Manfred Stahnke

Manfred Stahnke (b. 30 Oct 1951, Kiel) is a German microtonal composer and musicologist, Professor Emeritus of Composition and Music Theory at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (since Apr 2019), and a member of [a=TonArt Ensemble].

Stahnke's teachers in composition include Wolfgang Fortner (1970–73), Klaus Huber and Hubert's assistant Brian Ferneyhough (73–74) and György Ligeti (74–79). He also studied piano with [a=Robert Alexander Bohnke] and [a=Edith Picht-Axenfeld]. In 1979, Stahnke received a doctorate in musicology under [a=Constantin Floros] with a thesis on Boulez's Third Piano Sonata in Hamburg. He began using computers and computer-supported techniques to create precise microtonal music after his 1979–80 tenure in the United States. Stahnke studied extensively with notable microtonalist Ben Johnston at the [url=https://discogs.com/label/430722]University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign[/url] and computer music researchers [a=John Chowning] and [a=John Melby] at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, who introduced him to real-time synthesis.

In 1983, Manfred Stahnke joined the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg faculty as an associate lecturer of music theory. He became a full professor of composition and music theory in 1994. He is a notable scholar of [a=Harry Partch], György Ligeti, [a=Pierre Boulez], and [a=Gérard Grisey].

Among a few critically-acclaimed groups that performed Stahnke's chamber music are [a=Ensemble 13], [a=Ensemble Avance], [a7410800], [a=Ensemble Modern], [a=Nieuw Ensemble], [a=Trio Accanto], [a=Wolpe Trio], [a1740433], and [a=Ensemble Intégrales].

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