Laberintos

*Three pieces* including extensive notes on the composer and perfmance instructions.

1. Al espejo
2. Laberinto
3. El Suicida

Composer Stefan Thomas was born in Offenbach a. M., Germany. In 1976, he started his first piano lessons and composing activities. From 1982 to 1990 he studied at the Dr. Hoch Konservatorium in Frankfurt a.M. With Gerhard Schedl in composition and Theodora Lungu in piano. In 1991, as pianist and composer, he performed at the “Ars Musica” festival in Brüssel. Premiere of his Sestetto basso at the “Rheinische Musikfest” in Köln, recorded by the WDR-broadcast. 1992-1995 he continued composition studies in the masterclass of Tristan Keuris at the “Hogeschool voor de Kunsten” in Utrecht, Netherland. 1995 he won 1st price at the “Junge Komponisten in Leipzig”. From 1996-1999 he taught harmony and counterpoint at the Musikhochschule Koln. In 1997 he received the 1st price at the Joseph Haydn competition in Eisenstadt, Austria.

1999/2000 winner of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung scholarship. Stefan Thomas composed numerous chamber and orchestral music, printed by different publishers. The Sonata for alto saxophone and piano has been recorded by the Bayrischer Rundfunk and performed by John-Edward Kelly and Bob Versteegh. Some of Thomas’s chamber music pieces can be heard on a CD on the Cybele label.

_Score 13 pp. Parts 13 pp._