Brett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor.

Biography

Brett Dean was born, raised and educated in Brisbane. He started learning violin at the age of eight, and later studied viola with Elizabeth Morgan and John Curro at the Queensland Conservatorium, where he graduated in 1982 with the Conservatorium Medal for the highest achieving Student of the Year. In 1981 he was a prize winner in the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards. From 1985 to 1999, Dean was a violist in the

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. In 2000, he decided to pursue a career as a freelance artist and returned to Australia, where his many appointments have included curating classical music programs with the

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(2005) and the

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(2009). As a composer and musician, he is a regularly invited guest to many professional concert stages around the world. He is the composer-in-residence in the 2016/17 season for the

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. He was the Creative Chair in the 2017/2018 season for the

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. Dean was artistic director of the

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until June 2010 when his brother,

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, took up the post. The

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celebrated Dean's fiftieth birthday, and his contribution to music as composer, performer and teacher, in its 2011 Metropolis Festival. He is married to Australian visual artist Heather Betts, and his daughter is the Australian

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Lotte Betts-Dean. On 5 March 2020, it was confirmed that Dean was hospitalised in Adelaide with

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Works

General

Dean began composing in 1988, initially focusing on experimental film and radio projects as well as improvisational performance. Since then, he has created numerous compositions, mainly orchestral or

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as well as concertos for several solo instruments. His most successful work is ''Carlo'' for strings, sample and tape, inspired by the music of

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. On 7 September 2008 his work ''Polysomnography'' for wind quintet and piano received its world premiere at the

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; on 2 October 2008

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conducted the first performance of the orchestral song cycle ''Songs of Joy'' in

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. His first opera, '' Bliss'', based on

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by Peter Carey, premiered at

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in 2010. Dean's compositional style is known for creating dynamic soundscapes and treating single instrumental parts with complex rhythms. He shapes musical extremes, from harsh explosions to inaudibility. Modern playing techniques are as characteristic for his style as an elaborate percussion scoring, often enriched with objects from everyday life. Much of Dean's work draws from literary, political or visual stimuli, transporting a non-musical message. Environmental problems are the subject of ''Water Music'' and ''Pastoral Symphony,'' while ''Vexations and Devotions'' deal with the absurdities of a modern society obsessed with information. In April 2013, "The Last Days of Socrates" was premiered by the Berlin Philharmonic. The work for bass-baritone, choir, and orchestra was a co-commission of the Rundfunkchor Berlin, the

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and the

. In August 2014, "Electric Prelude" was premiered during the BBC Proms 2014 and was conducted by

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List of compositions

Stage

* ''One of a Kind'' – Ballet in three acts for solo cello and tape (1998) * '' Bliss'' – Opera (2010) * ''

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'' – Opera in two acts (2013–16)

Orchestra

* ''Carlo'' – Music for strings, sampler and tape (1997) * ''Beggars and Angels'' Music for orchestra (1999) * ''Amphitheatre'' – Scene for orchestra (2000) * ''Etüdenfest'' for string orchestra with off-stage piano (2000) * ''Game over'' for instrumental soloists, string orchestra and electronics (2000) * ''Pastoral Symphony'' for chamber orchestra (2000) * ''Dispersal'' for orchestra (2001) * ''Shadow Music'' for small orchestra (2002) * ''Between Moments'' – Music for orchestra, in memory of Cameron Retchford (2003) * ''Ceremonial'' for orchestra (2003) * ''Moments of Bliss'' for orchestra (2004) * ''Parteitag'' – Music for orchestral groups and video (2004/05) * ''Short Stories'' – Five interludes for string orchestra (2005) * ''Komarov's Fall'' for orchestra (2005/06) * ''Testament'' – Music for orchestra, after version for 12 violas (2008) * ''Electric Prelude'' (2014)

Concertos

* ''Ariel's Music'' for clarinet and orchestra (1995) * ''Viola Concerto'' (2004) * ''Water Music'' for saxophone quartet and chamber orchestra (2004) * ''The Lost Art of Letter Writing'' for violin and orchestra (2006) – Winner of the 2009 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Written for and first performed by Frank Peter Zimmermann in 2007. The four

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of the concerto are prefaced by four 19th century letters, written by

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(a love letter to

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and

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, an Australian

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. Music by Brahms and Wolf is quoted in the first and third movements, respectively. The playing time of the concerto is approximately 34 minutes. * ''The Siduri Dances'' for solo flute and string orchestra (2007) * Dramatis personae for trumpet and orchestra (2013) * ''Cello Concerto'' (2018) * ''The Players'' (2018/19) for accordion and orchestra * '' Gneixendorf Music – A Winter Journey'' for piano and orchestra (2020)

Chamber music

* '' Fledermaus-Overture'' by

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, arr. for

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(1988) * ''Wendezeit (Homage to F.C.)'' for 5 violas (1988) * ''some birthday...'' for 2 violas and cello (1992) * ''Night Window'' – Music for clarinet, viola and piano (1993) * ''

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'' by

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, arr. for octet (1995) * ''Twelve Angry Men'' for 12 cellos (1996; inspired by the 1957

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'') * ''Voices of Angels'' for strings and piano (1996) * ''Intimate Decisions'' for solo viola (1996) * ''Night's Journey'' for 4 trombones (1997) * ''One of a Kind'' for viola and tape (1998, 2012) * ''Three Pieces for Eight Horns'' (1998) * ''hundreds and thousands'' for tape (1999) * ''Huntington Eulogy'' for cello and piano (2001) * ''Testament'' for 12 violas (2002) * String Quartet No. 1 ''Eclipse'' (2003) * ''Three Caprichos after Goya'' for solo guitar (2003) * ''Equality'' for piano (with speaking part) (2004) * ''Demons'' for solo flute (2004) * ''Prayer'' for piano (with speaking part) (2005) * ''Recollections'' for ensemble (2006) * ''Polysomnography'' – Music for piano and wind quartet (2007) * ''Epitaph'' for string quintet (viola quintet) (2010) * ''Skizzen für Siegbert'' (Sketches for Siegbert) for solo viola (2011) * ''Electric Preludes'' for

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and ensemble (September 2012) * String Quartet No. 2 ("And once I played Ophelia") for string quartet and soprano (2013), won Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize * ''Rooms of Elsinore'' for viola and piano (2016) * ''Mottos, mantras and memes'' for string quartet (2018) * String Quartet No. 3 ''Hidden Agendas'' (2019) * ''Seven Signals'' for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (2019) * ''Imaginary Ballet'' for piano quartet (2021)

Choral

* ''Bell and Anti-Bell'' (from ''Parables, Lullabies and Secrets'') for children's choir and small orchestra (2001) * ''Katz und Spatz'' for eight-part mixed chorus (2002) * ''Tracks and Traces : Four Songs for children's choir'' to texts by indigenous Australians (2002) * ''Vexations and Devotions'' for choirs and large orchestra (2005) * ''Now Comes the Dawn'' for mixed chorus (2007) * ''Carlo'' Version for strings and live voices (2011) * ''Concedas, Domine'' (a grace) for SATB chorus (2011) * ''The Annunciation'' for chorus and ensemble (2012) * ''The last days of Socrates'' for bass-baritone, SATB chorus, and orchestra (2013) * ''In This Brief Moment'' for soprano, countertenor,two SATB choirs, and orchestra (2020-21)

Vocal

* ''Winter Songs'' for tenor and wind quintet (2000) * ''Buy Now, Pay Later!'' by

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, arr. for voice and ensemble (2002) * ''Sparge la morte'' for solo cello, vocal consort and tape (2006) * ''Poems and Prayers'' for mezzo-soprano and piano (2006) * ''Wolf-Lieder'' for soprano and ensemble (2006) * ''Songs of Joy'' (from ''Bliss'') for baritone and orchestra (2008) * ''Madame ma bonne sœur'' for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (2020-21)

Awards

Dean's clarinet concerto ''Ariel's Music'' won an award from the

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International Rostrum of Composers in 1995. ''Winter Songs'' for tenor and wind quintet received the Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize in 2001; ''Moments of Bliss'' for orchestra was named Best Composition at the Australian Classical Music Awards in

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. In 2002–2003, Dean was

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with the

and composer-in-residence at the

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. In 2007–2008, he became artist-in-residence with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR. He has been awarded an

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from

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in Brisbane on 21 June 2007. On 1 December 2008, he was awarded the 2009

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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his violin concerto, ''The Lost Art of Letter Writing''."Keynotes", ''

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Chamber Music Festival.

APRA Awards (Australia)

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ARIA Music Awards

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Bernard Heinze Memorial Award

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Don Banks Music Award

The

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was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. It was founded by the

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Helpmann Awards

The

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is an awards show, celebrating live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group ''Live Performance Australia'' since 2001. Note: 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the

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References

External links

Australian Music Centre

Biography

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Complete live performance of Brett Dean's violin concerto ''The Lost Art of Letter Writing''
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