Orm
Finnendahl
Orm
Finnendahl,
born in
Düsseldorf in 1963, studied composition and computer music in
Berlin with Frank
Michael Beyer and Gösta Neuwirth at the Hochschule der Künste
and musicology
with Carl Dahlhaus at the Technical University of Berlin. From 1988 til
1989 he
had a scholarship at the California Institute of the Arts in Los
Angeles, and
from 1991 til 1995 he was the artistic director of the Kreuzberger
Klangwerkstatt. Between 1995 and 1998 he studied composition with
Helmut
Lachenmann in Stuttgart. He taught at the Electronic Studio of the
Technical
University Berlin and the Hochschule der Künste, where he served
as director of
the Institute for New Music from 1996 til 2001. From 2000 til 2004 he
taught at
the Institute für Computer Music and Electronic Media (ICEM) of
the
Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen. He received various scholarships and
prizes,
among others the composition prize of the city of Stuttgart in 1997,
the
Busoni-Prize of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 1999, the
Prix Ars
Electronica of Linz in 2001, and the CynetArt Award 2001 in Dresden.
His
interest in electronic media led him to continually redefine himself
and to
write compositions, that make use of technology such as computers,
tapes, and
live electronics. Starting in 2000 he intensified his collaboration
with
ensembles specializing in contemporary music (Ensemble Modern,
recherche,
mosaik, Champ d'action, etc.) as well as with video and multi media
artists,
dancers, and soloists (Palindrome, AlienNation, Burkhard Beins, etc.).
A CD of
Finnendahl’s music has been released by WERGO records as part of its
"Edition Zeitgenössische Musik". Currently Orm Finnendahl is
Professor
of Composition and director of the Electronic Studio at the
Musikhochschule
Freiburg, Germany.
