Flute Biography: Sebastian Wittiber has been a member of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra as solo flute since 1989. He worked as a soloist, among other things: with Eliahu Inbal, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Christopher Hogwood and Matthias Pintscher and performed at home and abroad. Since 1999 he has been a lecturer in flute at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main. Albums: Complete Works […]
Composer Biography: Charles Wuorinen, born on June 9, 1938 into a highly educated, culturally active, Finnish-born New York family, began composing at the age of five and won the New York Philharmonic's Young Composer Award in 1954 at the age of sixteen. He enjoyed a varied training as a musician on the piano and organ, in conducting and choral singing. Edgard Varèse and
Composer, pianist, conductor, baritone Biography: René Wohlhauser (composition, baritone, piano), born in 1954 and grew up in Brienz (Switzerland). Experience as a rock and jazz musician. Mainly composer of contemporary art music (including chamber music, orchestral and stage works). Training at the Basel University of Music (music theory with Robert Suter and Thomas Kessler, composition with Jacques Wildberger) as well as composition courses with Kazimierz Serocki, Mauricio Kagel, Herbert
Composer Bigoraphy: Stefan Wolpe is undoubtedly one of the most interesting figures in the music history of our time. His music can hardly be assigned to a specific school or direction; it is full of contradictions. A wide variety of influences and tendencies can be heard, from jazz to the most complex series techniques. Born in Berlin in 1902, he studied for a short time with Paul Juon
The composer YANG Jing was born in December 1963 on the south bank of the Yellow River. Rooted in the millennia-old tradition of Chinese music, she builds on a vast amalgam of Asian and Western musical history with an innovative spirit of discovery to create her own musical voice. Their compositions draw on the long tradition of pipa music, but also leave
Composer Biography: Iannis Xenakis, composer and engineer, was born in Brãila (Romania) in 1922 to a Greek family that moved to Greece in 1932. From 1940 to 1946 he studied engineering in Athens, was involved in the resistance fight against the Nazis and in the subsequent civil struggle, suffered a serious facial wound, was taken prisoner, was sentenced to death and left in 1947
Composer Biography: Isang Yun was born in 1917 in San Chung Gun, near the South Korean port city of Tong Yong. Until 1943 he studied cello and composition in Korea and Japan. As a resistance fighter against Japanese foreign rule, he lived underground and in political prison. From 1946 to 1956 he taught at Korean high schools and universities. From 1956 to 1959 he studied in Paris
Oboe, English horn, baritone oboe Biography: After thorough training by great teachers such as Heinz Holliger (oboe) and Dominique Weber (piano), Béatrice Zawodnik moves in musical circles that range from the baroque (Cappella Mediterranea with Leonardo García Alarcón) to improvisation (with DM Visotzky), with a focus on the field of new music (Contrechamps, Klangforum Wien,
Composer biography: Born in Colombia in 1976, the designer and composer lives and works in Geneva. His work focuses on instrumental and electroacoustic music. He regularly collaborates on interdisciplinary projects, namely in the fields of visual arts, choreography and performance. www.danielzea.org Albums: Ensemble Vortex:
Violin Biography: Zvi Zeitlin was born in Dubrovna/Belarus. He grew up in Israel, where he studied Jewish studies at the Hebrew University between 1940 and 1943. At the age of 11, he became the youngest scholarship recipient in the history of the Juilliard School. There Zeitlin studied with Sascha Jacobsen, Louis Persinger and Ivan Galamian and graduated