Simon Steen-Andersen

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Simon Steen-Andersen (born April 24, 1976 in Odder , Denmark ) is a Danish composer and installation artist .

Life

Simon Steen-Andersen studied composition (1998–2006) with Karl Aage Rasmussen in Aalborg , Mathias Spahlinger in Freiburg, Gabriel Valverde in Buenos-Aires and with Bent Sørensen and Hans Abrahamsen in Copenhagen. In 2004/2005 he was resident composer with the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra. Steen-Andersen has worked for radio stations in more than 20 countries. His collaboration took place, for example, with the Ensemble Modern , the Ensemble recherche , at the Donaueschinger Musiktage , the Darmstadt Summer Courses , the French National Orchestra and the Hilversum Radio Chamber Philharmonic . From 2008 Steen-Andersen was a composition teacher at the Jutland Music Conservatory in Aarhus. Since 2018 he has been a professor in the Composition and Théâtre musical department at the Bern University of the Arts . He lives in Berlin.

The music publisher Edition · S publishes Steen-Andersen's music.

Awards

Works (selection)

  • Trio for big band, choir, orchestra and video (45 ') (2019)
  • Asthma (22 ') (2017)
  • if this then that and now what (135 ') (2016)
  • Corpus - for three Harry Partch instruments (12 ') (2015)
  • Piano Concerto for piano, sampler, orchestra and video. (28 ') (2014).
  • Staged Night (55 ') (2013).
  • Black Box Music (32 ') (2012).
  • String Quartet No.2 (2012).
  • Im Rauschen (9 ') (2011).
  • Study for String Instrument # 3 (5 ') (2011).
  • Double Up for sampler and chamber orchestra (18 ') (2010).
  • Overtures for amplified guzheng , sampler and orchestra (15 ') (2008/2010).
  • Study for String Instrument # 2 (5'-6 ') (2007).
  • Run Time Error (2009).
  • Self Simulator (2009).
  • Pretty Sound (Up And Down) (7'30) (2008).
  • Beloved Brother (7 ') (2008).
  • On And Off And To And Fro for vibraphone, soprano saxophone, double bass and three musicians with megaphones (15 ') (2008).
  • SoundTAG (2008).
  • Overtures (8 ') for amplified guzheng, sampler and orchestra (2008)
  • Study for String Instrument # 1 (3'30-4'30) (2007)
  • Nothing Integrated (21 ') (2007)
  • In Her Frown (12 ') (2007)
  • In Spite Of, And Maybe Even Derfor (9 ') (2007)
  • Chambered Music (11 ') (2007)
  • Loloopop (2006)
  • [Speech sounds] (2005)
  • Within (5 ') (2005)
  • Bland (33 ') (2005)
  • Self-reflecting Next To Beside Besides
  • Next To Beside Besides # 1-13 (+ ...) amplified solo pieces (3'30 '') (2003 / '05)
  • Amid (9 ') (2004)
  • Beside Besides ( Next To Beside Besides # 0 ) (4'30) (2003)
  • Besides (18 ') (2003)
  • Drownwords (10 ') (2003)
  • Rerendered (10 ') (2003, rev. '04)
  • Among (Unattended Ones) (12 ') (2002)
  • Split Point (12 ') (2002)
  • Spin-Off (3 ') (2002)
  • Praesens (16 ') (2001)
  • Electro Miniature (the band) (2'30) (2001)
  • In-side-out hand-in ... (10 ') (2001)
  • De Profundis (12 ') (2000)
  • Impromptu (2000)
  • String Quartet (10 ') (1999)
  • Punctus Contra Punctum (1999)
  • Polaroid (1999)
  • Sinfonietta Variations (1999)
  • Aurora (1999)
  • Study for Percussion and Saxophone (1999)
  • 4 Petit Aces (1998)
  • Suite for Ensemble for solo cello (1998)

Discography

  • 2011: Pretty Sound , Ensemble Asamisimasa (Norway), Dacapo Records. 8.226523: On And Off And To And Fro (2008), Rerendered (2003), Pretty Sound (Up and Down) (2009), Study for String Instrument # 2 (2009).
  • 2003: Praesens / Present , Danish Contemporary Music for 14 Musicians, SNYK, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1 CD.
  • 1999: "getString", Silesian String Quartet , Dacapo Records, 8.226530: String Quartet (1999).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the music department at the Bern University of the Arts
  2. Simon Steen-Andersen receives orchestra award. In: SWR Donaueschinger Musiktage. October 20, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .