Andreas Kunstein (born 25 June 1967) is a German

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who was born in Brühl (

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). In his youth, he received piano lessons and wrote his first compositions. After finishing high school, he studied history and philosophy in

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.Ensemble Gending bio
(in both Dutch and English) He also had private

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lessons with David Graham and

Ratko Delorko Mario-Ratko Delorko, also known as Ratko Delorko, is a Croatian pianist, composer, producer and conductor who lives in Germany. He is not to be confused with homonym Croatian opera singer (tenor) Mario-Ratko Delorko (1916–2002), also known as ...

. During 1992–1998 he studied composition at the

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, with . At the

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Hogeschool voor Muziek en Dans, he completed his studies in composition with Peter-Jan Wagemans and Klaas de Vries in April 2002. He participated in masterclasses of

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and

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, amongst others. His ''13

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s for Orchestra'' were nominated for the Dutch Young Composers Prize in 2000. In 1998, Andreas Kunstein received the scholarship of the

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Foundation and in 2003 he received a scholarship of the Kulturfonds Foundation for the "Künstlerhaus Lukas". Andreas Kunstein is counted as one of the Rotterdam School composers.

Works

Works by Kunstein have been published by Donemus, including: * Toccata for

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(1980/1991) * ''Fantasy in G-minor'' for piano (1991) * String quartet No. 1 (1992) * ''10 Epigrams for toy piano'' (1992) (Version for piano: 1996) * Woodwinds Quintet (1993) * String quartet No. 2 (1994) * ''Mutter denkt nach'' for

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and piano (text:

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, 1929) (1995) * ''2 Portraits'' for piano (1995–1997) * ''13 Epigrams'' for orchestra (1998) (New version: 2000) * String Trio (1992/1999) * ''Szenen aus einem Studentenleben'' for orchestra (2001–2002) (Version for piano: 2001) * String quintet (2002) * Suite for orchestra (2002) (Version for 2 pianos: ''Suite for 2 pianos'') * ''Music for 2 Pianos and Percussion'' (2003) * ''Turbulences'' for

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(2003) His ''10 Epigrams for toy piano'' appeared in 1994 on CD SST 31112 played by Bernd WiesemannNeue Musik für Kinderklavier

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and his ''10 Epigrams for piano'' appeared on NCC 8007 played by

References

External links

Der Stipendiat der Otmar-Alt-Stiftung 1998/1999

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