Website | Soundcloud | YouTube Bernhard Philipp Eder, born in 1984 and raised in Vienna, Austria, has devoted his life to the arts of music from a very early age, when he began taking piano lessons and visiting classical concerts. At the age of 15, while studying at the Konservatorium Wien University and the Musikgymnasium Wien Neustiftgasse … Continue reading New Voice: Bernhard Philipp Eder
Category: Profiles
These are profiles of established composers featuring some of their latest work.
Composer Profile: Helena Tulve
Soundcloud The core of the Estonian composer Helena Tulve 's music is characterized by constant change and processes that are closely tied to the previous notion. It springs up from simple impulses and is affected by natural and organic patterns and synchronization. No sound whatsoever is closed out and may find its right time and … Continue reading Composer Profile: Helena Tulve
Composer Profile: Naomi Pinnock
Website Naomi Pinnock (born 1979) comes from Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, UK. She studied in London at King’s College London with Harrison Birtwistle, at the Royal Academy of Music with Brian Elias, and with Wolfgang Rihm at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany. She has received, amongst others, commissions and performances at/from the Wittener Tage für … Continue reading Composer Profile: Naomi Pinnock
Composer Profile: Johannes Schöllhorn
Website Born in 1962, he studied with Klaus Huber, Emanuel Nunes and Mathias Spahlinger and musical analysis with Peter Förtig. He also attended conducting courses with Peter Eötvös. Johannes Schöllhorn’s music is performed by many international Soloists, Ensembles and Orchestras like Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble musikFabrik, Ensemble l’instant donné, ensemble recherche, Musikfabrik, … Continue reading Composer Profile: Johannes Schöllhorn
New Voice: Juliana Hall
Primarily known as an American art song composer, Juliana Hall (born 1958) has written over 35 song cycles and her commissions include two for song cycles for Metropolitan Opera singers Dawn Upshaw (soprano) and David Malis (baritone). Her music has been performed by more than 100 different performers in major concert halls in Argentina, Australia, … Continue reading New Voice: Juliana Hall
Composer Profile: Panayiotis Kokoras
Website Kokoras is an internationally award-winning composer and computer music innovator. Since fall 2012 he has been appointed Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas. Born in Greece, he studied classical guitar and composition in Athens, Greece and York, England; he taught for many years at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki (among others). Kokoras's sound compositions … Continue reading Composer Profile: Panayiotis Kokoras
New Voice: Joâo Schnier
Joâo Schnier describes a recent work: This piece was made with a completely distorted sample of my own voice. The composition process went rather quickly: I began by making a loop with just a small extract, then I transformed it in various ways and used each small sample as notes or musical ideas. I had only … Continue reading New Voice: Joâo Schnier
Composer Profile: Rutger Zuydervelt a/k/a Machinefabriek
Website Machinefabriek is the alias of Rutger Zuydervelt. Rutger's music combines elements of ambient, noise, minimalism, drone, field recordings and electro-acoustic experiments. His pieces can be heard as an attempt to create sonic environments for the listener to dwell in. Finding tension in texture, tone and timing, the result can be very minimalistic at … Continue reading Composer Profile: Rutger Zuydervelt a/k/a Machinefabriek
Composer Profile: Annette Krebs
Website Annette Krebs has been connected with music since her childhood. She studied music at "Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst" in Frankfurt/Main and finished her studies 1992 with the diploma. At the same time, she worked in painting. Since 1993 she has lived in Berlin and developed her own musical vocabulary. She works within … Continue reading Composer Profile: Annette Krebs
New Voice: Christian Mason
Website Born in London in 1984, Christian Mason was the recipient of the 2012 British Composer Award in the solo/duo category for Learning Self-Modulation, a work for violin and piano. This piece was co-commissioned by the Auditorium du Louvre, Paris; Wigmore Hall, London and the CDMC, Madrid, and was premiered by Carolin Widmann and Simon … Continue reading New Voice: Christian Mason
