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Poul Ruders (born March 27, 1949 in Ringsted ) is a Danish composer .

Life

Ruders is a trained organist and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen . Ruder's first compositions date from the mid-1960s.

Ruder's compositional works include operas , orchestral works, chamber music , vocal music and solo music . He composes in a multifaceted style, from the Vivaldi persiflage of his first violin concerto (1981) to the explosive modernism of Manhattan Abstraction (1982).

In 2016 an asteroid was named after him: (5888) Ruders .

Selected Works

Operas

Symphonies

Concerts for solo and orchestra

  • Piano Concerto (1994)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 (2009)
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 (1981)
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 (1992)

Other works

  • Four string quartets
  • Stabat Mater for boy soprano, detuned piano, organ, percussion and mixed choir (1975)

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