Martin Lotz – Contemporary classical composer — orchestral & chamber music

Free tonality · clear form · quiet intensity


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Selected works (recent)

  • Op. 10 – Violin Concerto (work in progress) — solo violin & orchestra · ca. 25’
  • Op. 9 – “Vers le silence” (2025) — piano & orchestra · ca. 16’
  • Op. 8 – Piano Trio (2023) — violin · cello · piano · ca. 13’
  • Sinfonietta “Disput” (2022) — Stringquintett · ca. 12’
  • Concerto Élégiaque — violin · cello · string ensemble
  • Quasi una sonata — chamber ensemble (12 players)

Aesthetic in brief

  • evolving / modular structures
  • subtle rhythmic layering, expressive restraint
  • ambiguous tonality (modal + chromatic shifts)
  • music unfolding from quiet tension rather than overt climaxes

What’s new

Op. 10 – Violin Concerto | Current stage

Excerpt 1 | Excerpt 2
Excerpts from the current state of the composition, based on the orchestral score and a score-based audio rendering (October 2025).
Instrumentation: solo violin & orchestra.
Feedback and impressions are welcome.

MozArte Festival Aachen (2022)

Performed at MozArte Festival Aachen (Aachen, 2022)Disput (string quintet), artistic direction: Andreas Frölich.




Martin Lotz | contemporary music composition