Patrick Gregor Braun

  • Born in Neubrandenburg
  • Member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor and Thomanerchor Leipzig, first world premiere of a work ("Mit Ernst, o Menschenkinder") conducted by Georg Christoph Biller in the Thomaskirche Leipzig in 1995
  • Since 2000, world premieres of chamber music, choral, and orchestral works, primarily in Potsdam (e.g., Nikolaisaal, Belvedere, and Hans-Otto-Theater), Berlin (e.g., Konzerthaus, KLANGZEITORT), and Munich
  • 2001-05 Composition lessons with Prof. Wolfgang Thiel and Gerhard Rosenfeld
  • Since 2002, numerous 1st prizes as a piano accompanist at the state and national competition "Jugend musiziert," performances as a pianist with piano concertos by Beethoven, Mozart, and Grieg, as well as playing the harpsichord and organ
  • 2003-08 Guest conductor of the nationwide award-winning orchestra of the Städtische Musikschule "Johann Sebastian Bach" Potsdam, 2006-12 Artistic director of the Junge Orchester Potsdam (2009 prizewinner at Jeunesses Musicales with the composition "Der Froschkönig")
  • 2005-07 Studies in "Orchestral Conducting" at the UdK Berlin with Prof. Lutz Köhler
  • 2007-11 Studies in "Historical and Contemporary Composition" at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" with Prof. Jürgen Ganzer and Prof. Jörg Mainka
  • 2011-20 Head of the Music Theory Department at the Sprachzentrum Berlin
  • Since 2011, music theory lectures at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin (composition, ear training, form theory, 20th-century composition, analysis, and composition techniques), 2020-2022 member of the Academic Senate, 2018-2022 member of the Departmental Council of Composition/Sciences, and in 2020, a member of the appointment commission for the W2 professorship in music theory
  • Since 2015, radio play and film music
  • 2018 "Lieder und Tänze ohne Sonne" at the "kulting" festival Schömberg with Isabelle Rejall conducted by Gerd-Uwe Klein (world premiere 2015 at the Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin, conducted by Jakob Lehmann)
  • 2021-22 GVL Scholarship for "Bayern 1800 – The Whole Truth" commissioned by Ensemble Almanach (numerous performances, especially in Munich)
  • 2022 Stage music and live performance for "Die Macht der Liebe" commissioned by the theater collective "FRITZAHOI!" supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste (premiere as part of the "PACE" Festival Potsdam)
  • 2023 Scholarship from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin for the program "Verehrtes Hohes Haus" with Angela Braun
  • 2024 Work as an arranger for "Die Hochzeit des Figaro" for the format "Opera re:told" by Frederic Böhle and the "Gutenberg Winds" (winner of the 2025 German Audiobook Award)
  • 2025 Adaptation of the opera "Rigoletto" commissioned by the Hochschule für Musik Mainz (world premiere as part of the Kultursommer Schwöbber) for the "Opera re:told" format, publication in 2025 by "Buchfunk-Verlag"
  • 2025 "Schönheit & Staatsversagen" commissioned by Ensemble Almanach, publication in 2025 by "Coviello Classics," performances as part of the Thüringer Bachwochen and the Musikfestspiele Potsdam
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