Pianophasing is music work based on a vision of the work's composer,
Kristoffer Zegers
Kristoffer Zegers (born 27 December 1973) is a Dutch composer.
Life
Zegers was born in Breda, and was taught by Gilius van Bergeijk, Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.
Career
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. Pianophasing is a work written for 30 to 100 piano's. This composition is going around the world and is been played in the United Kingdom, Huddersfield festival, Australia, Adelaide, the Soundstream festival, Seattle United States.
Development
As a child, Zegers was fascinated by the rhythmic phases of
church-bells, which never ring in time. When he began to compose, he noticed that even pieces of music with minimal rhythmical differences are sometimes subject to these phases. It is this 'weakness' (which often appears just by playing) that is the strongest element of pianophasing, making rhythmical variations possible despite the piece being fully composed and notated.
50 pianists and 25 pianos come together in this large-scale performance.
Pianophasing II is played in the
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (also known by the acronym HCMF, stylised since 2006 as the lowercase hcmf//) is a new music festival held annually in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Since its foundation in 1978, it has featured ...
in England. Before this concert pianophasing was played in the Novembermusic festival in the Netherlands. March 2010 Pianophasing is shortlisted for the
Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
The Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards are given annually for live classical music-making in the United Kingdom. The awards were first held in 1989 and are independent of any commercial interest.
Since 2003, BBC Radio 3 has been the media ...
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References
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External links
Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England
* ttp://vimeo.com/8309099 Documentary film Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield Englandbr>Kristoffer ZegersRoyal Conservatory The Hague, the Nederlands
Minimalistic compositions
Compositions by Kristoffer Zegers