Bernhard Günter (born 1957 in

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) is a German post-Cageian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

associated with

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and

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movements or styles of

minimalist In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Don ...

composition. He is influenced by

Morton Feldman Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School ...

. A former rock and jazz drummer, Günter studied at

IRCAM IRCAM (French: ''Ircam, '', English: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music) is a French institute dedicated to the research of music and sound, especially in the fields of avant garde and electro-acoustical art music. It is ...

and began working with electronically generated sound. However, he now works primarily with samples. He founded his own label,

Trente Oiseaux Trente Oiseaux is a record label founded by experimental musician Bernhard Günter in 1995. Early releases featured musicians such as Francisco López, Roel Meelkop, John Duncan, Jim O'Rourke, Daniel Menche and Günter himself. A bout of ill ...

. His first album ''

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'' (1993), a collection of pieces, was listed by ''

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'' as one of the 100 albums that "set the world on fire". He experimented with minimalist

Minimalism In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Don ...

music in his album, "Details Agrandis".

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"Bernhard Günter"
''Trente Oiseaux''. * "Bernhard Günter" ''AllMusic.com''. Contemporary classical music performers German composers People from Neuwied 1957 births Living people {{Germany-composer-stub