Gernot Adrion(1969)

Gernot Adrion, born 1969, comes from Sulzbach-Rosenberg/Oberpfalz (Germany) and studied viola with Professor Dr. Hans Kohlhase, composition with Dr. Vivienne Olive and conducting with Werner Andreas Albert at the Musikhochschule Nürnberg, Germany. Since 1996 he has been deputy principal viola in the Rundfunkorchester Berlin. In addition to his orchestral activities, he is also active as an arranger, mentor of the orchestra's own academy and chamber musician in the Gideon-Klein-Trio and together with the pianist, Yuki Inagawa. His compositions include solo works, chamber music, songs as well as orchestral and choral music.

Gernot Adrion, orchestra violist and chamber musician, has written for various line-ups already. Trois moments musicaux for 3 violas was written in 1990. The three pieces «are motivically closer related than one would expect at first sight. Apart from the common harmonic ground of the keys C minor and E-flat major, odd meter time signatures are finding consistent use (3 to 11)», says the composer in the preface. The Berceuse starts in a 7/8; measure 19 continues in an 11/8, and from measure 33 onwards there's a 7/8 again. That's absolutely feasible. The Elégy, starting in a 5/4, changes to a 9/8 in measure 13; no struggles either: A dotted quarter note equals a prior quarter note. The Gigue is written in a 3/8. For once new (and tonal) music which was written for the people; Amateurs may play and enjoy this work without side effects. And: The three parts are absolutely equal in worth and challenge.