Bernhard Gander
BERNHARD GANDER (1969) is an Austrian composer. He studied at the Tyrolean Conservatory (piano and conducting) and later composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz with Beat Furrer. He also undertook study residencies focused on electroacoustic music at the UPIC studio in Paris, under the guidance of Julio Estrada and Curtis Roads, and at the Centre for Computer Music in Zurich. In 2004, he received the City of Vienna Music Prize, followed in 2005 by the Erste Bank Composition Award and an Austrian State Scholarship. His works have been performed at concerts in Zurich, Paris, New York, Seattle, Greece, Japan and South Korea, as well as at prestigious festivals including the Donaueschingen Festival, Munich Biennale, Wiener Festwochen, Klangspuren Schwaz and Musica Strasbourg. His music has been released on CD by the Neos and Kairos labels.