Peter Swinnen

Category:componist, docent, hedendaagse componist, hedendaagse muziek
Lier, 31.01.1965
Genre(s):20ste eeuw, 21ste eeuw / hedendaags
Instrument(s):cello
Contact of:ISCM-Vlaanderen vzw
Actual/previous member of:ChampdAction

Short description

Composer and researcher who wants to professionalize
and internationalize the musical landscape of Flanders with boundless energy. His works range from solo and chamber music to orchestral pieces, including film scores, ballets, theatre pieces and multimedia.

Biography

Peter Agnes August Swinnen was born on 31 January 1965 in Lier. From 1983 to 1992 he studied at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, where he earned first prizes in music history, cello, chamber music, composition and practical harmony. He also graduated from the Queen Elisabeth Muziekkapel in Waterloo, after studies with André Laporte from 1989 to 1992. In 1993 he attended masterclasses with Michael Finnissy and five years later with Brian Ferneyhough. From 1990 to 1997 he taught cello in a number of music schools and since 1992 he has also taught analysis at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels. From 1997 he has held a position in the musicology department of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in connection with the ear-training computer program, UniSono, and with the New Music Documentation Centre MATRIX. In addition, Swinnen has worked as a freelancer for the VRT (Flemish Radio) and is regularly called upon to provide live electronics and recording engineering for various ensembles. Peter Swinnen won the CERA Prize of Youth and Music Flanders for his complete oeuvre in 1991, and his opera The Petrifying Blue received the 1992 Provincial Prize for Musical Composition from the Province of Antwerp. He also wrote the music for the Belgian Television film Andres, a Dirk Greyspeirt production with choreography by José Besprosvany, which won the Premio Choreografo Elettronico 1993 and two years later the 34th Bert Leysen Prize. For his work, Quar’l, Peter Swinnen earned the 1997 Prix de Musique Contemporaine of Québec. He has twice won the National Composition Competition of the Queen Elisabeth Competition: in 1997 with Canzone and in 2001 with Ciaccona.

Selectieve discografie als componist

Fingerprints - Signaturen van componerend VlaanderenFingerprints - Signaturen van componerend Vlaanderen (2011)
20th century, 21st century / contemporary
Bert Van Herck, Filip Rathé, Spectra Ensemble, Simon De Poorter, Annelies Van Parys, Klaas Coulembier, Stéphane Vande Ginste, Noor Sommereyns (...)
Souvenir Festival Servais 2007Souvenir Festival Servais 2007 (2008)
21st century / contemporary, romanticism
Viviane Spanoghe, André De Groote, Seeli Toivio, Kalle Toivio, Alexander Hülshoff, Stéphane De May, Adrien-François Servais, Peter Swinnen (...)
En hij schiep... 7 culturenEn hij schiep... 7 culturen (2005)
20th century
De Tweede Adem, Maarten Van Ingelgem, Lucien Posman, Peter Swinnen, Filip Rathé, Petra Vermote, Natalie Goossens, Nicolas De Cock (...)
Archive Series n°01 - Piano InterieurArchive Series n°01 - Piano Interieur (2004)
21st century / contemporary
ChampdAction, Peter Swinnen, Stefan Prins
Les lauréats Prix Québec - Flandre (1988 - 2003)Les lauréats Prix Québec - Flandre (1988 - 2003) (2002)
20th century
Annelies Van Parys, Peter Swinnen, Wim Henderickx
Miniaturen voor archipelMiniaturen voor archipel (2000)
20th century
Kris Matthynssens, Pieter Stas, Goeyvaerts Strijktrio, Jan Van Landeghem, Bart Meynckens, Stefaan De Bruyne, Bart Van Kerchove, Boudewijn Buckinx (...)
Een jong geluidEen jong geluid (1992)
romanticism, 20th century
Dirk Herten, Filip Martens, Peter Verhoyen, Dimitri Baeteman, Steven Kolacny, Piet Van Bockstal, Katrijn Friant, Guido De Neve (...)
Vlaamse Hedendaagse MuziekVlaamse Hedendaagse Muziek
20th century, 21st century / contemporary
Claude Coppens, ChampdAction, Rolande Van der Paal, Vlaams Radio Orkest, HERMESensemble, Apsara, Vlaams Radiokoor (VRK), Jan Michiels (...)
Peter SwinnenPeter Swinnen
20th century, 21st century / contemporary
Peter Swinnen
La Vieille Dame et la Fille NomadeLa Vieille Dame et la Fille Nomade
20th century
Françoise Vanhecke, Quatuor Danel , Peter Swinnen

Related Items

News:Peter Swinnen verkozen tot voorzitter van ISCM internationaal (12.11.2013)
Documents:Contemporary Music in Flanders II (book)
External links:Spotify van Peter Swinnen
Facebook van Peter Swinnen
Peter Swinnen op Matrix