Michael Oesterle
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Michael Oesterle is a Canadian
composer
currently living in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
, Canada. His pieces are written in the contemporary classical genre
.
Oesterle's works have been performed by ensembles including the Ives Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Contemporain du Montréal (ECM), the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Metamorphosen, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), the Chicago Civic Orchestra, les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto) the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Aventa Ensemble (Victoria), the Seiler Strings Chamber Orchestra (Toronto), and others.
Michael frequently collaborates with artists working in different mediums including painter and video artist, Wanda Koop, painter and writer, Christine Unger, printmaker and videographer, Bonnie Baxter. He worked with animator Chris Hinton
on their Genie-winning National Film Board of Canada
short cNote
.
Michael Studied Music at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) and Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey).
Michael has been awarded many prizes, including the BMI William Schuman Prize in Composition (New York) in both 1993 and 1994, the 1995 Gaudeamus International Composers Award
(Amsterdam), the Grand Prize in the 12th CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers in 1997, and the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
from the Canada Council for the Arts in 1998.
Oesterle founded Ensemble Kore, a Montreal-based new music ensemble, in 1994 with pianist Marc Couroux.
He is a member of BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) and the Canadian Music Centre
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
currently living in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada. His pieces are written in the contemporary classical genre
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
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Oesterle's works have been performed by ensembles including the Ives Ensemble, Quatuor Bozzini, Ensemble Contemporain du Montréal (ECM), the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (NEM), Metamorphosen, the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain (Paris), the Chicago Civic Orchestra, les Percussions de Strasbourg, the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto) the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Aventa Ensemble (Victoria), the Seiler Strings Chamber Orchestra (Toronto), and others.
Michael frequently collaborates with artists working in different mediums including painter and video artist, Wanda Koop, painter and writer, Christine Unger, printmaker and videographer, Bonnie Baxter. He worked with animator Chris Hinton
Christopher Hinton (animator)
Christopher Hinton is a Canadian film animator and professor, living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has been twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, in 1991 for the National Film Board of Canada animated short Blackfly and in 2003 for his independently made short...
on their Genie-winning National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
short cNote
CNote (film)
cNote is a 2004 National Film Board of Canada animated short by Christopher Hinton, which received the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 26th Genie Awards...
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Michael Studied Music at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) and Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey).
Michael has been awarded many prizes, including the BMI William Schuman Prize in Composition (New York) in both 1993 and 1994, the 1995 Gaudeamus International Composers Award
Gaudeamus International Composers Award
The Gaudeamus International Composers Award is a European award issued by the Music Center the Netherlands...
(Amsterdam), the Grand Prize in the 12th CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers in 1997, and the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music
The Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music is a Canadian contemporary classical music award given to composers in recognition of quality new works of chamber music. Granted annually since 1978 , the prize is won through a competition administered by the Canadian Music Centre...
from the Canada Council for the Arts in 1998.
Oesterle founded Ensemble Kore, a Montreal-based new music ensemble, in 1994 with pianist Marc Couroux.
He is a member of BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) and the Canadian Music Centre
Canadian Music Centre
The Canadian Music Centre holds Canada's largest collection of Canadian concert music. The CMC exists to promote the works of its Associate Composers in Canada and around the world....
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