Antoine Beuger

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Antoine Beuger (born July 3, 1955 in Oosterhout , Netherlands ) is a Dutch composer , flautist and music publisher .

Life

From 1973 to 1978 Beuger studied composition with Ton de Leeuw and flute with Koos Verheul at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam . Then he worked as a lecturer at a theater school. In 1984 he became a broker for an American investment bank.

He has been working as a freelance composer since 1990 and in 1992, together with Burkard Schlothauer, founded the music publisher Edition Wandelweiser , of which he is the managing director. Since 1994 he has been the artistic director of the Klangraum concert series of the Kunstraum Düsseldorf . In 1995 he opened the Werkraum Ürdinger Strasse 11 in Cologne. Since 1996 he has been a lecturer in philosophy at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

His works have been performed by numerous radio stations and at the Donaueschinger Musiktage . Beuger lives in Haan near Düsseldorf.

Awards

  • ensemblia mönchengladbach (1990)
  • 10th International Composition Seminar at Künstlerhaus Boswil , Switzerland (1991)
  • Forum for Young Composers, WDR (1992)
  • 6th International Kazimierz Serocki Composers Competition, Warsaw (1998)

Works

  • silence, hear (1990) for solo percussion and orchestra. WP MDR-Sinfonieorchester , Gerd Schenker (drums) (lead Friedrich Goldmann ), 1992 Cologne
  • silent understanding (1991). WP Carin Levine (flute), 1992 Kiel
  • avec ferveur (1992). WP Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (led by Manfred Scheier), 1993 Stuttgart
  • "bien fait, mal fait, pas fait" (robert filliou) (1993). UA Chamber Ensemble New Music Berlin (led by Roland Kluttig ), 1996 Berlin
  • die stille, diezeichen (1993) for oboe, bassoon, viola and guitar. WP Ensemble Sortisatio , 1993 Halle
  • something (1995). Song for mezzo-soprano and piano. Premiere Patricia van Oosten (mezzo-soprano), Herbert Henck (piano), 1995 Donaueschingen
  • fourth music for marcia hafif (3) (1997) for orchestra. UA SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg (conductor Olaf Henzold), 1997 Donaueschingen
  • fourth music for marcia hafif (4) (1998) for accordion solo and orchestra. WP Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Warsaw, Klaudiusz Baran (accordion) (conductor Zsolt Hàmar), 1998 Warsaw
  • Klanken Dwalen (2008) for soprano solo. Text: Jan Hanlo. WP Irene Kurka (soprano)
  • two for Erwin-Josef Speckmann (2009). WP Irene Kurka (soprano), Jürg Frey (clarinet), Kunstraum , 2009 Düsseldorf
  • Our Father (2011) for voice. WP Irene Kurka (soprano)
  • un lieu pour faire sonner l'éternité (2014) for voice. WP Irene Kurka (soprano)

Discography

  • born for a short time
  • the story of the grain of sand
  • unwritten page
  • dialogues (silences)
  • calme étendue (spinoza)
  • calme étendue (oboe)

literature

  • Hanno Ehrler: The underground of time. The composers group Wandelweise . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 172 (2011) 3, pp. 52–53.
  • Sabine Sanio: Is the music of the event possible? The composer Antoine Beuger . In: Positions 75 (2008), pp. 38–40.
  • James Saunders: Fourteen musicians . In: James Saunders: The Ashgate research companion to experimental music . Ashgate, Farnham [and a.] 2009, ISBN 978-0-7546-6282-2 , pp. 221-229.
  • Beuger, Antoine. In: Axel Schniederjürgen (Ed.): Kürschner's Musicians Handbook. 5th edition, Saur Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-598-24212-3 , p. 36.

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personal data
SURNAME Beuger, Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer, flautist and music publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Oosterhout