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Detlef Heusinger

Dirigent for Ensemble Experimental fra EXPERIMENTASTUDIO des SWR. 

Detlef Heusinger er født i Frankfurt, studerte gitar, lutt, dirigering, musikkteori og komposisjon i Bremen, Köln og Freiburg. Hans mest innflytelsesrike professorer inkluderer Francis Travis (dirigering), Hans Werner Henze samt Klaus Huber (komposisjon), Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (musikkteori) og Hubert Kappel (gitar). Han har mottatt en rekke priser og stipend for sitt kompositoriske arbeid, inkludert "Cité des Artes" (Paris), Roma Award of the "Villa Massimo", komposisjonsprisen fra fra byen Stuttgart og Baldreit Stipend. Han har deltatt i festivaler som Ars Electronica, Berlin Festival Weeks, Darmstadt internasjonale Summer Courses for New Music, Donaueschingen Music Festival, Roma Europa Festival, Salzburger Festspiele, Schwetzingen Festival. Blant tolkere av Heusingers musikk er slike kjente navn som Arditti Quartet, den Auryn Quartet, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, den Pianoduo Grau / Schumacher, ORF-Orchestra samt SWR Orchestra for å nevne noen.Detlef Heusinger har vært kunstnerisk leder for EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO fra 2006.

Born in Frankfurt/ Main, Detlef Heusinger studied guitar, lute, conducting, music theory and composition in Bremen, Cologne and Freiburg. His most influential professors include Francis Travis (conducting), Hans Werner Henze as well as Klaus Huber (composition), Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht (music theory) and Hubert Käppel (guitar). He has received numerous prizes and stipends for his compositional work, including “Cité des Artes” (Paris), the Rome Award of the “Villa Massimo”, the Composition Prize from the city of Stuttgart and the Baldreit Stipend. He has participated in festivals such as Ars Electronica, Berlin Festival Weeks, Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, Donaueschingen Music Festival, Roma Europa Festival, Salzburger Festspiele, Schwetzingen Festival. Among interpreters of Heusingers music are such renowned names as the Arditti Quartet, the Auryn Quartet, the Ensemble Modern, ensemble recherche, the Pianoduo Grau/Schumacher, the ORF-Orchestra as well as the SWR Orchestra to name but a few. Central to his work are his pieces for the stage such as “Der Turm” (premiered 1989 at the Bremen Theatre), “Volx Muzak” (premiered 1993 at the Bochum Civic Theatre), “Babylon” (premiered 1997 in Schwetzingen) and “Schwarz Rot Gold” (premiered 1998 in Frankfurt/Main), and similarly important are his activities in the realm of live electronics.
 
Detlef Heusinger has been the artistic director of the EXPERIMENTALSTUDIO since 2006.

At Borealis: 

Bergen Tinghus 19.00                                              Wednesday 14. March