Monolog

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- This work constitutes a monologue reflecting upon the darkest sides of human nature and history. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 may be understood both as a memorial to the composer himself and as a response to the devastation he encountered during his 1960 visit to the destroyed city of Dresden. My own composition engages with a similar atmosphere of emptiness, frustration, and resignation, with the imperative of remembrance, and with the necessity of never forgetting what may occur when humanity fails to heed the warning signs.
Instrumentation +
- Marimba (5.0 Octave)
About the composer +
- Fabian Otten is the principal percussionist of the Philharmonic State Orchestra of Hamburg, Germany. Born in 1993 in Steinheim, Germany, he started to play piano and percussion at the age of six. In search of something which combines these two instruments, he fell in love with the sound of the marimba.
  
  He studied percussion in Hamburg with Massimo Drechsler, Stephan Cürlis and Cornelia Monske, and completed his studies in Berlin with Rainer Seegers, Franz Schindlbeck and Biao Li. As a percussionist and marimbist he won several prizes including the special award of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, 2nd prize at the International 'Marimba Festiva‘ Competition and the 'Eduard-Söring-Preis' in Hamburg.
  
  Composing has always been his passion. Alongside his percussion studies, he enhanced his knowledge in music theory and took private lessons with Professor Fredrik Schwenk. Through his compositions he hopes to increase awareness of the emotional possibilites of his instrument.
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- Front Cover graphics and layout: Nicola Lee
  Photo: Philip Loeper
  Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
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