Peter Hannan (born 19 March 1953) is a Canadian composer, opera director and

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. Hannan has composed music for the recorder, and is known for his work in the field of electro-acoustics.Eve O'Kelly.
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Early life and education

Hannan was born in

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. He studied initially at the

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, where he received a Bachelor of Music (BMus) in 1975. He pursued advanced studies in recorder performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, who awarded him a Certificate of Advanced Studies in 1978. In 1979–80 he studied recorder with Kees Boeke (musician), Kees Boeke at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, Sweelink Conservatory under a Netherlands Government Scholarship.

Career

Hannan taught music at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and at Vancouver Community College. In 1986 he performed and recorded with a baroque ensemble on the album ''Baroque sonatas and canzonas for recorder, harpsichord, and gamba'', published the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Hannan began composing music for recorder; many of these compositions were written for his own use as a performer, and included real-time performance using MIDI, electronic MIDI instruments, and especially the MIDI wind controller. His tunes include strong rhythms, showing the influence of the "New Hague" school of Dutch Musical minimalism, minimalism, and in particular of composer Louis Andriessen. Hanna began composing music for modern opera, and in 1997 created an operatic work ''The Gang'', which included a libretto by Tom Cone. In 2002, with Peter Hinton, he wrote and directed the opera ''120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade'', which premiered in Vancouver. In 2003, he and Hinton composed and directed a short opera ''The Dianna Cantata''. Hannan performed Christos Hatzis' composition ''Nadir'', which combines live music with recorded tracks, as was commissioned for him by the Canadian Electronic Ensemble. In 2013 his work ''120 Songs for the Marquis de Sade'' was staged at the Vancouver Playhouse (theatre venue), Vancouver Playhouse.

Recordings

His ''Generic Music'', on which his recorder playing accompanies the harpsichord of Colin Tilney, was included on the 1995 CD "Regarding Starlight" (CBC Records, MVCD 1055). On the same release, he accompanied viola player Douglas Perr on a performance of Christos Hatzis' ''Nadir''. In 2011 four of Hannan's compositions were recorded by Musica Intima and the Vancouver Cantata Singers and released on the Artifact Music label as the album ''Rethink Forever''."Peter Hannan – Rethink Forever – Musica Intima; Vancouver Cantata Singers"
''The Whole Note'', by Tiina Kiik, 29 March 2011

References

External links

Canadian Music Centre biography of Peter Hannan

Peter Hannan
entry in the ''Canadian Encyclopedia'', Anthony Wilson-Smith, Publisher. Historica Canada 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannan, Peter Living people 1953 births 20th-century Canadian classical composers 21st-century Canadian classical composers Canadian male classical composers Canadian electronic musicians Electroacoustic music composers Canadian performers of early music Canadian recorder players 20th-century Canadian composers 20th-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male musicians 20th-century Canadian flautists 21st-century Canadian flautists