Nikolaus Gerszewski
This week we present you a very special composer, Nikolaus Gerszewski. For every new piece he creates a new system of notation, most time a combination of notes, symbols and words. But first listen:
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Nikolaus Gerszewski lives and works in Hamburg, as a composer and concert promoter. In the 80s he studied Visual Arts in Hamburg and Düsseldorf. In the 90s he lived prevalently in Budapest, working as a free-lance artist and journalist. Since the 00s, he lives again in Hamburg; since 2003 he works exclusively as a composer; since 2006 he curates a concert-series and co-organizes the festival for current music “Blurred Edges” in Hamburg. He has worked with some of the most significant composers and musicians of our time: Christan Wolff, Peter Ablinger, Keith Rowe, Sven Åke Johansson, Alvin Curran, John Tilbury, János Négyesi, Phil Corner, among others. His catalogue of works “Ordinary Musik” runs to more than 50 compositions for diverse lineups; his works are being performed in Europe and the United States. He has held masterclasses and workshops at the universities of Kent-State (Ohio) and Farmington (Maine). Since 2010 his music is published at Ariadne-Verlag Wien.
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