Mark Polscher has studied bassoon, given concerts as a saxophonist and flutist with international
jazz and rock bands across Europe, directed various ensembles, taught classes at music schools
and has managed his own record label. In addition, he has created music for five hundred sequels
of a daily television show, contributed as a studio artist in numerous record and broadcasting
productions and has recorded and released many of his own works. Polscher studied with Joe
Mubare and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Since 1990 Mark Polscher has composed and produced over 80 theatre and film music scores.
Most of these commissioned works are also available in concert versions and are to be found in
the repertoire of various international ensembles. According to his theatre work, since 1998 most
of his compositions have been created as Scenic Music with electroacoustic accompaniment. In
2000 his opera Die mechanische Braut (The Mechanical Bride), the second section of his four
piece cycle "Die mechanische Braut", had its first performance in Darmstadt. Automatik, "towards
a comprehensive model of change" and "Brautlieder" (Songs for the Bride) were premiered between
2001 and 2003 in Munich, Dresden and Cologne. The entire five hour work has been released on CD.
Since 2004, as the result of close collaboration with choirs and vocal ensembles, Polscher has
composed and directed various orchestrated vocal works: Haus Leib Schuld (House Limb Fault)
for a cappella choir and electronic music, has been used in the 2006 movie production "Kroll" for
the Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin.
Currently, Polscher is working on his new installation The Pomegranate Tree to be performed at
the State Museum of Egyptian Art Munich in 2011, and on a new ballet for orchestra and electronic
music to be staged at Staatsoper Hannover in 2012. His new CD Anakoluth - Electronic and
Concrete Music - released in autumn 2010 at marc aurel edition, Germany. Polscher complements
his concert commissions and studio work by giving lectures and workshops as well as writing essays
on music and related interests.
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Mark Polscher
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