- Kristoffer Zegers
Kristoffer Zegers (born Breda,
27 December 1973 ) is a Dutch composer.Taught by
Gilius van Bergeijk , Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding,Clarence Barlow , Diderik Wagenaar at theRoyal Conservatory in Den Haag.In Zegers' music microtonal clusters are the main object. His music is about slow developments in clusters via glissandi. Because of that: his motto "Glissandéz mes enfants, Glissandéz toujours!" after
César Franck : "Moduléz mes enfants, Moduléz toujours!". His work "Singularity IV" has been played at the RoyalConcertgebouw inAmsterdam . Zegers' music has been played in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Italy and several radiostations in the world. In 2002 he also wrote a piece for 4 saxophones, named Venlafaxine, which tells the listener about the feeling you get when you take an antidepresivum which makes the mind instable, a kind of 'collapse' of the brains.Important works
Electronic music without ensemble
* Singularity IV, Electronic music (
1997 )
* Tod und Verklärung, Electronic music (2000 )Electronic music with ensemble
* Venlafaxine, for 4 saxofoons (
2001 )
* Electroshocks, for 8 saxofoons (Novembermusic (2003 )
* Singulariteit VI for12 solosingers clavichord and computermusic (commissioned ASKO kamerkoor (2007 )External links
* [http://www.kristofferzegers.nl Kristoffer Zegers]
* [http://www.koncon.nl Royal Conservatory The Hague, the Nederlands]
* [http://quasar4.com/html2/zegers.htm Quasar Saxophone Quartet Montreal/Canada]
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