Sarah Nemtsov
German composer born 28 May 1980 in Oldenburg.
Sarah Nemtsov played flute from age 9 to 13 in concerts and recordings with Reil Trio (two flutes and harpsichord). At the age of 14, she took up the oboe. She went on to study composition in Hannover with Nigel Osborne and Johannes Schöllhorn, and, starting in 2005, in Berlin with Walter Zimmermann. An oboist and occasional performer of her own works, she has focused exclusively on composition since 2007.
In 2014-2015, she was composer-in-residence with the Erfurt Philharmonic Orchestra, during which her orchestral works were performed in three concerts. In 2014, she taught composition and theatrical music at the Cologne Musikhochschule, and in 2018, was a guest professor of composition at the University of Haifa in Israel. Since 2022, she has taught composition at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.
Her works have been performed by ensembles and orchestras such as Hr-Sinfonieorchester, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Modern, Mosaik, Adapter, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Recherche, Ictus, and Klangforum Wien, and in festivals including Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt Summer Courses, Wien Modern, ECLAT, Ultraschall, Holland Festival, Musica (Strasbourg), Bregenzer Festspiele, and the Munich Biennale.
Recently, she has become particularly interested in musical stratification and “constructive chaos” as a means of expressing reality, as well as in interactions between acoustic instruments and electronics. Literature is a prime source of inspiration for many of her works. The poetry of Emily Dickinson inspired several pieces: leer - empty (2011), startled grass (2010), Moon at noon (2009), How slow (2008), and Not knowing (2007). L’Absence (2008) is based on Edmond Jabès’ The Book of Questions, and Träne (2016) is a setting of a poem by Paul Celan.
In 2015, Sarah Nemtsov, along with her husband, pianist Jascha Nemtsov, founded the Raum für Kunst und Diskurs, a gallery/performance space in Berlin. She also initiated and served as composer/artistic director for the “Mekomot” project, comprising a series of performances of contemporary music and ancient Jewish liturgical chants in abandoned synagogues in Germany and Poland.
Several of her works are published by Peer Music Classical (Hamburg), and, since 2016, by Ricordi. The Wergo label has released two CDs dedicated to her music: A LONG WAY AWAY (2012) and amplified imagination (2018). In 2021, she was elected as a member to the Saxon Academy of Arts as well as to the Berlin Academy of Arts.
Awards and Prizes
- Oldenburg Composition Prize for Contemporary Music, 2018
- International RicordiLAB Composition Competition, 2016
- Busoni Composition Prize, Berlin Academy of the Arts, 2013
- Deutsche Musikautorenpreis GEMA, 2012
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2019
Sources
Site de l’artiste ; Ricordi.
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Nigun for oboe (1999), 6 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Déliberation for trumpet (2003), 5 mn
- Nigun II for viola (2003), 8 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Inzwischen for piano (2002-2005), 5 mn
- Zwanzig Skizzen for piano (2005), 19 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- elec Interludium for oboe and electronics (2007), 10 mn
- Soutine : Paysage de Céret for cello (with occasional ad libitum accordion) (2007), 10 mn
- À deux for prepared harp (2009), 16 mn
- For Walter Zimmermann for piano (2009), 3 mn
- Lobgesang after De Lof-Zangh Marie by Jacob van Eyck for soprano flute (2009), 7 mn, Moeck
- SOL for flute (or bass flute) (2010), 5 mn
- Studies I-III for percussion only (2011), 13 mn
- Brief – Stimmung for harpsichord (2012), 24 mn
- Poker, Roulette music for 52 playing cards for one or more percussionists (2012), 60 mn
- IRA for bass Paetzold flute (2013), 14 mn
- TRANSIT for prepared piano (2013)
- elec Amplified imagination for flute and electronics (2014), 9 mn
- CARDS WITH CUMMINGS for percussionist-reciter (2014), 20 mn
- elec Drummed variation for kaoss pad and no drums (2014), 10 mn
- elec Implicated amplification for bass clarinet and electronics (2014), 12 mn
- Passacaglia for prepared piano (2015), 9 mn
- elec Briefe – Heloisa / Solo for accordion and electronics (2012-2016), 15 mn
- elec SKOP for amplified accordion with mouth organ and mirrors ad libitum (2016), 13 mn about
- elec FAN for double horn trumpet with three fans, amplification and effects pedals (2017), 10 mn about
- elec Shadow Drums for percussion (with voice, electronics, tape, objects and light) (2017), 13 mn about
- elec RED for cello and music video (2018), 8 mn about
- elec Seven Thoughts – her kind for solo keyboard (with amplified voice) (2018), 9 mn about
- [you] for prepared piano (2018), 3 mn about
- elec Mountain & Maiden for keyboard solo with amplified piano and voice, music for the film by Shmuel Hoffman and Anton von Heiseler (2019), 22 mn about , Ricordi
- elec NUN II for piano with assistant and electronics (2019), 17 mn, Ricordi
- elec RED version for music clip and clarinet - performance or installation (2019), 8 mn
- Rezubs Dance for drumset (student) (2019), 7 mn
- elec Wolfsgesänge for cello and electronics (2019), 16 mn about
- elec En face: Solitude version for amplified percussion solo (2018-2020), 20 mn, Ricordi
- hundertelf Erinnerung an Beethoven, for piano (2020), 5 mn
- elec Kammer for amplified toypiano and 2 performers (2020), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Tür for pseudo drumset (2020), 6 mn, Ricordi
- elec Bugs study for snare, mini-robot, hands, amplification and live video ad libitum (2021), between 6 mn and 8 mn
- elec Kadosh for amplified violin with effects pedals (2021), 15 mn
- elec watcher for tuba and recording (2021), 8 mn
- elec at land for amplified harpsichord solo, for the silent film At Land (1944) by Maya Deren (2022), 15 mn about
- Halle for synthesizer (2022), 14 mn, Ricordi
- elec skying for solo mini-moog (2022), 7 mn about
- Sechzig Klänge for solo prepared piano (2023), 8 mn about
- elec siblings for oboe and electronics (2023), 11 mn about
- THEO / AHVA for solo oboe d'amore (2023), 8 mn about
- Chamber music
- …ins Unland… five pieces for oboe, violin, cello, piano and reciter ad libitum (2001-2002), 25 mn
- deconstructions two pieces for violin and piano (2003), 9 mn about , Nova Vita Berlin
- deconstructions II for english horn and piano (2003), 13 mn
- Streichquartett in fünf Veränderungen for string quartet (2003), 17 mn
- Smena karaula trio for percussionists (2004), 13 mn
- exercice for two flutes (2005), 5 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Ver-Suche for flute, cello, vibraphone and harp (2006), 10 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- elec 3+x collective composition for tenor saxophone, double bass, piano and percussion (2007), 12 mn
- Im Andenken for string quartet (2007), 14 mn
- Kreise for two pianos and percussion (2007), 11 mn
- Ver–Suche II for alto flute, cello and accordion (2007), 12 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Le chiffre 4 for string trio, clarinet and accordion (2008), 12 mn
- dismissed thoughts for wood quintet (2009), 7 mn
- Erinnerungen – Splitter for string trio (2009), 13 mn
- + Drei Zeichen for cello and prepared piano (2010), 4 mn
- Sechs Zeichen for cello and prepared piano (2010), 10 mn
- Central Park / Manhattan or Landzunge / New Jersey for piano and melodica, piccolo flute, viola (with mute) and percussion (2011), 6 mn, Peer Music
- Unscheinbare Pforten / Paris for violin, harpsichord and percussion (2011), 4 mn, Peer Music
- Briefe – Heloisa for solo shawm and solo accordion (2012), 15 mn
- Briefe – Puppen ohne Koepfe for electric guitar and percussion (2012), 12 mn
- Gegenüberanrufung for piano and double bass (2012), 7 mn, Peer Music
- WOLVES for oboe and prepared piano (2012), 25 mn
- elec running. out of tune. for two harpsichords and electronics (transducer and tape) (2013), 14 mn
- elec Tunes.Suite for two violas da gamba with mp3 players (2013), 15 mn
- elec Brief.Kasten for viola, trombone and electronics (2014), between 10 mn and 17 mn
- Briefe.Puppen for electric guitar and percussion (2012-2014), 14 mn
- elec Journal for amplified ensemble: baritone saxophone, trombone, cello (with distortion pedal), accordion and keyboard sampler (2015), 10 mn, Ricordi
- White eyes erased for keyboard and drums (2014-2015), 13 mn
- elec Briefe. Briefe for two amplified accordions, with electronics (2012-2016), 11 mn
- elec Fanfaaare for two trumpets, two fans and amplification (2017), 4 mn about
- elec HAUS for bass flute, bass clarinet, prepared harp, percussion, amplification and live video (2017), 21 mn about
- elec Fenster. Shloshim for flute, clarinet, prepared harp, amplified percussion and projection ad libitum (2018), 20 mn about
- elec Orbits cycle (asteroid and four satellites) for four electric guitars and electric bass, with effects and objects (2018), 18 mn about
- elec Seven Colours for cello, electric bass, piano prepared with keyboard sampler, drums and electronics (2018), 15 mn about
- elec weggeschliffen for string quartet with amplification and ad libitum effects (2018), 17 mn about
- [as] for bass flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and prepared piano (2018), 6 mn about
- [love] for piano trio (2018), 8 mn about
- elec pulsation for three performers, with bass drum, kalimbas and electronics (2019), 6 mn about
- Schwelle for zither (or harp) and clarinet, after Bach's Komm, O Tod (2019), 5 mn about
- elec Wolke for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion with amplification and lights (2019), 10 mn about
- elec KETER for amplified bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, detuned harp, prepared piano and electronics (2020), 20 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- moth for prepared piano with 3 assistants and actor/actress on second piano (2020), 10 mn
- Sh’virah for soprano saxophone, electric guitar, keyboard and drumset (2020), 10 mn, Ricordi
- elec Legend for a Stream for amplified quintet and assistant (slideshow) (2021), between 12 mn and 8 mn
- elec moth new version, for amplified cello, electric zither, prepared piano with assistant and actor/actress on second piano (2021), 13 mn
- elec NUN III for three violins and electronics (2021), 12 mn
- elec NUN IV for amplified bass flute and synthesizer with electronics and video ad libitum (2021), 10 mn
- elec CHESED for six instruments, objects and electronics (2022), 20 mn about , Ricordi
- Starlings, Sparrows for clarinet, cello and prepared piano with synthesizer (2022), 15 mn, Ricordi
- elec EMP for electric guitar and amplified violin (2023), 10 mn about
- elec or bahir for amplified string quartet and recording (2023), 22 mn about
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Helix for orchestra (2004), 15 mn
- …beredtes Schweigen for ensemble (2005), 11 mn
- Communication – lost – found for ensemble (2006), 27 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Treppen im Meer for orchestra (2012, 2006-2008), 30 mn, Peer Music
- Landscapes / Desert for clarinet, cello, harp, harpsichord and percussion (2010), 16 mn, Peer Music
- Verlassene Orte / Berlin for ensemble (2010), 11 mn, Peer Music
- elec A long way away for ensemble (2011), 15 mn, Peer Music
- elec Zimmer I-III for eight musicians (2013), 17 mn, Ricordi
- elec SHESH for amplified string orchestra (2014), 18 mn, Ricordi
- elec White wide eyes for twenty-three instruments, electronics and projection (2014), 22 mn, Ricordi
- Briefe für A.G. for eleven strings and harpsichord, in four groups (2015), 11 mn
- Scattered ways for large orchestra (2015), 14 mn, Ricordi
- elec dropped.drowned for large orchestra (2017), 17 mn, Ricordi
- elec NUN for ten musicians and electronics (2019), 22 mn about , Ricordi
- elec skotom.orchesterstueck for ensemble and electronics (2019), 13 mn, Ricordi
- black trees for orchestra (2020), 20 mn, Ricordi
- MOOS for ensemble with electronics (2020), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Scherzo for ensemble/chamber orchestra (2020), 8 mn, Ricordi
- elec Sacrifice. Suite for large ensemble and electronics, after the opera SACRIFICE (2022), 28 mn about
- Concertant music
- Kaleidoskop for solo oboe, string orchestra (or string quintet) and harpsichord, version for chamber orchestra (2004, 2014), 12 mn
- elec Interludien for ensemble with oboe and electronics (2006), 15 mn
- Laterna magica / Combray for solo prepared harp, piano, percussion and spinning tops (2011), 10 mn, Peer Music
- elec Luftmacumba / Rio for solo percussion, bass flute, violas, cello, double bass, prepared piano harp and two assistants (ad libitum) (2011), 11 mn, Peer Music
- Nachtstück, Porzellan [night piece, china] for pipa, sheng and ensemble (2012), 16 mn
- elec beyond its simple space for harpsichord and orchestra / baroque ensemble with electronics and objects (2018), 21 mn about
- Reshimot for orchestra and ensemble (2020), 18 mn, Ricordi
- elec Tikkun for string orchestra with percussion and recording - and 4 soloists ad libitum (2021), between 13 mn and 8 mn, Ricordi
- K'lipot for soloists ensemble and large orchestra (2023), 26 mn about , Ricordi
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Johanna Sebus for soprano and piano (2002), 6 mn
- Herzland chamber opera in five acts for two voices and four instruments (2005, 2005-2009), 30 mn, Ricordi
- De Yukel à Sarah for voice and ensemble (2006), 11 mn
- For a Frontier two songs for mezzo-soprano (alto) and piano (2007), 11 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Not knowing three songs for mezzo-soprano, guitar, cello, percussion and dancer (2007), 16 mn
- cherchée-cherchais for baritone and prepared piano (2008), 11 mn
- How slow two songs and epilogue for soprano, harp, double bass, percussion and dancer (2008), 12 mn
- stage L'Absence opera in five acts (with prologue and epilogue) for twelve singers, reciter, a dancer and orchestra (2006-2008), 1 h 40 mn, Peer Music
- Moon at Noon for soprano and ensemble (2009), 21 mn
- …pour qu’il advienne for mezzo-soprano and prepared piano (2009), 10 mn
- startled grass for soprano and piano (2010), 4 mn
- TOV for soprano, soprano saxophone, prepared piano and percussion (2010), 7 mn
- ECHOS for five soloists, string quartet and soprano (2011), 27 mn
- Hoqueti for six solo voices accompanied by instruments (2011), 20 mn
- Brief – Vokalise for solo soprano with ukulele (2012), 5 mn
- Flüchtiger Schnee for soprano and prepared piano (2013), 7 mn
- Green song for soprano (with music boxes), cello, piano (with melodica) (2011-2013), 6 mn
- Siebenfacher Trost cycle of songs for soprano, baritone, cornet, lute, cello, accordion, piano, percussion and choir ad libitum (2013), 55 mn
- Orpheus falling for eight musicians and voices ad libitum (2014), 5 mn
- elec PROSPEKT for baritone (with two recorders and Casio mini-synthesizer) and ten instruments (2014), 15 mn
- elec stage ALT chamber opera for countertenor, actor and amplified ensemble with electronics (2015), 27 mn
- elec ASHREI for baritone (hazzan), shofar, oboe, trumpet, amplified harp with effects, electric guitar and percussion (2015), 15 mn
- D’une femme, of a woman for mezzo-soprano and prepared piano (with toypiano) (2015), 9 mn
- elec Or. Towards for six voices, six instrumentalists, objects and light (2016), 18 mn
- elec stage Sacrifice opera in four acts for five singers, three actors, ensemble, orchestra, electronics, tape, video and silent choir (2016), 2 h about , Ricordi
- Träne for (mezzo-) soprano with four gongs (2016), 5 mn
- elec dream of a cab for (mezzo-)soprano, soprano saxophone, accordion, amplification and tape (2017), 12 mn about
- En face for percussion, a narrator / actor and full orchestra (2018), 33 mn, Ricordi
- Osse for choir and orchestra (2018), 8 mn about
- PHONEME for five voices and six instruments (2018), 35 mn about , Ricordi
- stage "verflucht" miniature opera - monologue for soprano and ensemble (2019), 20 mn, Ricordi
- heimwehgefiedert 8 songs for (mezzo)-soprano, viola and piano (2020), 22 mn
- Al ken nekaveh lecha for hazzan (high voice) and organ (ossia piano) (2021), 9 mn
- Machaut für Mathias for mezzo-soprano and violin (2022), 7 mn about
- elec stage OPHELIA opera in 12 tableaux pour 12 solo voices, choir, orchestra and electronics (2020-2022), 1 h 50 mn, Ricordi
- elec Herbst for soprano and alto saxophone with electronics and objects, on a poem by Hilde Domin (2023), 6 mn about
- A cappella vocal music
- Theoretischer Text von Till Nikolaus von Heiseler for one (non) singer or more (2004)
- leer – empty for eight solo voices (2011), 9 mn
- Vene’emar. Hashkivenu for two male voices (2013), 6 mn
- [love(2)] for five a capella voices (2018), 6 mn about
- elec ARIA for solo soprano and electronics for soprano solo and electronics as AR experience (2016-2021), 8 mn
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec 3am. out of tune. zither composition for lo-fi electronics (2013), 19 mn
- elec Briefe.Remix.Puls composition for electronics (2013), 13 mn
- elec Amplified audio composition for electronics (2014), 5 mn
- elec Flur electronic music (2022), 7 mn, Ricordi
- elec Keller electronic music (2022), Ricordi
- Unspecified instrumentation
- 4 ROOMS arrangements of Mealli, Ligeti, Biber, Muffat, Barrière and Bach (2015)
- elec to the beyond for four performers, with objects and amplification (2018), 10 mn about
- elec void-imaginings for four performers, with objects and eight microphones (2018), 15 mn about
- elec ZIMMER IV for four performers and electronics (2019), 8 mn
- Luke for two wind machines (2022), 5 mn, Ricordi
- 2023
- elec EMP for electric guitar and amplified violin, 10 mn about
- elec Herbst for soprano and alto saxophone with electronics and objects, on a poem by Hilde Domin, 6 mn about
- K'lipot for soloists ensemble and large orchestra, 26 mn about , Ricordi
- Sechzig Klänge for solo prepared piano, 8 mn about
- THEO / AHVA for solo oboe d'amore, 8 mn about
- elec or bahir for amplified string quartet and recording, 22 mn about
- elec siblings for oboe and electronics, 11 mn about
- 2022
- elec CHESED for six instruments, objects and electronics, 20 mn about , Ricordi
- elec Flur electronic music, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Halle for synthesizer, 14 mn, Ricordi
- elec Keller electronic music, Ricordi
- Luke for two wind machines, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Machaut für Mathias for mezzo-soprano and violin, 7 mn about
- elec stage OPHELIA opera in 12 tableaux pour 12 solo voices, choir, orchestra and electronics, 1 h 50 mn, Ricordi
- elec Sacrifice. Suite for large ensemble and electronics, after the opera SACRIFICE, 28 mn about
- Starlings, Sparrows for clarinet, cello and prepared piano with synthesizer, 15 mn, Ricordi
- elec at land for amplified harpsichord solo, for the silent film At Land (1944) by Maya Deren, 15 mn about
- elec skying for solo mini-moog, 7 mn about
- 2021
- elec ARIA for solo soprano and electronics for soprano solo and electronics as AR experience, 8 mn
- Al ken nekaveh lecha for hazzan (high voice) and organ (ossia piano), 9 mn
- elec Bugs study for snare, mini-robot, hands, amplification and live video ad libitum, between 6 mn and 8 mn
- elec Kadosh for amplified violin with effects pedals, 15 mn
- elec Legend for a Stream for amplified quintet and assistant (slideshow), between 12 mn and 8 mn
- elec NUN III for three violins and electronics, 12 mn
- elec NUN IV for amplified bass flute and synthesizer with electronics and video ad libitum, 10 mn
- elec Tikkun for string orchestra with percussion and recording - and 4 soloists ad libitum, between 13 mn and 8 mn, Ricordi
- elec moth new version, for amplified cello, electric zither, prepared piano with assistant and actor/actress on second piano, 13 mn
- elec watcher for tuba and recording, 8 mn
- 2020
- elec En face: Solitude version for amplified percussion solo, 20 mn, Ricordi
- elec KETER for amplified bass clarinet, viola, violoncello, detuned harp, prepared piano and electronics, 20 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- elec Kammer for amplified toypiano and 2 performers, 5 mn, Ricordi
- MOOS for ensemble with electronics, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Reshimot for orchestra and ensemble, 18 mn, Ricordi
- Scherzo for ensemble/chamber orchestra, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Sh’virah for soprano saxophone, electric guitar, keyboard and drumset, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Tür for pseudo drumset, 6 mn, Ricordi
- black trees for orchestra, 20 mn, Ricordi
- heimwehgefiedert 8 songs for (mezzo)-soprano, viola and piano, 22 mn
- hundertelf Erinnerung an Beethoven, for piano, 5 mn
- moth for prepared piano with 3 assistants and actor/actress on second piano, 10 mn
- 2019
- stage "verflucht" miniature opera - monologue for soprano and ensemble, 20 mn, Ricordi
- elec Mountain & Maiden for keyboard solo with amplified piano and voice, music for the film by Shmuel Hoffman and Anton von Heiseler, 22 mn about , Ricordi
- elec NUN for ten musicians and electronics, 22 mn about , Ricordi
- elec NUN II for piano with assistant and electronics, 17 mn, Ricordi
- elec RED version for music clip and clarinet - performance or installation, 8 mn
- Rezubs Dance for drumset (student), 7 mn
- Schwelle for zither (or harp) and clarinet, after Bach's Komm, O Tod, 5 mn about
- elec Wolfsgesänge for cello and electronics, 16 mn about
- elec Wolke for flute, clarinet, harp, percussion with amplification and lights, 10 mn about
- elec ZIMMER IV for four performers and electronics, 8 mn
- elec pulsation for three performers, with bass drum, kalimbas and electronics, 6 mn about
- elec skotom.orchesterstueck for ensemble and electronics, 13 mn, Ricordi
- 2018
- En face for percussion, a narrator / actor and full orchestra, 33 mn, Ricordi
- elec Fenster. Shloshim for flute, clarinet, prepared harp, amplified percussion and projection ad libitum, 20 mn about
- elec Orbits cycle (asteroid and four satellites) for four electric guitars and electric bass, with effects and objects, 18 mn about
- Osse for choir and orchestra, 8 mn about
- PHONEME for five voices and six instruments, 35 mn about , Ricordi
- elec RED for cello and music video, 8 mn about
- elec Seven Colours for cello, electric bass, piano prepared with keyboard sampler, drums and electronics, 15 mn about
- elec Seven Thoughts – her kind for solo keyboard (with amplified voice), 9 mn about
- [as] for bass flute, bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and prepared piano, 6 mn about
- [love(2)] for five a capella voices, 6 mn about
- [love] for piano trio, 8 mn about
- [you] for prepared piano, 3 mn about
- elec beyond its simple space for harpsichord and orchestra / baroque ensemble with electronics and objects, 21 mn about
- elec to the beyond for four performers, with objects and amplification, 10 mn about
- elec void-imaginings for four performers, with objects and eight microphones, 15 mn about
- elec weggeschliffen for string quartet with amplification and ad libitum effects, 17 mn about
- 2017
- elec FAN for double horn trumpet with three fans, amplification and effects pedals, 10 mn about
- elec Fanfaaare for two trumpets, two fans and amplification, 4 mn about
- elec HAUS for bass flute, bass clarinet, prepared harp, percussion, amplification and live video, 21 mn about
- elec Shadow Drums for percussion (with voice, electronics, tape, objects and light), 13 mn about
- elec dream of a cab for (mezzo-)soprano, soprano saxophone, accordion, amplification and tape, 12 mn about
- elec dropped.drowned for large orchestra, 17 mn, Ricordi
- 2016
- elec Briefe – Heloisa / Solo for accordion and electronics, 15 mn
- elec Briefe. Briefe for two amplified accordions, with electronics, 11 mn
- elec Or. Towards for six voices, six instrumentalists, objects and light, 18 mn
- elec SKOP for amplified accordion with mouth organ and mirrors ad libitum, 13 mn about
- elec stage Sacrifice opera in four acts for five singers, three actors, ensemble, orchestra, electronics, tape, video and silent choir, 2 h about , Ricordi
- Träne for (mezzo-) soprano with four gongs, 5 mn
- 2015
- 4 ROOMS arrangements of Mealli, Ligeti, Biber, Muffat, Barrière and Bach
- elec stage ALT chamber opera for countertenor, actor and amplified ensemble with electronics, 27 mn
- elec ASHREI for baritone (hazzan), shofar, oboe, trumpet, amplified harp with effects, electric guitar and percussion, 15 mn
- Briefe für A.G. for eleven strings and harpsichord, in four groups, 11 mn
- D’une femme, of a woman for mezzo-soprano and prepared piano (with toypiano), 9 mn
- elec Journal for amplified ensemble: baritone saxophone, trombone, cello (with distortion pedal), accordion and keyboard sampler, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Passacaglia for prepared piano, 9 mn
- Scattered ways for large orchestra, 14 mn, Ricordi
- White eyes erased for keyboard and drums, 13 mn
- 2014
- elec Amplified audio composition for electronics, 5 mn
- elec Amplified imagination for flute and electronics, 9 mn
- elec Brief.Kasten for viola, trombone and electronics, between 10 mn and 17 mn
- Briefe.Puppen for electric guitar and percussion, 14 mn
- CARDS WITH CUMMINGS for percussionist-reciter, 20 mn
- elec Drummed variation for kaoss pad and no drums, 10 mn
- elec Implicated amplification for bass clarinet and electronics, 12 mn
- Orpheus falling for eight musicians and voices ad libitum, 5 mn
- elec PROSPEKT for baritone (with two recorders and Casio mini-synthesizer) and ten instruments, 15 mn
- elec SHESH for amplified string orchestra, 18 mn, Ricordi
- elec White wide eyes for twenty-three instruments, electronics and projection, 22 mn, Ricordi
- 2013
- elec 3am. out of tune. zither composition for lo-fi electronics, 19 mn
- elec Briefe.Remix.Puls composition for electronics, 13 mn
- Flüchtiger Schnee for soprano and prepared piano, 7 mn
- Green song for soprano (with music boxes), cello, piano (with melodica), 6 mn
- IRA for bass Paetzold flute, 14 mn
- Siebenfacher Trost cycle of songs for soprano, baritone, cornet, lute, cello, accordion, piano, percussion and choir ad libitum, 55 mn
- TRANSIT for prepared piano
- elec Tunes.Suite for two violas da gamba with mp3 players, 15 mn
- Vene’emar. Hashkivenu for two male voices, 6 mn
- elec Zimmer I-III for eight musicians, 17 mn, Ricordi
- elec running. out of tune. for two harpsichords and electronics (transducer and tape), 14 mn
- 2012
- Brief – Stimmung for harpsichord, 24 mn
- Brief – Vokalise for solo soprano with ukulele, 5 mn
- Briefe – Heloisa for solo shawm and solo accordion, 15 mn
- Briefe – Puppen ohne Koepfe for electric guitar and percussion, 12 mn
- Gegenüberanrufung for piano and double bass, 7 mn, Peer Music
- Nachtstück, Porzellan [night piece, china] for pipa, sheng and ensemble, 16 mn
- Poker, Roulette music for 52 playing cards for one or more percussionists, 60 mn
- WOLVES for oboe and prepared piano, 25 mn
- 2011
- elec A long way away for ensemble, 15 mn, Peer Music
- Central Park / Manhattan or Landzunge / New Jersey for piano and melodica, piccolo flute, viola (with mute) and percussion, 6 mn, Peer Music
- ECHOS for five soloists, string quartet and soprano, 27 mn
- Hoqueti for six solo voices accompanied by instruments, 20 mn
- Laterna magica / Combray for solo prepared harp, piano, percussion and spinning tops, 10 mn, Peer Music
- elec Luftmacumba / Rio for solo percussion, bass flute, violas, cello, double bass, prepared piano harp and two assistants (ad libitum), 11 mn, Peer Music
- Studies I-III for percussion only, 13 mn
- Unscheinbare Pforten / Paris for violin, harpsichord and percussion, 4 mn, Peer Music
- leer – empty for eight solo voices, 9 mn
- 2010
- + Drei Zeichen for cello and prepared piano, 4 mn
- Landscapes / Desert for clarinet, cello, harp, harpsichord and percussion, 16 mn, Peer Music
- SOL for flute (or bass flute), 5 mn
- Sechs Zeichen for cello and prepared piano, 10 mn
- TOV for soprano, soprano saxophone, prepared piano and percussion, 7 mn
- Verlassene Orte / Berlin for ensemble, 11 mn, Peer Music
- startled grass for soprano and piano, 4 mn
- 2009
- Erinnerungen – Splitter for string trio, 13 mn
- For Walter Zimmermann for piano, 3 mn
- Lobgesang after De Lof-Zangh Marie by Jacob van Eyck for soprano flute, 7 mn, Moeck
- Moon at Noon for soprano and ensemble, 21 mn
- dismissed thoughts for wood quintet, 7 mn
- À deux for prepared harp, 16 mn
- …pour qu’il advienne for mezzo-soprano and prepared piano, 10 mn
- 2008
- How slow two songs and epilogue for soprano, harp, double bass, percussion and dancer, 12 mn
- stage L'Absence opera in five acts (with prologue and epilogue) for twelve singers, reciter, a dancer and orchestra, 1 h 40 mn, Peer Music
- Le chiffre 4 for string trio, clarinet and accordion, 12 mn
- Treppen im Meer for orchestra, 30 mn, Peer Music
- cherchée-cherchais for baritone and prepared piano, 11 mn
- 2007
- elec 3+x collective composition for tenor saxophone, double bass, piano and percussion, 12 mn
- For a Frontier two songs for mezzo-soprano (alto) and piano, 11 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Im Andenken for string quartet, 14 mn
- elec Interludium for oboe and electronics, 10 mn
- Kreise for two pianos and percussion, 11 mn
- Not knowing three songs for mezzo-soprano, guitar, cello, percussion and dancer, 16 mn
- Soutine : Paysage de Céret for cello (with occasional ad libitum accordion), 10 mn
- Ver–Suche II for alto flute, cello and accordion, 12 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- 2006
- Communication – lost – found for ensemble, 27 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- De Yukel à Sarah for voice and ensemble, 11 mn
- elec Interludien for ensemble with oboe and electronics, 15 mn
- Ver-Suche for flute, cello, vibraphone and harp, 10 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- 2005
- Herzland chamber opera in five acts for two voices and four instruments, 30 mn, Ricordi
- Inzwischen for piano, 5 mn
- Zwanzig Skizzen for piano, 19 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- exercice for two flutes, 5 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- …beredtes Schweigen for ensemble, 11 mn
- 2004
- Helix for orchestra, 15 mn
- Kaleidoskop for solo oboe, string orchestra (or string quintet) and harpsichord, version for chamber orchestra, 12 mn
- Smena karaula trio for percussionists, 13 mn
- Theoretischer Text von Till Nikolaus von Heiseler for one (non) singer or more
- 2003
- Déliberation for trumpet, 5 mn
- Nigun II for viola, 8 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
- Streichquartett in fünf Veränderungen for string quartet, 17 mn
- deconstructions two pieces for violin and piano, 9 mn about , Nova Vita Berlin
- deconstructions II for english horn and piano, 13 mn
- 2002
- Johanna Sebus for soprano and piano, 6 mn
- …ins Unland… five pieces for oboe, violin, cello, piano and reciter ad libitum, 25 mn
- 1999
- Nigun for oboe, 6 mn, Nova Vita Berlin
Liens Internet
- Site personnel de la compositrice : www.sarah-nemtsov.de
- SoundCloud : www.soundcloud.com
- Ricordi : www.ricordi.com
- « Keter de Sarah Nemtsov », propos recueillis par Michèle Tosi, magazine en ligne de l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, 3 janvier 2024.
- « Le monde électronique de Sarah Nemtsov » dans Musique d’Avenir sur la RTS, le 17 octobre 2022.
- Seven Colours de Sarah Nemtsov dans Création Mondiale d’Anne Montaron le 17 mars 2018 sur France Musique.
(liens vérifiés en janvier 2024).
Discographie
- Sarah NEMTSOV, White Eyes Erased ; Amplified Imagination ; Drummed Variation; Implicated Amplification ; Zimmer I-III ; Teil I ; Teil II ; Teil III ; Teil IV, dans « Amplified Imagination », 1 CD WERGO, 2018, WER 7366 2.
- Sarah NEMTOV, A Long Way Away. Passagen ; Hoqueti, dans « A LONG WAY AWAY. Passagen / HOQUETI », 1 CD WERGO, 2012, WER 65852.