concerts with the Metropole Orchestra in January 2016. This collaboration turned out to work so well that it was decided to once again share the stage. The repertoire includes works by both Baas and van Gelder and promises to be surprising and varied in terms of both music and the orchestral line-up. Gerd Hermann Ortler also wrote some new arrangements of Ben's music for this concert.
More information:
http://www.tivolivredenburg.nl/nl/agenda/detail/4955/Transition_Festival_2017
http://www.mo.nl/en/agenda/2017-en/transition-reinier-baas-ben-van-gelder
NEW INTERVIEW: Some Thoughts on Composition and Life.
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ARRANGEMENTS FOR BEN VAN GELDER AND THE SWISS JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Ben van Gelder is playing with the Swiss Jazz Orchestra tonight (16th of January) in Bern at Bier Hübeli!
They're performing some brand new arrangements by GHO of some of Ben's music.
For further information click Swiss Jazz Orchestra
NEW INTERVIEW
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COMPOSING FOR THE SYMPHONIEORCHESTER VORARLBERG AND THE JAZZORCHESTER VORARLBERG
The Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg and the Jazzorchester Vorarlberg commissioned Gerd Hermann Ortler to compose the music for their upcoming collaboration project. The performances will take place at the Festspielhaus Bregenz and at the Montforthaus Feldkirch in November 2017. Stay tuned!
