Between 20 Swinnen worked on a project concerning score analysis, in cooperation with KCB and the Mathematics Department of the Free University of Brussels. He also worked from 1997 to 2004 at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven for the ear training programme UniSono.
In 20, he added Music Technology and Composition respectively. In 2009 Swinnen also obtained a Doctorate of Arts from the Free University of Brussels.įrom 1990 to 1997 he taught cello in various music schools, and since 1992 he has also taught analysis at KCB. In 1993 he took master classes with Michael Finnissy and five years later with Brian Ferneyhough. He became a graduate of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo after studying with André Laporte from 1989 to 1992. From 1983 to 1992 he studied at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, where he earned first prizes in music history, cello, chamber music, composition and practical harmony. Peter Swinnen was born on 31 January 1965 in Lier. Benjamin’s research on computer musician’s performance practice incorporates this phenomenon and focusses on the performance of these processes and the communication model they create between performer and audience. In his compositions and improvisations he investigates ways to realise a 'trompe l'oreille' effect based on the parameter 'time'. As a performer Benjamin currently focusses on computer-based performance, often in collaboration with ChampdAction.Īlthough stylistically diverse, there's a clear 'leitmotiv' present throughout Benjamin's compositional work: metrical ambiguity. Apart from artistic activities he’s a researcher and accompanist at Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel and teaches music technology and accompaniment at Kunstacademie Zaventem.Īs a composer Benjamin was commissioned by organisations such as Transit Festival, Festival Voorwaarts Maart, Musica, ensembles such as Nadar Ensemble, ChampdAction, Lunapark and several film directors and choreographers.
#Electronics and live performer full
For more information on the full curriculum, go to the ' courses and credits' menu.īenjamin Van Esser is a pianist, electronics performer/developer, composer and improviser, focusing on contemporary and experimental music. These subjects (which all exist under the common denominator called Live Electronics) are accompanied by a specific course of Music History and Aesthetics (focussing on electronic and electro-acoustic music). Adjacent to the latter, our students also receive classes on multimedia (performance and creation), (electro-acoustic) ensemble performance and installation art. As for the artistic side of things, our course is very much built on the triangle 'performance - composition (creation) - digital lutherie', as these agents are often inextricably linked when working in the realm of electronic and/or electro-acoustic music.Īpart from nurturing our students in all these separate aspects, we also focus on connecting (with) other forms of art, as this is often a key capacity of the electronics performer.
The technical component focusses on the physics of sound, digital studio, programming, HCI, modular synthesis, sound design, etcetera. Given the dissimilarities with the study of traditional instruments, the course of Live Electronics is divided in a technical and an artistic component. The course of ‘Live Electronics’ is essentially an instrumental course. Welcome to the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel!
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