Albert Schnelzer
Albert Schnelzer is a Swedish composer.
As a youth, Schnelzer was a keyboard player in a rock band. He later became a student at the Malmö Academy of Music from 1994 to 2000. His teachers in Sweden included Sven-David Sandström and Rolf Martinsson, and he was a conducting pupil of Gunnar Staern and Lars Jensen. In the UK, Schnelzer studied music at the Royal College of Music, where his teachers included Julian Anderson. He continued his conducting studies with John Carewe.
In 1998, Schnelzer won the "Composer of Tomorrow" competition with the orchestral work Erupto. He joined the Society of Swedish Composers in 2001. He became better known outside of Sweden with his piano trio Predatory Dances, composed on commission from Radio France and premiered at the Présence Festival in 2004.
Selected Compositions
Orchestral and band works:Erupto Dance EcstaticConcertos:
- Bassoon Concerto No. 1
- Oboe Concerto
- Cello Concerto
- Brain Damage - Concerto for Orchestra; 2014)
Chamber music:Sekunderm Konsert Preludium & Fuga Driv Four Scenes Two Miniatures Village Music Waves Raindance Limpin' Dances Scene II Scene II Dance of the Fairies Frozen Landscape Wolfgang Is Dancing! Thunderdance Predatory Dances Apollonian Dances Spheres Lamento - for the Naughty Children Under the Second Umbrella Just a Straw-Stuffed Puppet, This Modern Hero! The Poetry of Madness
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2 Con Forza
Vocal musicItaka
- ''Requiem''
CD Recordings
Thunderdance Spheres Predatory Dances, Dance with the Devil, Lamento - for the naughty children..., Frozen Landscape, Wolfgang is Dancing!, Requiem, Solitude Frozen Landscape, Solitude- Village Music Apollonian Dances
- ''Dance with the Devil''