Johannes Boris Borowski

Johannes Boris Borowski (* 1979 in Hof an der Saale ) is a German composer .

life and work

Johannes Boris Borowski studied composition in Berlin and Paris, with Hanspeter Kyburz , Jörg Mainka and Marco Stroppa . Since 2007 he has been teaching composition, analysis and aural training at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin .

His compositions have been interpreted by renowned musicians and formations such as the Ensemble intercontemporain , the Ensemble Modern , the Ensemble Mosaik , the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, Pierre Boulez , Susanna Mälkki , Enno Poppe , Pierre-Laurent Aimard and many others.

Works

• "Wires" for ensemble (2003/04)
• "Islands, Study 2" for Ensemble (2005)
• "Change" for orchestra (2007/08)
• "Second" for eight instruments (2008)
• "Wandlung" for six instruments (2009)
• "Piano Piece I, Piano Piece II" for piano solo and piano 4 hands (2010)
• "Portfolio" for ensemble (2008/09/10)
• "Piano Concerto" (2010/11)
• "Chergui" for seven instruments (2012)
• String Quartet No. 1 (2016)

Awards and grants

• 2003 Hanns Eisler Prize
• 2004 Composition Prize of the State Capital Stuttgart
• 2004/05 scholarship from the International Ensemble Academy, Frankfurt
• 2006/07 NaFög scholarship from the Berlin Senate
• 2007 residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris
• 2011 residency at Wiepersdorf Castle
• 2011 Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne Award
• 2012/13 Baldreit Scholarship Baden-Baden
• 2014 residency at Künstlerhof Schreyahn

Web links

• Website of the composer
• Performance database of the Ensemble Intercontemporain
• Catalog raisonné in the National Library
• Interview accents online
• Composition prize of the state capital Stuttgart