Gaudeamus Composition Competition Prize-Winners - Louis Andriessen, Fabio Vacchi, Pauline Oliveros, Unsuk Chin, Richard Barrett (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Louis Andriessen, Fabio Vacchi, Pauline Oliveros, Unsuk Chin, Richard Barrett, Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf, Per Norgard, Yannis Kyriakides, Vinko Globokar, Costin Miereanu, Michel van der Aa, Robert Saxton, Daniel Lentz, Tona Scherchen, Regis Campo, Huck Hodge, Richard Ayres, Ib Norholm, Peter Schat, erban Nichifor, Misha Mengelberg, Michael Oesterle, Jan Vriend, Michael Jarrell, Geoff Hannan, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Lars Johan Werle, Lefteris Papadimitriou. Excerpt: Louis Andriessen (born 6 June 1939) is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. He was recipient of the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1959. Andriessen was born in Utrecht into a musical family, the son of the composer Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981), brother of composers Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996) and Caecilia Andriessen (1931-), and nephew of Willem Andriessen (1887-1964). Andriessen originally studied with his father and Kees van Baaren at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, before embarking upon two years of study with Italian composer Luciano Berio in Milan and Berlin. He later joined the faculty of the Royal Conservatory where his notable students included Michael Zev Gordon, Steve Martland, Richard Ayres, Richard Baker, Jeff Hamburg, Ivana Ki, Koji Nakano, Damien Ricketson, Patrick Saint-Denis, Juan Sebastian Lach, Michel van der Aa, Victor Varela, and Jasna Veli kovi . In 1969 Andriessen co-founded STEIM in Amsterdam. He also helped found the instrumental groups Orkest de Volharding and Hoketus, both of which performed compositions of the same names. He later became closely involved in the ongoing Schonberg and Asko ensembles and inspired the formation of the British ensemble Icebreaker. Andriessen, a widower, was married to guitarist Jeanette Yanikian (1935-2008)....