- Hanspeter Kyburz
Hanspeter Kyburz (born
1960 ) is a contemporary Swiss composer ofchamber music , known for applyingelectronic music techniques to his productions.Kyburz was born in 1960 in
Lagos ,Nigeria to Swiss parents. In 1980, he began studying music composition, first inGraz with A. Dobrowolsky and Gösta Neuwirth, then, from 1982–1990, with Gösta Neuwirth and Franc Michael Beyer.Later, Kyburz studied at the
Universität der Künste inBerlin and withHans Zender inFrankfurt . In1990 , he received the Boris Blacher Prize and won the Cité Internationale des Arts scholarship for 1990/91 in Paris.Career
In 1991, Kyburz began collaborating with the Insel-Musik-Konzerte group in Berlin. His study of music theory as well as the philosophy and history of art assured him acquisition of the Magistertitels title.
He was awarded the Schneider-Schott Prize in 1996, and the Förderpreis Prize from the Berlin Akademie der Künste in 1994.
He has held lectures on electronic music production in Germany,
Austria andSwitzerland , and in 1996 he participated as a guest lecturer on the subject of the Basler composer week. As a composer, he is by performances with the citizens of Berlin Biennale, Wiener Festwochen (Vienna's week-long musical festival), the Wittener Tagen für Neue Kammermusik (Wittener Days for New Chamber Music) and in Donaueschingen.Kyburz has led such internationally renowned ensembles such as Klangforum in
Vienna , Ensemble Contrechamps inGeneva , Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris, Musikfabrik Nordrhein inWestphalia , Ensemble Modern, Ensemble für Neue Musik in Zürich, Ensemble UnitedBerlin, Camerata Quartett in Warsaw and Ensemble Recherche in Freiburg. CD-Einspielungen has documented his work.Hanspeter Kyburz wrote for the Ensemble Intercontemporain in Paris. He has also performed for Südwestfunk Radio in
Baden-Baden , the Konservatorium inBasel and the Steirischen Herbst, the Schleswig-Holstein festival, Sender Freies in Berlin and the Süddeutschen Rundfunk (the South German broadcasters). Since1997 , Kyburz has served as professor for composition at the "Hanns Eisler" University for Music inBerlin .Kyburz produced a piece that is a musical interpretation of the enigmatic
Voynich Manuscript .Recent activities
On September 1, 2006,
Simon Rattle and theBerlin Philharmonic , performed the London Premiere of "Noesis" as part of the Promenade Concert season at London's Royal Albert Hall.Works
(Not complete)
*Malstrom, SWR-SO Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Zender
*The Voynich Cipher Manuscript, Sudfunk-Chor Stuttgart/Klangforum Wien/Huber
*Parts, Klangforum Wien/Rundel
*Cells; Danse aveugle pour six instruments (1997)
*Double Points Plus
*A travers (1999)
*Noesis (2001–2003)ources
* [http://www.hfm-berlin.de/en/Hanspeter_Kyburz.html Biography at hfm-berlin.de]
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