Werckmeister shows impressively how a didactic concept can work both for beginners and for professional musical work. The playful exercises on timbre and vowel colours are very appealingly done. With ‘ensemble ipsa’, we will use the app to work on microtonality and intonation in pieces by Nicola Vicentino and in contemporary works. It is a meaningful tool for practice, and I am glad to help refine it.
Prof. Burkhard Kinzler
Test group ear training, music theory, composition
Lecturer at ZHdK, composer, educator
Prof. Burkhard Kinzler is a composer, conductor, choir conductor and music educator. Since 2003 he has taught music theory at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).
His musical training includes studies in Protestant church music in Heidelberg, composition with Roland Moser in Basel and conducting with Prof. Manfred Schreier in Trossingen.
Before coming to Zurich, he taught choral conducting in Hanover and music theory, composition and improvisation in Heidelberg. From 1999 to 2006 he was professor of music theory in Mannheim.
As director and guest conductor, Burkhard Kinzler works with various choirs, ensembles and projects, often with a programme focus on contemporary music. From 2009 to 2023 he conducted the Winterthurer Kammerchor, and since 2008 he has been artistic director of the Museumskonzerte Winterthur.
Alongside his teaching and conducting, he has a broad body of work as a composer and arranger. His catalogue includes numerous vocal and choral works (among them oratorios, masses and motets) as well as various instrumental and orchestral works.
A key focus of his work is the exploration of microtonality, tuning concepts, temperaments and intonation.
Some of his compositions and arrangements (including arrangements of folk songs and of songs by Mani Matter) are published by Carus and Schott, among others, or documented on CD recordings.