Pierre Kolp is a Belgian

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 ...

and music

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...

born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

, Germany, on 23 March 1969. With composers

Juan Carlos Tolosa Juan Carlos Tolosa (born in Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba, 2 October 1966) is an Argentinian composer, pianist, and conductor. Studies Juan Carlos Tolosa began his musical studies in 1972 at Instituto Domingo Zípoli in Córdoba, where he recei ...

, Francis Ubertelli, and David Nuñezañez, he founded the Black Jackets Company in 1995, an international society of contemporary arts based in Brussels.

Work

For many years, Kolp has taught

music theory Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...

organology Organology (from Ancient Greek () 'instrument' and (), 'the study of') is the science of musical instruments and their classifications. It embraces study of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of how i ...

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and taste, as well as the philosophy of art (its own area of philosophy that comes out of aesthetics). It examines aesthetic values, often expressed thr ...

, history, and

composition Composition or Compositions may refer to: Arts and literature *Composition (dance), practice and teaching of choreography *Composition (language), in literature and rhetoric, producing a work in spoken tradition and written discourse, to include v ...

. In 1997, he became director of the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique, an educational institute in Brussels. In 2004, he became president of the Francophone Association of Belgian Music Academies and delegate to the European Music Schools Union. Kolp has written several articles on creativity, time, and musical spaces. He gave composition master classes at the

National University of Córdoba The National University of Córdoba ( es, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,) is an institution of higher education in the city of Córdoba, Argentina. Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of t ...

, Argentina, in 1999, and at the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

in 2002. He also works with conductor

, composer

André Ristic André Ristic (born December 19, 1972) is a Canadian composer, pianist, accordion player, and music theorist. He has won several awards, including the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in 2000 for his work ''Catalogue de bombes occident ...

, and virtuoso

Stephane Ginsburgh Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (Ancient Greece), a vestment in ancient Greece * Stephane (Paphlagonia) Stephane ( grc, Στεφάνη) was a small port town on the coast of ancient Paphlagonia, according to Arria ...

, all three of whom have also taught at the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique.

Catalogue of Works

Orchestra

* ''Cosmose'' (2006–2008), 40 minutes * ''Ho, mia kor (2007), 8 minutes * ''Los cometas colorados'' - opera (2002), 10 minutes * ''Manimatrix'' (2002–2004), 25 minutes * ''Stop Exchange'' (2008), 20 minutes

Stage

* ''Désirs chorégraphiques'' - music for dance (1994), 14 minutes * ''Los cometas colorados'' - opera (2002), 10 minutes * ''The Eyes of Ambush'' - stage music (2003), 8 minutes * ''Perdre corps'' - music for dance (2005), 13 minutes

Chamber ensemble

* ''Chant contre champs'' - for 7 players (1994), 6 minutes * ''Antipasti'' - for 7 players (1995), 12 minutes * ''Mat'' - for 6 players (1996), 14 minutes * ''Have a Break'' - for 6 players (1997), 18 minutes * ''Passerelle'' - for 4 players and electronics (1999), 8 minutes * ''Mani'' - for various combinaisons of players (2001–2002) * ''Wet Wet Wet Wedding'' - for 3 players and tape (2004), 3–15 minutes

Chamber music

* ''Sept Blasons'' - for wind quintet (1994), 14 minutes * ''Interchamps'' - for 2 flutes and guitar (1994), 14 minutes * ''Speaker'' - for flute quartet (1995), 6 minutes * ''I ching'' - for flute and guitar (1996), 10 minutes * ''Incipit vita nova'' - first piano trio (2001), 7 minutes * ''So-mani dreams are explored'' - second piano trio (2005), 15 minutes * ''The Bowling' Stones'' - for 2 pianos (2006), 9 minutes * ''Plug-in'' - for 2 pianos (2007), 6 minutes

Solo instrument

* ''P as T'' - for alto (2005) * ''Sub-Negation'' - for any solo instrument, 2 versions (2007–2008), 12 minutes * ''Portiques génitifs'' - for cello (1994), 6 minutes * ''Beaver Tuned'' - for piano (1998), 10 minutes * ''Due scherzi'' - for piano (2007), 12 minutes * ''So Slow the Snow'' - for piano (2006), 10 minutes

Vocal music

* ''Eggs'' - for choir (1994), 8 minutes * ''Hors d'un coffret de Santal'' - 7 melodies for one singer and piano (1997), 12 minutes

References

External links

Official website

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