David Graham (composer)
David Paul Graham (born January 22, 1951 in Stratford-upon-Avon ) is a British composer and music teacher .
Life
David Graham studied composition , piano and conducting at Reading University . He continued his studies from 1980 to 1983 in the master class of Hans Werner Henze at the Cologne University of Music . After a long stay in Italy , where he directed the music school of Montepulciano as Animatore Culturale from 1983 to 1986 . a. was responsible for the local contribution to the local music festival, he now lives as a composer and composition teacher in Bonn. His compositions have been performed at numerous festivals (e.g. Almeida Festival , London ; Munich Biennale ; Columbus Festival , Udine ; Steirischer Herbst ; Luis Casas Romero , Camagüey ). He wrote film music a. a. for Volker Schlöndorff and Bill Douglas .
David Graham has been married to Bettina Graham, née Kopton, since 1987. The couple have two children, Philip and Victoria.
Educational activities
As a composition teacher at the music school in Montepulciano, he led a children's composition class that composed an opera together that was later performed by children and young people. Internationally, this became a model for numerous similar projects. David Graham built in 1986 at the Clara Schumann Music School in Dusseldorf a composition class for children and young people whose participants both common operas, operettas and film music composing, as well as individually write compositions for various occupations.
Well-known students: Hauke Berheide , Birke J. Bertelsmeier , Andreas Kunstein , Luca Vanneschi , Valentin Ruckebier
Web links
- David Graham at the Scottish Music Center ( Memento from October 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Composition class Graham ( Memento from October 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Article in the nmz about the Graham composition class
- David Graham at AUGEMUS Musikverlag Ralf Kaupenjohann
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on young-euro-classic.de ( Memento of the original from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graham, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Graham, David Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stratford upon Avon , Scotland |