Jesper Koch (born 5 September 1967) is a Danish composer. Koch studied composition at

The Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music (), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was established in 186 ...

with

Hans Abrahamsen Hans Abrahamsen (born 23 December 1952) is a Danish composer born in Kongens Lyngby near Copenhagen. His ''Let me tell you (Abrahamsen), Let me tell you'' (2013), a song cycle for soprano and orchestra, was ranked by music critics at ''The Guard ...

Ib Nørholm Ib Nørholm (24 January 1931 in Søborg, Gladsaxe Municipality – 10 June 2019) was a Danish composer and organist. Life and career Nørholm studied with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he later taught (from 1973), bec ...

and Ivar Frounberg from 1986–95 and subsequently at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium with

Karl Aage Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 13 December 1947) is a Danish composer and writer. He was born in Kolding. Composition Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 1970s, but increasingly he used pre-existing ...

in 1995–97, as well as some studies abroad with

Olav Anton Thommesen Olav Anton Thommessen (born 16 May 1946) is a Norwegian contemporary composer who has been one of the foremost modernist composers in Norway since the 1970s. His main compositions include ''Et glassperlespill'' and ''Gjennom Prisme''. He was a pr ...

and

Colin Matthews Colin Matthews, OBE (born 13 February 1946) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Noted for his large-scale orchestral compositions, Matthews is also a prolific arranger of other composer's music, including works by Berlioz, ...

. He is known for his "brilliant orchestral writing"Jesper Koch: Orkesterværker (anmeldelser)
Dacapo Records and has been

composer-in-residence Artist-in-residence (also Writer-in-residence), or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs that involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs that pr ...

with South Jutland Symphony Orchestra for three years and has composed works on commission by Odense Symphony Orchestra,

Aalborg Symphony Orchestra The Aalborg Symphony Orchestra () is a Danish symphony orchestra based in Aalborg, Denmark. The orchestra is resident at the concert hall of ''Musikkens Hus'' and has the status of a regional orchestra of Jutland. In addition to its regular subsc ...

and Collegium Musicum.

Awards

Jesper Koch received "Carl Nielsens komponistlegat" in 1988 and Léonie Sonnings Musikstipendium in 1991. In 1992 he won the first prize at the

International Rostrum of Composers The International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council that offers broadcasting representatives the opportunity to exchange and publicize pieces of contemporary classical music. It is funded by c ...

in Paris in the "Composers under 30" category for his work ''Ice-Breaking''. He received Statens Kunstfond's three-year work grant in 1994.

References

External links

Profile at The Danish Composer's Society
(in Danish)
Biography and works at Edition-S
1967 births 21st-century Danish classical composers Danish composers Living people International Rostrum of Composers prize-winners {{Denmark-composer-stub