- Johannes Kretz
Johannes Kretz (*
8th May 1968 inVienna ) is anAustria ncomposer and teacher forcomputer music andmusic theory . He lives and works inVienna and created various compositions in the fields of new music, among those:music theatre , orchestra works,chamber music ,sacred music and works with electronics.education
* studies of composition at the music academy in
Vienna (with Francis Burt and Michael Jarrell), alsopedagogy , andmathematics at the University of Vienna.
* 1992-93 studies ofcomputer music atIRCAM , Paris with [http://www.marcostroppa.com/ Marco Stroppa] andBrian Ferneyhough professional activities
artistic
* commissions by
Wiener Konzerthaus , [http://www.klangforum.at Klangforum Wien] , ensemble xx. jahrhundert, ensemble online, Vienna Flautists, quartett22, Internationalen Lemgoer Orgeltage, Haller Bachtage, Triton Trombone Quartett, Wiener Kammerchor
* performances inAustria ,Germany ,France ,Hungary ,Lithuania ,Poland ,Turkey ,South Korea Canada ,Mexico andArgentina .
* founding member of [http://www.newtonensemble.info NewTonEnsemble] and the international composers group "PRISMA"
* member of theEuropean Bridges Ensemble teaching
* 1994-2003 assistant/professor for
computer music at the International Bartok-Seminar inSzombathely (Hungary )
* 1996-2001 teacher forharmony ,counterpoint and composition at the conservatory in Vienna
* since 1997: teacher forcomputer music at the [http://www.mdw.ac.at university for music and performing arts Vienna] , since 2001 also forharmony andcounterpoint , form analysis undear training , since 2004 also composition.
* 2005/06: guest professor for sacred music composition at the [http://www.kug.ac.at university for music and performing arts]Graz research
* 2008: head of the "center for innovative music technology" ( [http://www.mdw.ac.at/zimt Zentrum für innovative Musiktechnologie - ZiMT] )
prizes and grants
* Austrian Federal Grant for composers 1997,
* Prize of Delz foundation,Switzerland 2001
* Theodor Körner Prize 2004,
* Prize of the Republic ofAustria 2004External links
* [http://www.mica.at/composerdb/details/Composer/composer21716EN.asp?cat=composer&letter=k Music Information Center Austria]
* [http://www.johanneskretz.com Personal Website of Johannes Kretz]
* [http://www.newtonensemble.info NewTonEnsemble]
* [http://www.ikultur.com International Cultural Platform]
* [http://www.mica.at/composerdb/details/Composer/composer21716.asp?cat=composer&letter=&oekb=1 Austria's Composers Database]
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