Isabel's Track -  Übung - Sopran

Peter Heeren studied church music and composition until he achieved concert proficiency (organ playing) at the Lübeck University of Music and the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg. Numerous performances of his works have been conducted by renowned musicians in Germany and abroad, including the ballet "Der Kredit" (premiered with improvisations by Giora Feidman), "Brief an Schönberg" (premiered by members of the Bavarian Symphony Orchestra), "Abschiedssinfonie" for violin and orchestra, "Gebrauch des Lebens" for soloists, choir, and orchestra, "Triptychon" for baritone, choir, organ, and electronics (premiered with Sönke Tams-Freier, text by Nikola Anne Mehlhorn), "Von Liebeskunst" (text by Helmut Heißenbüttel). His oeuvre also includes works for small ensembles, several songs, and organ works, including "sie liebt mich/ sie liebt mich nicht" (premiered by Martin Haselböck), "näher, mein Gott, zu dir" (premiered by Hans Gebhard), and "Nordsee," which was premiered online by Alexander Annegarn under COVID-19 conditions. Since 2016, he has been collaborating on literary-musical projects with the writer Nikola Anne Mehlhorn, such as the political cultural initiative "Künstler gegen Rechtsextremismus" (Artists Against Right Extremism), the music work "Triptychon" in 2017, and the "Bricolage Matrix des Himmels" (excerpt from the 2019 novella EinmachEngel) in 2023.

Since 2000, he has been exploring gongs and their sound effects. In 2021, his "cosmic symphony" for 10 gongs was premiered in Wuppertal as part of the Beuys Performance Festival "Ich trete aus der Kunst aus!" (I step out of art!). He serves as a cantor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church community in Marne (Holstein) and resides in Itzehoe.

Awards and Honors:

1991: Förderpreis der Possehl-Stiftung (Promotional Award from the Possehl Foundation)
1993: 1st Prize in the nationwide university competition
1994: Kulturpreis des Kreises Steinburg (Cultural Prize of the Steinburg District)
2012: Sonderpreis anlässlich des Kompositionswettbewerbes der 50. Alsterwanderwegs-Konzerte, Hamburg (Special Prize on the occasion of the composition competition for the 50th Alsterwanderweg Concerts, Hamburg)

Works:

Matrix of the Heaven for soloists, speaker, orchestra, choir, gong, and electronics (Text by Nikola Anne Mehlhorn)
Of the Art of Love for speaker, soprano, bass, saxophone, organ, Heißenbüttel's harpsichord, Heißenbüttel's typewriter, gongs, and electronics (Text by Helmut Heißenbüttel)
Poem on the Memory of My Children's Childhood for speaker, soprano, bass, and 3 turntables (Text by Helmut Heißenbüttel)
Cosmic Gong Symphony for 10 gongs
Use of Life for soloists, choir, and orchestra
Triptychon for baritone, choir, organ, and electronics
Farewell Symphony for violin and orchestra
Psalm 146 / On True Trust in God / Attempt at Reappropriation for choir
Letter to Schönberg for soprano, 2 oboe d'amore, 3 clarinets, basset horn, bass clarinet, and contrabass clarinet
Bazon 1-3 for piano
She Loves Me / She Loves Me Not for organ
5 Pieces for Harpsichord
Intermezzo for string quartet