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Artist
Michel van der Aa
12+ albums
contemporary classicalClassicalcomposerdutchinstrumental
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Michel van der Aa (Netherlands, 1970) is one of Europe’s most sought-after composers today. For Van der Aa, music is more than organized sound or a structuring of notes. His music has expressive power, combining sounds and scenic images in a play of changing perspectives. Van der Aa's recent stage works show a successful involvement as a film and stage director as well as composer. “Van der Aa, stage director and mastermind as well as composer, pushes the boundaries of all of his media. This is the Gesamtkunst of the future.” (Financial Times) Having completed his training as a recording engineer at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Michel van der Aa studied composition with Diderik Wagenaar, Gilius van Bergeijk and Louis Andriessen. In 2002 Van der Aa completed a program in film directing at the New York Film Academy. In 2007 he participated in the Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab, an intensive course in stage direction. He was responsible for the stage direction as well as the conception and creation of the film segments in the operas One and After Life. His film directing credits include the short film Passage as well as the television production of One for the Dutch national broadcasting company NPS. Van der Aa’s music has been performed by ensembles and orchestras worldwide, including the ASKO/Schoenberg Ensemble, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, De Nederlandse Opera, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Seattle Chamber Players, New Nationa
