Eberhard Klemmstein
Composer & Violist
On this page, you will find a comprehensive insight into the musical creations of composer and violist Eberhard Klemmstein. His versatile work includes chamber music, orchestral music, opera, and songs, reflecting his many years of experience as a musician and ensemble founder.
Discover the catalog of works and discographic content that documents Klemmstein's artistic career. Whether you are specifically looking for certain compositions or are simply curious – there is much to explore here.
Voices
(Klemmstein’s) Viola sonata reflects the contemporary, modern state of a virtuosic viola playing, liberated from the clichés of the violas… a dramatic dialogue arises between a simple melody and the ensuing dramatic outbursts…"
...in the Divertimento for wind sextet, he coaxes out charming, melodious music from the wind instruments, skillfully using the tonal variations from flute to horn in ever new combinations..."
“Beyond the avant-garde, the supposedly dead tonality is flourishing: masterfully, Eberhard Klemmstein seeks melodious-harmonic beauty and exposes so many convenient progress fixation…”
…The dramatic and expressive nature of the stage action (Alice im Koncervenland) is matched by the music of Eberhard Klemmstein, who relies on tonality and programmatic reminiscences…”
„… Es wurde deutlich, wie souverän dem Komponisten seine Auseinandersetzung mit der Poesie gelang. Die unterschiedlichen Intentionen von Dichter und Komponist kamen auf überzeugende Weise zur Geltung…“
He seeks to follow the poems musically with respect, but also in his own idiosyncratic way — by no means epigonally, but always with a personal tone. He shifts his interpretation of the poems into the piano part, which independently surrounds the singer, not merely creating moods, but above all narrating and commenting.”
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