Iris ter Schiphorst

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Iris ter Schiphorst was born in Hamburg. After completing her piano studies and giving numerous concert performances, she spent two years travelling the world. Back in Germany, she took up theatre studies, cultural studies and philosophy in Berlin; she also attended seminars with Dieter Schnebel, Luigi Nono and Helga de la Motte. At the same time, she began to explore electronic music and sampling techniques intensively. In 1992 she was awarded first prize in the third Composition Competition for Synthesized and Computerized Music. Towards the end of the eighties, she co-founded the association ‘zeit-Musik’, together with the composers Mayako Kubo, Franz-Martin Olbrisch and Berthold Türcke as well as the musicologists Frank Hilberg and Gian Mario Borio. Her compositions from that period centre mainly on the relationship between script and sound. In 1990, she founded the electro-acoustic ensemble intrors, with whom she won the 1997 composition competition BLAUE BRÜCKE. The years 1996–2001 saw intensive collaboration with fellow composer Helmut Oehring, which produced a number of joint compositions. Iris ter Schiphorst has received numerous accolades and scholarships, including in 2004 a period as artist in residence at ‘Die Höge’, a centre for women artists. Her orchestral piece Hundert Komma Null (Hundred Point Zero), which attracted considerable attention, was shortlisted for the 2001 Prix Italia. The ensemble piece Zerstören (Destruction) was nominated for the World Mus

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Donaueschinger Musiktage 2011

29, 4 Annäherung

Hemken, Volker: Bass Clarinet Music

Oehring & Schiphorst

Works for Clarinet and Accordion

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Witten 2006 CD2

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dlf Nachtkonzert

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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2015-11-29 [TomP]

Intrors: Liebesgeschwüre im Schneckenhaus

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Whistle Blower (2021) (Peter Rundel)

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Zerstören (ASKO Ensemble)

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Neue Musik DLF 10122010: Im Mittelpunkt Kompositionen von Iris ter Schiphorst

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