Stefan
Prins
Professor of electroacoustic and mixed composition
Stefan Prins will take up his post in September 2026
Stefan Prins (Belgium, 1979) is a composer and performer whose music often includes and reflects on contemporary technologies and new media, thematizing their relationship with the physical, performing body and the environments it inhabits.
After graduating as an engineer, he studied piano, composition and music technology at the Conservatories of Flanders (Antwerp), Brussels and The Hague. In 2017 he obtained a PhD in composition at Harvard University under the guidance of Chaya Czernowin and Hans Tutschku.
He received many international awards such as the “Kunstpreis Berlin für Musik”, “Kranichsteiner Musikpreis für Komposition” or the “ISCM Young Composers Award”. His music is performed worldwide on festivals such as the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt Ferienkurse, Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, Eclat, Warsaw Autumn, Ultraschall Berlin, Wien Modern, Gaudeamus Festival, Tzlil Meudcan, Impuls Festival, Rainy Days Festival, Transit & Ultima Festival.
He has collaborated closely with Nadar Ensemble – of which he is artistic co-director, Klangforum Wien, Nikel Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Modern, Trio Accanto, Arditti Quartet, MusikFabrik, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and soloists such as Yaron Deutsch, Stephane Ginsburgh, Rei Nakamura, Florentin Ginot, Severine Ballon & Ning Yu.
His music has been released on the labels Sub Rosa, Kairos, Wergo and Neos.
Prins also performs regularly in the improvised music scene (electronics), amongst others with Yaron Deutsch in the Ministry of Bad Decisions.
He taught at Academies such as the Darmstadt Summercourses, Impuls Academy or Syntetis Academy, was guest-professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music Oslo & HK Bern and has served as a professor of composition and director of the Hybrid Music Lab at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden from 2020-2026.
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Stefan
Prins
Professeur de composition électroacoustique et mixte
Stefan Prins (Belgique, 1979) est un compositeur et interprète dont la musique intègre et reflète souvent les technologies contemporaines et les nouveaux médias, thématisant leur relation avec le corps physique, le corps performatif et les environnements qu'il habite.Après avoir obtenu son diplôme d'ingénieur, il a étudié le piano, la composition et les technologies musicales aux conservatoires de Flandre (Anvers), de Bruxelles et de La Haye. En 2017, il a obtenu un doctorat en composition à l'université Harvard sous la direction de Chaya Czernowin et Hans Tutschku.Il a reçu de nombreux prix internationaux tels que le « Kunstpreis Berlin für Musik », le « Kranichsteiner Musikpreis für Komposition » ou le « ISCM Young Composers Award ». Sa musique est jouée dans le monde entier lors de festivals tels que les Donaueschinger Musiktage, les Darmstadt Ferienkurse, les Wittener Tage für Neue Musik, Eclat, Warsaw Autumn, Ultraschall Berlin, Wien Modern, Gaudeamus Festival, Tzlil Meudcan, Impuls Festival, Rainy Days Festival, Transit & Ultima Festival.Il a collaboré étroitement avec le Nadar Ensemble – dont il est le codirecteur artistique –, le Klangforum Wien, le Nikel Ensemble, l'Ensemble Mosaik, l'Ensemble Recherche, l'Ensemble Modern, le Trio Accanto, le Quatuor Arditti, le MusikFabrik, l'Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg et le BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, ainsi qu'avec des solistes tels que Yaron Deutsch, Stéphane Ginsburgh, Rei Nakamura, Florentin Ginot, Séverine Ballon et Ning Yu.Sa musique a été publiée sous les labels Sub Rosa, Kairos, Wergo et Neos.Prins se produit également régulièrement sur la scène musicale improvisée (électronique), entre autres avec Yaron Deutsch dans le Ministry of Bad Decisions.Il a enseigné dans des académies telles que les cours d'été de Darmstadt, l'Impuls Academy ou la Syntetis Academy, a été professeur invité à l'Académie norvégienne de musique d'Oslo et à la HK Bern, et a occupé le poste de professeur de composition et de directeur du Hybrid Music Lab à la Hochschule für Musik Dresden de 2020 à 2026.Site internet de Stefan Prins
Katharina
Rosenberger
Professor of composition
The works of composer Katharina Rosenberger take listeners to unknown places. Born in Zurich in 1971, the artist takes an interdisciplinary approach and uses unusual combinations. Her works draw on artistic fields and media such as video, visual arts and theatre. Her sound art and sound sculptures challenge our listening habits and draw attention to the way we perceive music and works of art.
Katharina Rosenberger studied at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Royal Academy of Music in London and Columbia University in New York. Since 2018, she has been a professor at the University of California, San Diego, where she previously taught composition and sound art. In 2021, she was appointed professor of composition in Lübeck. In 2019, Katharina Rosenberger received the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.
Katharina Rosenberger's works have received numerous awards; her project ‘VIVA VOCE’ was supported by the Federal Office of Culture and her album ‘TEXTUREN’, performed by the New York ensemble Wet Ink, received the prestigious Copland Recording Grant and the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik prize. Katharina Rosenberger's works can be discovered at international festivals. Attending a live performance is an experience that leaves a lasting impression on the senses.
