Hanspeter Kyburz

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Hanspeter Kyburz (born 1960) is a contemporary Swiss composer of classical music, known for applying electronic music techniques to his productions. Born in Nigeria, Kyburz moved to Germany at age 10. He began composition studies in Graz with Andrzej Dobrowolsky and Gösta Neuwirth, then Berlin in 1992 where he continued studies with Neuwrith and Frank Michael Beyer. Here he took classes in musicology, art history, and philosophy until 1991. After he studied briefly with Hans Zender in Frankfurt, he received the Boris Blacker Prize in 1990, the Schneider-Schott Prize in 1994, and the Ernst von Siemens Prize in 2000. Hanspeter Kyburz taught in various electro-acoustic studios in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland before 1997, becoming a composition professor at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eilser in Berlin. In 1998, Kyburz also gave courses at the Darmstadt Summer Courses, and in 2000 and 2002, at the Musik-Akademie Basel, where he also directed the Electronic Music Studio. Among his first compositions, the most important are Cells for saxophone and ensemble (1993-1994), Parts for ensemble (1994-1995), and The Voynich Cipher Manuscript for 24 voices and ensemble (1995). After came chamber music such as Danse aveugle (1997) and a string quartet (2003-2004), and the orchestral works Malstrom (commissioned for the 1998 Donaueschingen Festival) and Noesis (2001), and Touché, for soprano, tenor, and orchestra (commissioned for the 2006 Lucerne Festival as a Roche Commission by

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The Voynich Cipher Manuscript

Kyburz: Parts - The Voynich Cipher Manuscript - Cells

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75 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage (1921-1996) (Cd06)

Malstrom

Hanspeter Kyburz: Malstrom

Hanspeter Kyburz: Malstrom, Voynich Cipher Manuscript & Parts

Malstrom/The Voynich Cipher Manuscript/Parts

75 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1921-1996 (Disc 6)

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donaueschinger musiktage

75 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1921-1996

Donaueschinger Musiktage 1998

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