Detlev Müller-Siemens

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(b. 30 July 1957, Hamburg). German composer, now resident in Switzerland, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Asia, Europe and North America; he is also active as a conductor. Prof. Müller-Siemens studied composition with Günter Friedrichs at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg from 1970–73, where he then studied composition with György Ligeti from 1973–80, conducting with Christoph von Dohnányi from 1978–80 and piano with Volker Banfield from 1978–80. He also studied composition with Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in 1977–78 and conducting with Klauspeter Seibel in 1985–86. Among his honours are two scholarships to stay at the Villa Massimo in Rome (1980, 1982), the Paul-Hindemith-Preis from the Hindemith-Stiftung in Blonay (1985), the Rolf-Liebermann-Opernstipendium (1988), and the Rolf-Liebermann-Förderpreis (1990, for Die Menschen). As a conductor, he served as an assistant during the production of Le Grand Macabre by György Ligeti at the Opéra National de Paris in 1981 and as assistant conductor at the Theater Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1986–88. He taught as Professor für Komposition at the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel from 1991–2005. He taught as a guest professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna from 2003–05, where he has taught as Universitätsprofessor in composition since 2005. His publisher is Schott Music. User-contributed text is a

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Detlev Müller-Siemens: Traces

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Micromania - 85 Piano Miniatures

Müller-Siemens: Die Menschen

Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000: Konzerte 1970-1985

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Villa-Lobos: Rudepoêma / Müller-Siemens: Under Neonlight II

Die Menschen

Musik für Orchester - Sinfonische Musik 1970-80

Müller-Siemens: Phoenix

phoenix / light blue, almost white / cuts

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Müller-Siemens: Phoenix / +

European Music Projekt - live

Lied:Strahl 2

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