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The compositional projects of Sef Albertz have been commissioned and sponsored by national
and international institutions such as:
Ÿ Central German Broadcasting
Ÿ Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Musikvermittlung GfzM e.V. (Germany)
Ÿ Instituto Cervantes (Spain)
Ÿ Junta de Andalucía (Spain)
Ÿ ‚Manuel de Falla‘ Chair (Spain)
Ÿ LARA Foundation for Culture, FUNDALARA (Venezuela)
Ÿ Leipzig Kulturamt
Ÿ MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ÿ UNESCO, etc.
Current compositional works include two extensive cycles of multimedial works supported by
grants from 3 renowned institutions of German cultural life:
Ÿ Musikfonds e.V.
Ÿ Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen
Ÿ German Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights (GEMA)

The creative work of Albertz is recorded on several CD albums:
Ÿ Con Guitarra! (With Guitar!, 2011)
Ÿ Infancia (Childhood, 2012)
Ÿ Hommage (Tribute, 2013)
Ÿ Seasons (2015)
Ÿ Platero & Ich (Platero and I, 2016)

Recents recording projects include the first worldwide publication of two new albums
comprising his piano oeuvre: Resplendences around Bach (2018) and In the Secret of the World
(2021). All these projects, realised together with his long-time artistic accomplice, the German
pianist Anna-Maria Maak, with whom Albertz creates an artist couple that reconstructs the
tradition of musical collaboration, as once did Clara and Robert Schumann or Yvonne Loriod
and Olivier Messiaen, but in their own particular way. According to Estonian-American
conductor Kristjan Järvi, “A great composer...a fantastic performer...a powerful work!”.

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WORLD PREMIERES OF SEF ALBERTZ
with Anna-Maria Maak & MDR Sinfonieorchester under Kristjan Järvi

BIOGRAPHY

Sef Albertz