Διάλεξη του καναδού συνθέτη και καθηγητή Gordon Williamson

Την Τετάρτη 1 Νοεμβρίου στις 3:00 μ.μ. στην αίθουσα 10, ο καναδός συνθέτης και καθηγητής στην Hochschule für Musik, Medien und Theater Hannover, Gordon Williamson θα δώσει διάλεξη με θέμα:

Verwandlung: Inspiration vs. Influence in the Creative Process

(Mετασχηματισμός: η έμπνευση έναντι της επιρροής κατά την                                                    δημιουργική διαδικασία)

Βιογραφικό του Gordon Williamson:

Gordon Williamson (b. 1974, Ottawa) is a Canadian composer currently based in Hannover, Germany. Recent activities include commissions and performances by RSO Stuttgart, Swedish Radio Choir, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal+, Asian Art Ensemble and Trio Alpha, as well as artist residencies at Künstlerhof Schreyahn and Schloss Wiepersdorf in Germany, the Styria Artist-in-Residence Program (Graz) and the Centre Récollets (Paris).

The recipient of several awards and prizes for his work, Williamson has most recently been awarded a 2017 Casa Baldi Residency from the German Academy in Rome. Further recognitions include prizes from the C4 Ensemble and the Esoterics in the USA, a 2012 SWR Orchestra Prize, young composer awards from CBC/Radio-Canada, SOCAN and ASCAP as well as grants and artist stipends from the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and the Canada Council for the Arts. The Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, CBC/Radio-Canada, SWR and the Canada Council for the Arts have all commissioned works from him and his music been broadcast over the radio across Europe and North America. Gordon Williamson studied composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Indiana University Bloomington, and Dalhousie University, and his main teachers were Johannes Schöllhorn, Sven-David Sandström, Bent Sørensen, Hans Abrahamsen and David Dzubay. He began teaching composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Medien und Theater Hannover in 2010 and he is Guest Professor of Composition and Director of the Incontri Institute for New Music there since 2015. He also serves as vice-chairman of the Hanover Society for New Music (HGNM) and his works have been published by Edition Gravis (Berlin) since 2012.