Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders (born March 27, 1949 in Ringsted) is a Danish composer.

Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. He has written in a wide variety of styles, from the Vivaldi pastiche of his first violin concerto (1981) to the modernism of "Manhattan Abstraction" (1982). Ruders is probably the most-performed living Danish composer.

Other works include the operas "Tycho" (1986), "The Handmaid's Tale" (1990) and "Proces Kafka/Kafka's Trial" (2005) , two symphonies, three string quartets and two piano sonatas. Ruders has also written several important pieces for the American guitarist and promoter of new music David Starobin: "Psalmodies" (1989) and "Paganini Variations" for guitar and orchestra (1999-2000), and "Psalmodies Suite" (1990), "Etude and Ricercare" (1994) and "Chaconne" (1996) for solo guitar. Ruders has also composed a "Concerto in Pieces" (1995), which is a set of variations on the "Witches' Chorus" from Purcell's opera "Dido and Aeneas".

His notable students include Marc Mellits.

External links

* [http://www.poulruders.net/ Ruders' own website]


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