Occupation Composer Name Philipp Maintz | Role Composer Education University of Liege | |
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Awards Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Villa Massimo | ||
Philipp maintz tourbillon musik fur violine violoncello klavier 2008
Philipp Maintz (born 28 February 1977, in Aachen) is a German composer.
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- Philipp maintz tourbillon musik fur violine violoncello klavier 2008
- Ensemble Alternance Philipp Maintz trawl
- Career
- References
Ensemble Alternance - Philipp Maintz: "trawl"
Career
Maintz studied composition with Michael Reudenbach and Robert HP Platz, and electronic music with Karlheinz Essl. He studied further at the CRFMW (Centre de Recherches et de Formations Musicales de Wallonie) of the University of Liège and the IRCAM (Institut des Recherches et Coordinations Musicales). He received the Ernst von Siemens Composer' Prize in 2005. He was granted a scholarship from the Federal Government for Cité Internationale des Arts Paris. In 2010 he was a Stipendiat of the Villa Massimo.
His opera Maldoror on a libretto by Thomas Fiedler after Les Chants de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 2010.
His works have been performed at the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, the Salzburg Festival, among others. Artists have included the Arditti String Quartet, the Ensemble intercontemporain, das Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart with Lothar Zagrosek, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Pierre-André Valade.