Posts Tagged ‘German music’
Cathy Milliken: Piece 43 For Now
Cathy Milliken (b. 1956) is a Brisbane, Australia-born and Berlin, Germany-based international award-winning performer and composer known for her evocative instrumental and vocal works. She has composed for concert, opera, radio and film. Commissioners include Ensemble Modern, Remix Ensemble, Porto, London Sinfonietta, Arte, Southbank Centre London, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Staatsoper Berlin and Musica Viva of the…
Read MoreHelmut Lachenmann: Notturno
Helmut Lachenmann (b. November 27, 1935 in Stuttgart) studied piano, theory, and counterpoint at the Music Conservatory in Stuttgart from 1955 to 1958 and from 1958 to 1960 composition with Luigi Nono in Venice. The first public performances of his works took place at the Biennale in Venice in 1962 and at the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. After his teaching activity…
Read MoreRebecca Saunders: dust – module 1
(Submitted by ISCM – GERMAN SECTION) Berlin-based British-born Rebecca Saunders (b. 1967) is one of the leading international composers of her generation. Her compositions focus on the sculptural and spatial properties of organized sound, often created in close collaborative dialogue with a variety of musicians and artists. Saunders has received numerous prizes, including the Ernst…
Read MoreVioleta Dinescu: Cime lointaine
(Submitted by ARFA) Violeta Dinescu was born in 1953 in Bucharest, Romania. She graduated with distinction in composition, piano and pedagogy (1977) at the Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest. From 1978 to1982, she held a teaching position for theory of music, piano and aesthetics at the College of Music George Enescu in Bucharest. In 1982 she…
Read MoreHanna Hartman: The Revenge
(Submitted by ISCM – SWEDISH SECTION) Berlin-based Swedish sound artist and composer Hanna Hartman (b. 1961) creates compositions that are exclusively made up from authentic sounds which she has recorded around the world. Sounds are taken out of their original context and thus perceived in their purity. Hanna Hartman seeks to reveal hidden correspondences between…
Read MoreAlexander Schubert: Codec Error
(Submitted by ISCM – GERMAN SECTION) Alexander Schubert (born 1979 in Bremen) studied bioinformatics in Leipzig and Multimedia Composition with Georg Hajdu and Manfred Stahnke in Hamburg. During his studies he has worked as a musician and composer in a variety of different environments. In addition, Schubert worked at the ZKM (Centre for Art and…
Read MoreSarah Nemtsov: Seven Colours
(Submitted by ISCM – GERMAN SECTION) Sarah Nemtsov was born in 1980 in Oldenburg and studied composition in Hanover and Berlin with Nigel Osborne, Johannes Schöllhorn and Walter Zimmermann. She has received numerous awards and scholarships, including the Busoni Composition Prize of the Berlin Academy of the Arts, the Deutsche Musikautorenpreis of the GEMA and…
Read MoreFranz Martin Olbrisch: Schichtwechsel
Franz Martin Olbrisch (born November 5, 1952 in Mülheim / Ruhr) is a German composer and installation and media artist. From 1979 to 1985, he studied composition and music theory with Frank Michael Beyer at the University of the Arts in Berlin. From 1986 to 1996 he taught music theory at the Church Music School…
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