Dr. Herbert Zapp Gedächtnis-Stifung

Herzlichen Dank an Frau Dorothea Zapp für die Finanzierung des Aufenthaltsstipendiums.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data

Date and Place of Birth 8 December 1982 in Strasbourg (F)
Citizenship Norwegian/French
Address Werastr. 57, D-70190 Stuttgart (Germany)
Telephone +49 (0)71112151501
Mobile +49 (0)17664299786
Email olavlervik@googlemail.com / olavlervik@gmail.com

Musical Education

Piano-Lessons; Lahr (D) Municipal Music School 1988 – 1994,
Violoncello-Lessons; Lahr (D) Municipal Music School 1990 – 1994;
Piano-Lessons, Musikhochschule Karlsruhe (D), Prof. Eicher 1994 – 2003;
Composition-Lessons, Musikhochscule Freiburg (D), Prof. Spahlinger; 1999 - 2002;
Numerous Piano-Masterclasses (in Prag, Gdansk,....) 2000-2001;
Music Theory lessons, Musikhochschule Karlsruhe (D) 2000- 2002;
Composition studies, Musikhochschule Weimar (D), Prof. Obst 2003 – 2009;
including 1 year Composition studies (Erasmus), Prof. Jarrell,
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (CH) 2006 – 2007;
Opéra-Correpetition Studies, Musikhochschule Weimar (D),
Prof. Vogel 2003 – 2009;
Piano-Classes, Musikhochschule Weimar (D), Prof Arne Torger 2003 – 2008;
Participation on International Summer Courses of New Music in
Darmstadt with Premiere of « cold espressivo » 2006;
Masterclass with Wolfgang Rihm; Weimar 2006
Numerous premieres of own Compositions in Weimar by Students 2003-2007;
International Summer Academy, Vienna (A), Profs. Nigel Osbourne
and Toro-Perez and priemiere of Geistermusik III by
Klangforum Wien 2006;
Performance of “cold espressivo”
by members of ensemble recherche 2006;
Premiere of Geistermusik II by ensemble Contrechamps in Geneva 2007;
Composition-Masterclass, Prof. Tristan Murail ; Geneva 2008;
Participation on International Summer Courses of New Music in
Darmstadt with Performance of Geistermusik III 2008;
Composition Course, Profs Brian Ferneyhough,
Xavier Dayer and Jérôme Combier, Fondation Royaumont;
Premiere of Vortex II by Ensemble Vortex 2008;
Premiere of Vortex I by the Minguet Stringquartett; Weimar 2008;

Best possible scores terminating his Diploma for Composition with
Prof. Michael Obst and Diploma for Opera-Correpetition with Prof.
Ulrich Vogel at the „Franz Liszt“-Musikhochschule in Weimar. 2009;
Start of Masters-Studies in Composition with Prof. Marco Stroppa
at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. April 2009;
Premiere of the Orchestrapiece „Mosaique“ with the Deutsche
Radiophilharmonie Saarbrücken-Kaiserslautern in Saarbrücken
with Radiobroadcast on SR2. May 2009;
Participation at the Acanthes 2009 Festival with première of the
piece „tourments“ for 11 musicians. July 2009;
Participation at the prestigious Schloss Solitude Summer Academy
with Chaya Chernowin, Steve Takasugi, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf
and Marc André with a Performance of the Piece Vortex II by
Ensemble SurPlus. August 2009;
Since October 2009 studies with Oliver Schneller who substitutes
Prof. Marco Stroppa for the academic year 2009/2010 and with
Prof. Piet Meyer at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. since October 2009;
Commission to write two pianopieces for the Klavierfestival Ruhr
in a Program with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich. April 2010;
Stipendary in Residence at Herrenhaus Edenkoben combined with a
Commission to compose a chambermusic-piece due to the support of
Peter Eötvös from August - December 2010;

Awards

Composition Competition of Baden-Wurttemberg (D), 1996, 1998, 2000
German National Composition Competition 1997, 2000, 2001,
Toni-Merz-Award for extraordinary musical achievements,
Lender Gymnasium, Sasbach (D) 2002
Fondation Royaumont 2008
Nomination for “Saarbrücker Komponistenwerkstatt 2009” 2009

Compositions

Les charactères artificiels for piano sole; played for the first time
within a Workshop of Ensemble Arcema, Paris, 2004
Also performed in the Version for two Pianos in Weimar, 2005
And used as Filmmusic in “The Music of Erich Zann”
a Stop-Motion-Shortmovie by Anna Gawrilow awarded several times
Again performed during a concert at the Mozartheum Salzburg, 2006
Zwei Liebeslieder, for Soprano and Piano played for the first
time by Miki Isochi, Soprano and Olav Lervik, Piano Weimar, 2005
Trio pour charlatans, for 3 Percussionists, flute, clarinet, bassoon,
piano, violin, violoncello, double bass played for the first time by
students Weimar, 2005
Enterrement de l’idiot du village, for tuba solo, played for the first
time by Gérard Buquet of l’Ensemble Intercontemporain Weimar, 2006
Kaltes espressivo for clarinet and violoncello, played for the first time
at the International Summer Courses of New Music Darmstadt, 2006
And again performed by members of Ensemble Recherche Weimar, 2006
Geistermusik I , for violoncello solo, played for the first time by
Jason Calloway New York, 2007
Geistermusik II, for trombone and ensemble, played for the first
Time by Ensemble Contrechamps Geneva, 2007
Geistermusik III, for Percussion, Piano and Bassoon, played for
the first time by Klangforum Wien, conducted by Olav Lervik Vienna, 2007
And again performed at the International Summer Courses
of New Music Darmstadt, 2007
Mosaique for Orchestra, Performance by the Deutsche Radio
Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern in May 2009 Saarbrücken, 2009
Pensées for piano solo, premiered by Mark Knoop Stuttgart, 2010
Traum for four solo voices, not yet performed
Vortex I, for string quartet, first played by the Minquet-Quartet Weimar, 2008
Vortex II, for oboe, percussion, guitar, violin and double bass,
played for the first time by Ensemble Vortex, Royaumont, 2008
and by Ensemble SurPlus during the Schloss Solitude Summer
Academy Stuttgart, 2009
Vortex III, for two percussionists, not yet performed
tourments, for 11 musicians, played for the first time by musicians
of the orchestre de lorraine at the Acanthes Festival Metz, 2009
couleurs - ombres, for Bassclarinet, Violoncello and Piano, not
yet performed
rotor, for bassoon solo premiered by elise jacoberger Guebwiller, 2010
entame, for orchestra, recorded by the orchestre national de Metz, 2010
loraine at the Acanthes Festival 2010
Imbalance I and II, for piano solo and piano for 4 hands, Essen, 2010
premiered by Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich
at the Klavierfestival Ruhr
cloches, for 8 loudspeakers, to be premiered Halle, 2010
 

Other musical experiences

Played several piano concertos and solo at different festivals and with different
Orchestras (Mannheim 2000: Haydn D-Major Concerto, Mendelssohn Capriccio
Brilliant; Lender Gymnasium 2002: Grieg Piano Concerto; Finland 2002: 14
Piano concertos, solo, etc.).
Conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jena (D), 2006
Participated at numerous performances of modern music as a pianist. Playing his own pieces but also pieces by Berio and Stockhausen.
Often engaged as score-lector and musical project supervisor by the european
filmphilharmonic for projects such as the revised version of Metropolis by Fritz Lang at
the Berlinale 2010, Nibelungen by Fritz Lang and The Matrix live in concert.

Languages

Norwegian, father tongue; French, mother tongue; German, fluent; English, fluent.