Harneit, Johannes
*16.03.1963
The composer, conductor and pianist Johannes Harneit studied at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Hamburg. From 2001 to 2006 he was Music Director at the Hanover State Opera. Since autumn 2003 Harneit has been Music Director of the Sinfonietta Leipzig; in May 2006 he made his debut with the Ensemble Modern.
He has conducted at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Bremen Theatre, conducted the symphony orchestras of the NDR, WDR, SWR and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Copenhagen and is Permanent Guest Conductor of the Cairo Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Belgrade National Theatre. He has received numerous composition commissions, including those from the Hamburg State Opera, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Ensemble Scharoun and the Beethovenfest Bonn.
Harneit’s music combines past and present elements, the familiar and the new, developing an individual language within classical forms. His virtuoso scores are rich in subtle, exciting, powerful, ironical and reflective moments and are notable for their sure sense of timing and proportion.
