Nina Deuse
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Stand: 10.01.2026

NN

2025/26
For orchestra
Premiere: Summer 2026, University of Music and Theater Hamburg
Currently in progress

Rrrrote Socke

2025
Scene for a musical theater for children
Mezzo-soprano, baritone + 3 instruments | Bass clarinet, cello, vibraphone
Theater Münster
Setting to music a chapter from the book: The Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
Musical theater by composition students under the direction of Gordon Kampe
Premiere: expected February 28, 2026, 3:00 p.m., Theater Münster, Junges Theater

Jaja

2025
For quartet | Electric guitar, double bass, piano + drum set
RADAR Quartet
Premiere: Sunday, September 28th, 2025 7:30 p.m., Hall 424, Oberhafen, Hamburg. Hamburg Contemporary, MONEY DOUGH, International academy contemporary and days for current music at the HfMT Hamburg

Venom

2025
for ensemble | Alto saxophone, violin, cello, double bass, percussion, harp, piano + conductor
Commissioned by the city of Aalen
ensemble pi:k, direction: Uwe Renz
Premiere: October 18, 2025, 8:00 p.m., "New Sound Worlds", Theater der Stadt Aalen, KUBAA

Copypasta 420b: Copied This

2025
Remix by Copypasta 420: Copy This
for duo/trio | Violin (amplified) + piano (four hands, amplified)
Copypasta series (experimental copy-and-paste compositions with variable line-ups)
Violin - Anja Gaettens, piano - Jennifer Hymer + Daria-Karmina Iossifova-Molier
Premiere: expected February 2026, GEDOK Hamburg

Extraschön

2025
Concordially remix for Ensemble | 10 instruments, colorful lights, disco ball and lots of confetti
for ensemble | Flute, oboe, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion (vibraphone + drum set), conductor
Commissioned by the aDevantgarde Festival 18 “Beauty”, Munich
der/gelbe/Klang Munich, direction: Armando Merino
Premiere: June 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m., Schwere Reiter, Dachauer Straße 114, 80636 Munich

Copypasta 420: Copy This

2024/25
for duo/trio | Flute (amplified) + piano (four hands, amplified)
Copypasta series (experimental copy-and-paste compositions with variable line-ups)
Premiere: June 3rd, 2025, class concert, University of Music and Theater Hamburg
Flute - Henrike Kathe, piano - Nike Yin, Sebastian Zaczek

Concordially

2024
for duo | saxophone and accordion
Saxophone - Ruth Velten, Ensemble LUX:NM Accordion - Silke Lange, Ensemble LUX:NM
Premiere: 19th december 2024, 7pm, portrait concert Nina Deuse, International Artists' House Villa Concordia Bamberg
Written for the 11-month fellowship from the Free State of Bavaria in International Artists’ House Villa Concordia, in Bamberg, Germany

Bimbam

2024
for toy piano solo
Toy piano - Xenia Pestova Bennett
Premiere: 15th august 2024, musical intervention by Xenia Pestova Bennett, exhibition Sebastian Kuhn: BEAUTY TROPHY, oechsner Galerie Nuremberg

Copypasta 3: WTF

2023/24
For live piano and electronic playback
Part of the copypasta-series (experimental copy-and-paste compositions with variied instruments)
Piano - Niko Yin
Premiere: 2nd march 2024, State University of Music Hamburg

Red vs. Blue

2023
SUA-Remix for ensemble | 8 instruments | string quintet, piano, harp, marimba
Commissioned by the City of Aalen
ensemble πk, conductor - Uwe Renz
Premiere: 21th october 2023, 08:00 pm, Theater der Stadt Aalen, KulturBahnhof KUBAA, culture weeks Aalen ’23

Copypasta 2: Troubleshooting

2023
for ensemble | 6 instruments
Miniature for salon orchestra | clarinet, horn, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion
Part of the copypasta-series (experimental copy-and-paste compositions with variied instruments)
Ensemble Walzerklang Innsbruck, chair: Annette Fritz
Commissioned by the aDevantgarde-Festival 17, BIEDER_MEIER_X
Premiere: 2nd july 2023, ADE:SALON, Einstein Kultur, Munich, final concert of the aDevantgarde-Festival Munich 2023

SUA

2023
for trio | violin, violoncello + piano
Cooperation project with the Sua Trio (Mariana Hernández, Juliette Cürlis, Itxaso Etxeberria)
Commissioned work + second project of Rent-A-Composer (format for contemporary cooperation projects, founded + managed by Nina Deuse)
Premiere: 17th september 2023, Kulturkreis Hösel, Oktogon, Ratingen-Hösel

Copypasta 1

2022
5 variations for 5 temple blocks
Part of the copypasta-series (experimental copy-and-paste compositions with variied instruments)

BOOM GEAR

2022
Cooperation project with the Christian Benning Percussion Group
Commissioned work + pilot project of Rent-A-Composer (format for contemporary cooperation projects, founded + managed by Nina Deuse)
Premiere: March 23rd 2023, Graf-Zeppelin-Haus / Ludwig-Dürr-Saal, Friedrichshafen

Crystalline

2022
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Abyss

2021
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

NN

2021
Aria for baritone with electronic accompaniment
Commissioned work

Summertime

2021
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Chain

2021
Percussion Ensemble (4 players)
Commissioned work by aDevantgarde-Festival Munich
With the percussion class of Alexej Gerassimez (University of Music and Performing Arts Munich)
Premiere: June 10th 2021, Reaktorhalle Munich
Broadcast (radio) on BR-KLASSIK, „Festspielzeit”: 12th August 2021, 08:05 pm

Rain Drop

2020
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Maverick (Digital Album)
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Nocturne

2020
Piano solo

Double Bass

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage + Visualizer

Delirious

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Maverick (Digital Album)
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Nibiru

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Maverick (Digital Album)
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Angular

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage + Visualizer
Maverick (Digital Album)
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Terracotta

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

Trigger

2019 + 2020
Loop Collage
Available on: Amazon Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Apple Music / iTunes, Youtube Music, Tidal, Soundcloud

I sneezed and the beat got sicker

March 2019
large ensemble / 15 instruments
flute, oboe, bass clarinet, bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion I, percussion II, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello, double bass

Clustafuck

June 2018
piano solo
Premiere: July 6th 2018, ‚I sneezed and the beat got sicker’ (bachelor concert), Folkwang University of the Arts, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
piano - Oleksandr Loiko

Sugar

May 2018
Trio / bass clarinet, violoncello and piano
Premiere: July 6th 2018, ‚I sneezed and the beat got sicker’ (bachelor concert), Folkwang University of the Arts, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
Ensemble S201:
bass clarinet - Heni Hyunjung Kim
violoncello - Robert Wheatley
piano - Itxaso Etxeberria

Hybrid Theory

March 2018
large ensemble / 15 instruments
flute, oboe, clarinet (also bass clarinet), bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, piano, percussion, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello, double bass
Premiere: July 6th 2018, ‚Just In Time II’, Folkwang University of the Arts, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
Ensemble Folkwang Modern, conductor: Eva Fodor

Bahnorama

April 2018
Sample collage using typical sounds of travelling by train
For the 64 dome loudspeakers of the Zeiss-Planetarium Bochum and 360° video dome projection A cooperation with Marjan Markelj (video) and Florian Högerle (sounddesign)
Premiere: May 7th 2018, ‚Imaginary Landscapes’, Zeiss-Planetarium Bochum

Scratch

September 2017
string quartet
Premiere: January 17th 2018, Folkwang University of the Arts, Just In Time I, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
violin 1 - Isaac Espinoza Hidrobo
violin 2 - Min-Ji Jin
viola - Barbara Maurer
violoncello - Chieh Lee

Toccata VIII

May 2017
piano solo, part of the Toccatas + Remixes series
Premiere: July 2nd 2017, Folkwang University of the Arts, Just In Time II, Neue Aula
piano - Benedikt ter Braak

Warfare_84mm_Medium

January 2017
collage of fire arm samples
For the 64 dome loudspeakers of the Zeiss-Planetarium Bochum
(a cooperation with sounddesign students of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund)
Premiere: April 18th 2017, „Anthropozän - Planetarische Leitplanken“, Zeiss-Planetarium Bochum

Biohazard

january 2017
video (single channel) with sample collage (stereo)
Premiere: February 2nd, Folkwang University of the Arts, Just In Time II, Neue Aula

Converse

may 2016
3 flutes
alternatively playable on 3 alto flutes (for louder beatboxing)
Premiere: June 30th 2016, Folkwang University of the Arts, Just In Time I, Neue Aula
flute 1 - Dimitry Stavrianidi
flute 2 - Sarah Heemann
flute 3 - Nerses Ohanyan

Toccata IX - Chopin Remix II

march 2016
piano solo, part of the Toccatas + Remixes series
Premiere: July 6th 2018, ‚I sneezed and the beat got sicker’ (bachelor concert), Folkwang University of the Arts, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
piano - Yunyi Lee

Toccata III - Chopin Remix I

june 2015
piano solo, part of the Toccatas + Remixes series
Premiere: July 6th 2018, ‚I sneezed and the beat got sicker’ (bachelor concert), Folkwang University of the Arts, Pina-Bausch-Theatre
piano - Itxaso Etxeberria

Toccata II

november 2014
piano solo, part of the Toccatas + Remixes series
Premiere: January 13th 2015, Folkwang University of the Arts, Just In Time I, Neue Aula
piano - Benedikt ter Braak

Rosary

september 2014
vocal ensemble and dance performance
Premiere: November 14th 2014, University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, composition class concert of Moritz Eggert, Breakout Ensemble and Nemian Danza Escénica

For Boxes

march 2014
4 beatboxers (1 part each)
or as a (four-part) electronic collage for 1 beatboxer

Toccata I

december 2012
piano solo, part of the Toccatas + Remixes series

Lose Yourself

april 2012
sprechgesang (spoken singing) solo
Lose Yourself was awarded the Bundespreis Komposition 2013

Mondphase

march 2012
woodwind quintet in double line-up and video (single channel)
Premiere: May 2011, music school Stuttgart at Rotebühlplatz; Ensemble Serenata
Mondphase was awarded the Bundespreis Komposition 2013

Streetstyle Battle

august 2011
violoncello vs. electric guitar + drum set
Premiere: November 2011, University of Music Karlsruhe, Jugend komponiert (Youth Composes) 2011; Ensemble Phorminx

Klecks

june 2011
two pianos
for children and teenagers
Premiere: November 4th 2011, Westfälische Schule für Musik Münster, pianist class
piano 1 - Felix Yong-Xiang Köhler
piano 2 - Kilian Debus

Linie 48

august 2010
violin, violoncello, piano and drum set
Premiere: November 2010, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, rehearsal stage, Jugend komponiert (Youth Composes) 2010; Ensemble Phorminx

TT 1,7

june 2009
piano and violoncello (or piano or vocals)
Premiere: November 2009, University of Music Karlsruhe, Jugend komponiert (Youth Composes) 2009; Ensemble Phorminx