Reiko Füting
Reiko Fueting is a German composer living in the United States.Life and career
Reiko Fueting was born in 1970 in Königs Wusterhausen, just outside of Berlin in the former East Germany. He studied composition and piano at the Academy of Music Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden before moving the United States to pursue graduate degrees at Rice University and Manhattan School of Music. Fueting's primary teachers include Jörg Herchet and Nils Vigeland and Winfried Apel.
Fueting has been a faculty member at Manhattan School of Music since 2000. He teaches composition and has served as chair of the music theory division since 2005. In 2015, New Focus Recordings released names, erased, a full-length album of Fueting's music.Compositions
Solo
- names, erased for cello solo
- wand-uhr - infinite shadows for guitar solo
- Echo des Lichts for organ solo
- tanz, tanz for violin solo
- land - haus - berg for piano solo
- red wall for guitar solo
- re-fraction: shadows for cello solo
- nach-klang: dissolve for piano solo
- leaving without for piano solo
- gleichzeitg nacheinander for piano solo
Chamber
- leaving without/palimpsest 3 for clarinet, violin and piano
- ist - Mensch - geworten for flute and piano
- infinite spring for guitar, flute, clarinet, viola, and cello
- Kaddish: The Art of Losing for cello and piano
- leaving without/palimpsest for piano and clarinet
- re-fraction:shadows/palimpsest 2 for violin and cello
- nach-klang:dissolve/palimpsest for flute, bassoon, and piano
- finden - suchen for alto flute, cello and piano
- light, asleep for violin and piano
- Es geht ein' dunkle Wolk' herein for flute and guitar
- Wenn nichts mehr da wäre, wohen man zu gehen hätte, ist das Wiederkommen von Heil for viola and piano
Ensemble
- Weg der Schwäne
- vine: snow
- leaving without/palimpsest 2
- nach-klang:dissolve/palimpsest 2
Orchestra
- stimmen, nachtdurchwaschen
Vocal
- mo"nu"ment for C for baritone, trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and string orchestra
- land of silence: waves - bridges baritone, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet
- über zwischen-welten for baritone, piano, and percussion quartet
- ...gesammeltes Schweigen for mezzo-soprano solo or with piano
- ...und Ich bin Dein Spiegel for soprano and string quartet
- ...erst im ershcrockenen Raum for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
- ...einst wuschen am Grund for baritone and piano
- ...weil sie in den Gedichten steht for baritone and cello
Choral
- in allem frieden
- ...wie wer klar werden
- alls ein licht
- höhen - stufen
- in allen landen
- der töne licht
- ...und wo Du bist
- ...als aus nacht kimmer wurde
- weht - umweht
- atme - erken
- silently wanders
Notable Students
- Alex Burtzos
- Christopher Cerrone
- Michael Harrison
