Christian Banasik

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Christian Banasik (* 1963 in Siemianowice Śląskie , Poland ) is a German composer of Polish descent with a focus on electroacoustic music .

Life

Banasik learned the piano and experimented with a Moog synthesizer at an early age . He studied composition at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf with Günther Becker and Dimitri Terzakis . He also attended computer music seminars with Klarenz Barlow at the Cologne University of Music . At the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main made Banasik then a postgraduate course in composition ( Hans Zender ) and conducting (Hans-Dieter Resch).

In 1990 he founded the ensemble “Go Ahead” for contemporary music with Ralf R. Ollertz and Marina Panyiotou, and he also served as its artistic director. For the composition of film music , Banasik developed the algorithmic composition software AFSTS 1 between 1991 and 1993 , which was supposed to offer an alternative to MIDI sequencing and music notation programs . In the artists' guild of North Rhine-Westphalia, Banasik was chairman of the music department from 1994-96 and then until 2000 deputy national chairman. Banasik teaches "Audiovisual Design" at the Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences ; He also heads the "Studio for Electronic Music" and the composition class for computer music at the Clara Schumann Music School in Düsseldorf.

Banasik's work includes electroacoustic music, soundscapes and live electronic music , as well as instrumental and vocal music. He also wrote radio plays , soundtracks for dance theater and film music. His works have been performed internationally and broadcast on the radio.

Awards (selection)

  • 1991: Johann-Wenzel-Stamitz sponsorship award ( Mannheim )
  • 1993: Luigi Russolo Prize ( Varese )
  • 1994: 1st prize at the 5th composition competition for synthesizer and computer music in ( Braunschweig )
  • 1995: Music Prize of the State Capital Düsseldorf
  • 2001: EMS Prize for Electronic Music ( Stockholm )
  • 2006: 1st prize at the audio game competition ( St. Pölten )

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Christian Banasik. Schott Music, accessed September 20, 2016 .
  2. ^ "Sounds from the schoolyard". (No longer available online.) Federal Ministry of Education and Research , archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; accessed on September 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wissenschaftsjahr-zukunftsstadt.de
personal data
SURNAME Banasik, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-German composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Siemianowice Śląskie