Horst Lohse
spinet pieces	Birgit's Toy, 2004
statement	The composer’s attempt is the experiment to transfer the basic idea of the installation of the artist Birgit Ramsauer into music. The ancient virginal composition of Giles Farnaby’s „Toy“ (Fithwilliam´s Virginal compendium), played on CD, is going to be layered under the more and more for stepping live music of the „new Toy´s composition“. At the very end there appeared from the ancient „Toy“ a contemporary „Toy“, dedicated to Birgit Ramsauer’s installation: „Birgit´s Toy“ is born (spinet player Egino Klepper, recording by Cavalli Records).
link	www.horst-lohse.de
country	Germany
bio	Horst Lohse, born 1943 in Bavaria, worked in such different fields as orchestra, ballet, vocal music, and chamber music. He studied with Helmut Eder (Mozartezum Salzburg) and Bertold Hummel (HfM Würzburg). His compositions were performed in many international festivals such as Montepulciano, Iesi, Turin, Lissabon, Orléans, Zürich, Aarhus, Leiden, Heilbronn, Hannover, Lüneburg, Weimar, Erfurt, St. Petersburg, Bukarest, Timisoara, Istanbul. The music was awarded national and international prizes in Salzburg, Stuttgart, Leverkusen, Aarhus und Dresden. He is also the founder and director of the „Festival for Contemporary Music“ in Bamberg.