Bio

bern21Bernhard Gander

1969 in Lienz
Studies at the Tyrolean Provincial Conservatoire (piano, musical composition, conducting)
Composition studies with Beat Furrer in Graz
Electro acoustic music at Studio UPIC in Paris
and at the Swiss Centre for Computer Music in Zurich

Young Composers Grant of the City of Vienna, 2004
Erste Bank Composition Prize in 2005
Austrian federal grants for musical composition 2005/2007
SKE Publicity Prize 2009
Ernst Krenek Prize in 2012 for “melting pot”

collaboration with: Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Intégrales, Talea Ensemble, Arditti Quartett, Ensemble Phace, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart…RSO Wien, DSO Berlin, Brüsseler Philharmoniker, SWR Sinfonieorchester, WDR Sinfonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, NÖ Tonkünstlerorchester,…
Wiener Konzerthaus, Steirischer Herbst, ORF, Klangspuren, Transart Bozen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wiener Festwochen, Wien modern, Musica Strassbourg, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Biennale München,…