Fiches individuelles

• 1955 — born in oosterhout (netherlands)
• 1973-1978 — study of composition with ton de leeuw at sweelinck conservatorium, amsterdam
• 1990 — resumption of composing after an interruption of about 10 years
• 1992 — founding of edition wandelweiser, together with burkhard schlothauer
• since 1994 — conception and organization of KLANGRAUM, a concert series at kunstraum düsseldorf
• 1995-2001 — (together with visual artist mauser) founder and artistic director of "werkraum", place for interdisciplinary artistic events, cologne
• since 1996 — artistic director of edition wandelweiser records
• since 2004 — managing director edition wandelweiser gmbh

several prizes, including:

• 1991 — tenth international composition seminar boswil / schweiz lesen, hören — buch für stimme, for voice and tape
• 1992 — forum junger komponisten, wdr-köln schweigen, hören, for percussion solo and orchestra
• 1998 — 6th international kazimierz serocki composers competition, warschau fourth music for marcia hafif (4), for accordion solo and orchestra

premieres at the donaueschingen music days:

• 1995 — etwas (lied), for singer and piano
• 1997 — fourth music for marcia hafif (3), for orchestra
• 2003 — wort für wort (geraum), for 6 speaking voices, poet reading and electronic sounds productions and broadcasts with radios stations in germany, austria, great britain, poland and united states of america

[source:www.wandelweiser.de]