Academy
Coaches 2027
Sarah Nemtsov
Composition, Coach
Sarah Nemtsov (*1980 in Oldenburg) is considered one of the most sought-after composers of her generation. She has received numerous prizes and scholarships, her works are performed at internationally renowned festivals and major houses, and she collaborates with renowned ensembles and orchestras. Nemtsov's catalog of works includes over 150 works in nearly every genre.
Sarah Nemtsov studied composition in Hanover and Berlin with Nigel Osborne, Johannes Schöllhorn and Walter Zimmermann, and she also studied oboe with Klaus Becker and Burkhard Glaetzner. She has received numerous prizes and grants, including the Busoni Composition Prize and the GEMA German Music Author Prize. In 2021 she was accepted as a member of the Saxon Academy of Arts and as a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. She works with well-known ensembles and orchestras (WDR Orchestra, HR Symphony Orchestra, German Symphony Orchestra, RSO Vienna, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Vienna, ensemble mosaik, Ensemble Adapter, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart etc.) and her works are performed at internationally renowned festivals performed - such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music, Wien modern, ECLAT, Ultrasound, Musica, Bregenz Festival, Munich Biennale, Ruhrtriennale and many more Nemtsov's music captivates with sensitively studied setups, with complex and energetic textures, musical layers and interactions between acoustic instruments and electronics. Literature or other arts often play a role, and several compositions also touch on political or social issues. Her catalog raisonné includes over 150 compositions – from solo works to large orchestras, acoustic, electronic and multimedia, including several full-length operas. Her works have been published by Ricordi since 2016. In 2014, Sarah Nemtsov taught composition as a guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Köln, and in the summer semester of 2018 she taught composition at Haifa University with a DAAD short-term lectureship. She has been a Univ.-Prof.in for composition at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg since October 2022.
