Detlef Heusinger
# Detlef Heusinger

Detlef Heusinger (born 1956 in Frankfurt) is a German composer and conductor. Since October 2006 he is head of the Experimentalstudio des SWR [de] and thus the successor of André Richard.

For 1996/97, he was awarded a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome.

In 2009, Heusinger founded the soloist "Ensemble Experimental".

## Work

### Until 1990

* Ent-Fremdung. For four guitars (1978/1995)
* Todesfuge. For baritone, guitar and string quartet (1979–1980)
* Aufstieg. For chamber ensemble (1982)
* Materialermüdung. Played on two pianos for four hands (1982)
* Spiel der Zeit. Three sonnets (Gryphius) with prelude, interlude and postlude for soprano, baritone and chamber orchestra (1983)
* Stückwerk. For guitar solo (1983/1987)
* Epiphora – Oxymora – Anaphora. Three pieces for piano (1984/1986)
* Rhap-Time. For 19 instruments (1985)
* Spuren-Eleente/Trace elements. For guitar (1985)
* Von Insel zu Insel. For chamber ensemble (1985–1986)
* Der Turm. Stage music for vocal soloists, dancers, orchestra and Live-electronic, after the play of the same name by Peter Weiss (1986/1988)
* Noema. For flute and guitar (1987/1989)
* Ellipsis. For small orchestra (1988)
* Rossini a.D. Musical posse for three singers, five dancers and chamber orchestra, libretto by Heusinger using texts by Gioachino Rossini (1989–1990)

### 1990 until 2000

* Totem und Tabu. Ballet for soprano, six violoncellos and four drumers, after texts by Sappho (1991)
* Pandora I und II. For string quartet (1993–1994)
* Herzlieb I und II. Interludes on the Handel's opera Orlando for two sopranos and chamber orchestra (1994)
* Abraum. For piano trio and Live-Elektronik (1995)
* Babylon. Musiktheater in three acts for soloists Soli, large orchestra and tape. Libretto by Heusinger after Michel Ghelderode (1995–1996)
* Schwarz – Rot – Gold. A Rühr-Schauer play about the 1848 "German revolution" 1848 for singers, dancers, actors and chamber ensemble (1997–1998)
* terra incognita. For Grand orchestra (1997)
* Vorüber. For one singing voice with piano, free after text fragments from Goethe's Faust (1997)

### 2000 until 2010

* Sintflut / The Flood. Videotryptichon for three orchestra groups and five-channel tape (2000–2001)
* Ballade cruelle. For guitar solo, after Francisco de Goya (2003)
* Sakura-Saku. For guitar solo (2003)
* Drei japanische Liebeslieder (Wakas). For high voice and guitar (2003–2004)
* Kagebayashi I, II, III. Three interludes from the geza-music cycle for chamber ensemble (2004)
* 2nd anniversary of zabriskie point. Instrumental concert for electric guitar and Orchestra (2005)

### 2010 until 2020

* Tripelkonzert. 1st part for oboe d'amore, viola, verstärktes Cembalo and large orchestra (2010)
* Abraum II. For piano trio and Live-Elektronik (2011–2012)
* Ballade sentimentale. For guitar (2012)
* Sintflut X. Video opera for videotryptichon and eight-channel feed (2012–2013)
* Abzweige. For ensemble and Live-Elektronik (2013–2014)
* Klavierwerk I. For piano (2015–2016)
* Ver-Blendung. For flute, accordion and electronics (2016)
* 4 CROSSROADS. For guitar/electric guitar, violoncello/E-Bass, piano, drums, boy soprano and Elektronik (2017)
