Lisa Streich Explained

Lisa Streich (born 19 April 1985) is a Swedish composer of contemporary classical music. Motorised instruments and spectral chords characterize her works.

Biography

Lisa Streich was born on 19 April 1985 in Norra Råda, Sweden.^[1] She grew up in Germany and studied composition and organ at the Berlin University of the Arts (2005–07), Royal College of Music, Stockholm (2007–10), Mozarteum in Salzburg (2008–09), Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln (2010–13) and IRCAM in Paris (2011–12).^[2] Teachers had been Johannes Schöllhorn^[3] and Adriana Hölszky.^[4]

Streich composed FALTER for violin for the 2021 ARD International Music Competition.^{[5] [6]} Until 2023, she was scholarship recipient at the Norwegian Academy of Music, with Helmut Lachenmann as her mentor.^[7] In 2024, Streich has been composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.^{[8] [9]} She received commissions by the Berlin Philharmonic (ISHJÄRTA),^[10] Lucerne Festival (REIGEN),^[11] and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (FLÜGEL).^{[12] [13]} The trumpet concerto MEDUSE was premiered in 2024 by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.^[14] Streich's works are published by Ricordi Berlin.^[15]

Personal life

Streich lives on Gotland, Sweden.

Style

Streich composes music of contrasts,^[16] cold and hot is the contrast in ISHJÄRTA (Ice Heart).^[17] Streich uses electronics and prepares instruments with small motorised machines, that create a mechanical sound. For the first time in SEGEL (2017), she has been creating imperfect floating, unclear chords through spectral transformation, called spectral tonality.^[18] Alan Gilbert said in an interview: "She integrates the performers strongly into the creative composition process."

Awards

• 2016/17 Villa Massimo^[19]
• 2017 Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize^{[20] [21]}
• 2022 Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis (Heidelberg Prize for Female Artists)^{[22] [23]}
• 2024 Hindemith Prize

Works

Source:^{[24] [25]}

Stage

• ...MIT BRENNENDEM ÖLE Pocket opera for 12 instruments, 5 female voices and 5 children's voices (2011), 12'

Concertante

• MEDUSE Elle est belle et elle rit. for trumpet and orchestra (2024), 20'
• JUBELHEMD Concerto Grosso for Quartet and Orchestra, Viola, Harp, Percussion/Drum kit, Trumpet (2021), 18'
• NEROLI for violin and orchestra (2021–2022), 20'
• LASTER for motorised piano and orchestra (2019), 20'
• AUGENLIDER for prepared guitar and orchestra (2015), 20'

Orchestral

• REIGEN for small orchestra (2024), 4'
• ISHJÄRTA for orchestra (2022–2023), 15'
• BALLHAUS for orchestra and props (2022), 24'
• FLÜGEL for orchestra (2020), 13'
• HÄNDEKÜSSEN for chamber orchestra (2019), 12'
• MANTEL for string orchestra (2018), 18'
• SEGEL for orchestra (2017), 13'
• ARK for wind orchestra, 5 percussionists and double bass (2016), 12'
• ALV for orchestra (2013), 8'

Ensemble

• REMEMORY for ensemble (2021–2022), 15'
• PEONY’S SONG for ensemble (2020), 16'
• OFELIA for ensemble (2022), 22'
• HIMMEL for ensemble (2021), 15'
• FRANCESCA for ensemble (2019), 25'
• ZUCKER for motorised ensemble (2016), 15'
• MARIA CALLAS for ensemble (2014), 3'
• MJÖLK for ensemble and ferris wheel (2014), 20'
• PAPIROSN for ensemble (2013), 14'
• ÄLV ALV ALVA for ensemble (2012), 20'
• PIETÀ for ensemble and pictures (2012), 9'^[26]
• GRATA for cello and ensemble (2011), 15'
• LAKALLES for ensemble and electronics (2009), 9'

Choral

• PREDELLA for four choirs and ensemble (2018), 13'
• CIVIL SONG for 32 voices (2018), 13'
• STABAT for 32 voices in four choirs (2017), 27'
• AGNEL for 12-part choir, objects, choirboy and electronics (2013), 13'
• ÄNGEN DANSAR for female choir and electronics (2009), 10'

Vocal

• FIKONTRÄDET for counter tenor and baroque ensemble (2016), 15'
• HALBWERTZEITEN UND HONIG for soprano, piano and piano-loudspeakers (2010), 12'
• WALLPAPERS for baritone and electronics (2010), 5'30"
• DER ZITRONENGELBE KLANG for baritone, soprano and tuba (2008), 8'

Chamber

• STERNENSTILL for string quartet (2020), 15'
• LAUB for violin, guitar and choir (2018), 15'
• FLEISCH for solo cello for 1–3 cellists (2017), 11'
• PIETÀ for motorised violoncello and ensemble (2015), 9'
• SAI BALLARE? for piano trio (2015), 8'
• NEBENSONNEN for clarinet and string trio (2015), 11'
• VOGEL. MEHR VOGEL (ALS ENGEL), for string quartet (2015), 10'
• (ENGEL, ...) NOCH TASTEND, for string quartet (2015), 20'
• «DER ZARTE FADEN DEN DIE SCHÖNHEIT SPINNT», performance installation for percussion quartet (2014), 14'
• RUE CUVIER ou LES YEUX AU CIEL for cello and accordion (2014), 15'
• SERAPH for cello and organ (2013), 15'
• SAI BALLARE? for violin, piano and motorised violoncello or piano trio (2013), 8'
• ASCHE for cello and clarinet (2012), 15'
• MADONNA DEL PRATO for saxophone quartet (2012), 9'
• PLAY TIME for bicycle and percussion trio (2012), 10'
• PIETÀ for cello, motors and electronics (2012), 7'20"
• ASKARGOT for string quartet (2011), 8'
• ASKAR for string quartet and electronics (2010), 9'30"

Instrumental

• PIETÀ for solo motorised violoncello and motorised installation of piano, violoncello, violin and guitar (2018), 8'
• MINERVA for baroque cello (2018), 8'
• SAFRAN for violin and motorised piano (2017), 14'
• EXISTENSER for piano and electronics (2009), 10'
• NÄCKEN for violin and electronics (2008), 10'23"

Electronics

• PLAYNG BERLIN for electronics (2007), 2'30"
• VON DEN SIEBEN PLAGEN for electronics (2008), 7'

Recordings

• ^[27]
• ^[28]

Further reading

• Web site: The daring dualism of Lisa Streich, hcmf// 2022's Composer in Residence . Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival . 28 September 2022 . 12 September 2024.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Der Hindemith-Preis 2024 geht an Lisa Streich . nmz – neue musikzeitung . 8 December 2023 . de . 11 September 2024.
2. Web site: Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG) . nachschlage.net . de . 11 September 2024 . 25 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230325132815/http://www.nachschlage.net/search/kdg/Lisa+Streich/961.html . live .
3. Web site: Lisa Streich: Was sie hören will . Elbphilharmonie Mediathek . de . 11 September 2024 . 9 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230309024548/https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/mediathek/lisa-streich-was-sie-horen-will/471 . live .
4. News: Schmidt . Hannah . Lisa Streich: "Was möchte ich bei meinem letzten Konzert hören?" . . 7 May 2024 . de . 11 September 2024 . 10 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910080424/https://www.zeit.de/2024/21/lisa-streich-komponistin-schweden-konzert-musik . live .
5. ARD-Musikwettbewerb: Auftragskompositionen . . 30 January 2024 . de . 12 September 2024 . 7 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240907042238/https://www.br.de/ard-musikwettbewerb/rueckblick/auftragskompositionen/index.html . live .
6. Web site: Unterschiedlichste Charaktere . Klassik Heute . de . 12 September 2024 . 21 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210921172428/http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_infothek_text?id=1298 . live .
7. Web site: Lisa Streich . Berliner Festspiele . 29 August 2024 . de . 11 September 2024.
8. Web site: Lisa Streich . . 11 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001908/https://www.lucernefestival.ch/en/program/directory-of-artists/lisa_streich/3595 . live .
9. Web site: Composer Portraits: Lisa Streich . Arts Initiative at Columbia University . 15 July 2024 . 11 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001907/https://artsinitiative.columbia.edu/event/composer-portraits-lisa-streich/ . live .
10. Web site: Uehling . Peter . Uraufführungen bei den Berliner Philharmonikern: "Schaut, wir spielen Musik von Frauen" . . 9 June 2023 . de . 11 September 2024 . 3 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230703053716/https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/musik/klassik-kirill-petrenko-urauffuehrungen-bei-den-berliner-philharmonikern-schaut-wir-spielen-musik-von-frauen-li.357334 . live .
11. Web site: Lisa Streich: Besuch bei der Komponistin auf der Ostseeinsel Gotland . . 19 August 2024 . de . 11 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001910/https://www.schweizer-illustrierte.ch/people/swiss-stars/sinnige-schopferin-neuer-musik-739445 . live .
12. Web site: Lisa Streich premiered by Petrenko, Gilbert and Zilias . Ricordi . 26 May 2023 . 11 September 2024 . 16 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240416015418/https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/News/2023/5/Lisa-Streich-new-orchestral-works.aspx . live .
13. Web site: Gilbert . Alan . Alan Gilbert: "Es ist uns wirklich ernst damit" . Elbphilharmonie Mediathek . de . 11 September 2024 . 23 April 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240423044509/https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/mediathek/alan-gilbert-es-ist-uns-wirklich-ernst-damit/472 . live .
14. Web site: Composer Weekend – Ice Heart . . 13 April 2024 . 11 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001910/https://www.konserthuset.se/en/programme/calendar/concert/2024/volkov--tonsattarweekend-lisa-streich/ . live .
15. Web site: Lisa Streich . Ricordi . 11 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001911/https://www.ricordi.com/de-DE/Composers/S/Streich-Lisa.aspx . live .
16. Web site: Weber . Gabrielle . The composer with the soldering iron . NeoBlog – Swiss Contemporary Music . 6 October 2022 . 12 September 2024 . 5 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231005025826/https://neoblog.mx3.ch/index.php/2022/10/06/deutsch-die-komponistin-mit-dem-loetkolben/ . live .
17. Web site: Contrasts with Streich and Bruckner . Göteborgs Symfoniker . 12 September 2024 . 30 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240530002539/https://www.gso.se/en/programme/concerts/gso-saraste-muller-schott/ . live .
18. Web site: Dunn . Lawrence . Deadly playful: eight new works from women composers in 2024 . Bachtrack . 8 March 2024 . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001912/https://bachtrack.com/de_DE/preview-women-composers-eight-new-works-iwd-march-2024 . live .
19. Web site: Lisa Streich . . de . 11 September 2024 . 1 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301111155/https://www.villamassimo.de/de/stipendiaten/lisa-streich . live .
20. Web site: Amme . Kristin . Lisa Streich und zwei weitere Komponisten ausgezeichnet: Förderpreise vergeben . BR-KLASSIK . 22 February 2017 . de . 11 September 2024 . 7 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230807015251/https://www.br-klassik.de/aktuell/news-kritik/ernst-von-siemens-musikstiftung-2017-foerderpreis-100.html . live .
21. Book: Aimard . Pierre-Laurent . Pelzel . Michael . Steen-Andersen . Simon . Ernst-von-Siemens-Stiftung (Zug) . Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste . Ernst von Siemens Musikpreis 2017 an Pierre-Laurent Aimard : Komponisten-Förderpreise 2017 an Michael Pelzel, Simon Steen-Andersen und Lisa Streich : Verleihung im Prinzregentheater München am 2. Juni 2017, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste . Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung . Zug . 2017 . 1016970754 . de .
22. Web site: 35. Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis geht an die Komponistin Lisa Streich . miz.org . 21 February 2022 . de . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001914/https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/35-heidelberger-kuenstlerinnenpreis-geht-an-lisa-streich-n21982 . live .
23. Web site: Heidelberg: Lisa Streich erhält Künstlerinnenpreis . Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . 16 June 2021 . de . 12 September 2024 . 13 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240913001916/https://www.rnz.de/kultur/kultur-regional_artikel,-Heidelberg-Lisa-Streich-erhaelt-Kuenstlerinnenpreis-_arid,689788.html . live .
24. Web site: Lisa Streich, Brahms . Ressources . 12 September 2022 . 11 September 2024 . 2 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231202062304/https://brahms.ircam.fr/en/lisa-streich . live .
25. Web site: Katalogsuche . Ricordi . 12 September 2024 . 21 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240521172637/https://www.ricordi.com/de-DE/Catalogue.aspx?sc=composers%5B0%5D=Streich%2C%20Lisa . live .
26. Swithinbank . Christopher . Two Pietàs: William-Adolphe Bouguereau & Lisa Streich . Humanities Commons . 2014 . 4 . 120–135 . 10.17613/M6097W . 12 September 2024 . 29 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240829100157/https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:13903/ . live .
27. Johnson . Evan . Lisa Streich – Lisa Streich: Pietà . Lucerne Festival Orchestra, ensemble recherche, hand werk, Volkalensemble Kölner Dom, insieme vocale-consonante. Wergo WER64252 . Tempo . 73 . 287 . 2019 . 0040-2982 . 10.1017/S0040298218000840 . 116–117.
28. Power . Ian . Lisa Streich – Lisa Streich, Augenlider. Deutches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Snowden, Nawri, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Löffler, Weirich, Portah, Schwarz, Ensemble Links, ensemble mosaik, Poppe. Kairos, KAI18002. . Tempo . 75 . 295 . 2021 . 0040-2982 . 10.1017/S0040298220000807 . 109–111.