Pierre Kolp
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Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer
and music pedagogue, born in Cologne
(Germany), 23 March 1969.
, Kolp studied organ (Royal Conservatory of Liège) and composition (Brussels Conservatory), Belgium. When he received his Master in Musicology
at the University of Brussels, where he worked with Herman Sabbe, Kolp pursued composition studies abroad, in Moscow with Edison Denisov
(1993), in Sienna and in Rome (Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia), together with his friend Javier Torres Maldonado
in the classes of Franco Donatoni
(1994–1995) and Azio Corghi
(1996).
With the composers Juan Carlos Tolosa
, Francis Ubertelli and David Nuñezañez, he founded in 1995 Black Jackets Company
, International Society of Contemporary Arts benched in Brussels, inside which he is very active with Black Jackets Composers and Black Jackets Editions.
Kolp's music is played in Belgium Ars musica
, Festival van Vlaanderen, Musiq3, Radio Clara, in many towns in Europe (Leipzig, Cologne, Paris Festival Syntono, Madrid, London, Rome, Milan and Moscow). His work have performed in America (Quebec, Montreal, Santiago Contemporary Music Festival of Chile, Córdoba (Argentina) and at Festival a Tempo in Caracas.
and operations.
His compositions set a high value to the structures and their polyvalences, favoring a structuralist
approach. In another way, his production (and also his researches in pedagogy, see below) is enough conceptual by setting musicians in motion, by leading them with social rules or by managing strategies of communication, thus we can qualify him as a conceptual structuralist.
, organology
, aesthetics
, history and composition. In 1997, he becomes Director of Institut de Rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique
. In 2004, elected by his pars, he becomes President of the National association of and delegate to European Music schools Union (EMU). Due to his passion for pedagogy, he wrote several articles, mainly based on creativity
, or linked expression, time and musical spaces.
Combining art and pedagogy activities, Pierre Kolp gave composition master classes at University of Córdoba
(1999) and at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
(2002). He also works with conductor Juan Carlos Tolosa, composer André Ristic
and virtuoso pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
.
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...
and music pedagogue, born in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
(Germany), 23 March 1969.
Biography
After obtaining a mathematics and science diplomaDiploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
, Kolp studied organ (Royal Conservatory of Liège) and composition (Brussels Conservatory), Belgium. When he received his Master in Musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
at the University of Brussels, where he worked with Herman Sabbe, Kolp pursued composition studies abroad, in Moscow with Edison Denisov
Edison Denisov
Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
(1993), in Sienna and in Rome (Accademia nazionale di Santa Cecilia), together with his friend Javier Torres Maldonado
Javier Torres Maldonado
Javier Torres Maldonado is a Mexican-Italian composer internationally recognized for mostly of his orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works.-Biography:...
in the classes of Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
(1994–1995) and Azio Corghi
Azio Corghi
Azio Corghi is an Italian opera composer, also a teacher and musicologist. He was born at Cirié, in the Province of Turin, studied at the Turin and Milan conservatories and was a pupil of Bruno Bettinelli...
(1996).
With the composers Juan Carlos Tolosa
Juan Carlos Tolosa
Juan Carlos Tolosa is an Argentinian composer, pianist and conductor, born in Córdoba on October 2, 1966.-Studies:Juan Carlos Tolosa began his musical studies in 1972 at Instituto Domingo Zípoli in Córdoba, where he got the degree as choir master. After dropping Law, he entered Universidad...
, Francis Ubertelli and David Nuñezañez, he founded in 1995 Black Jackets Company
Black Jackets Company
Black Jackets Company founded in 1995 in Brussels, is an International Society for Contemporary Arts. The Company mainly supports the post-scolopéndric art movement....
, International Society of Contemporary Arts benched in Brussels, inside which he is very active with Black Jackets Composers and Black Jackets Editions.
Music competitions
As a composer, Pierre Kolp won several national and International competitions : in 1994, Horlait Dapsens Composition Competition, in 1995, Competition for the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Camps Liberation and was laureate of the Younger European Composer Competition. In 2005, with Black Jackets Composers won the World Kinespace Competition with IMMIKS-project.Kolp's music is played in Belgium Ars musica
Ars musica
Founded in 1989, Ars Musica is an annual contemporary music international festival that takes place in Brussels during several weeks, usually in March. Nowadays, Ars musica is one of the biggest world festival for contemporary music...
, Festival van Vlaanderen, Musiq3, Radio Clara, in many towns in Europe (Leipzig, Cologne, Paris Festival Syntono, Madrid, London, Rome, Milan and Moscow). His work have performed in America (Quebec, Montreal, Santiago Contemporary Music Festival of Chile, Córdoba (Argentina) and at Festival a Tempo in Caracas.
Music researches
Pierre Kolp develops his musical field to dance, stage, theater and multidisciplinary performances. Fascinated by the bridges (and perhaps by the gap below it), he explores the limits between sound and performance, establishing new lines of musical proceduresProcedure (term)
A procedure is a sequence of actions or operations which have to be executed in the same manner in order to always obtain the same result under the same circumstances ....
and operations.
His compositions set a high value to the structures and their polyvalences, favoring a structuralist
Structuralism
Structuralism originated in the structural linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure and the subsequent Prague and Moscow schools of linguistics. Just as structural linguistics was facing serious challenges from the likes of Noam Chomsky and thus fading in importance in linguistics, structuralism...
approach. In another way, his production (and also his researches in pedagogy, see below) is enough conceptual by setting musicians in motion, by leading them with social rules or by managing strategies of communication, thus we can qualify him as a conceptual structuralist.
Pedagogy researches
Always involving in music education researches, Pierre Kolp has taught for years music theoryMusic theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
, organology
Organology
Organology is the science of musical instruments and their classification. It embraces study of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of how instruments produce sound, and musical instrument classification...
, aesthetics
Aesthetics
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste, and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. It is more scientifically defined as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values, sometimes called judgments of sentiment and taste...
, history and composition. In 1997, he becomes Director of Institut de Rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique
Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (Brussels)
The Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique exists from the beginning of the fifties. In 1975, the State of Belgium recognizes it as a National Institution of Musical Education. It is located in the old "Doctor Van Neck's hospital", first work of the famous Belgian architect Antoine Pompe...
. In 2004, elected by his pars, he becomes President of the National association of and delegate to European Music schools Union (EMU). Due to his passion for pedagogy, he wrote several articles, mainly based on creativity
Creativity
Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new that has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs...
, or linked expression, time and musical spaces.
Combining art and pedagogy activities, Pierre Kolp gave composition master classes at University of Córdoba
National University of Córdoba
The National University of Córdoba, , is the oldest university in Argentina, and one of the oldest in the Americas. It is located in Córdoba, the capital of Córdoba Province. Since the early 20th century it has been the second largest university in the country in terms of the number of students,...
(1999) and at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two Pontifical Universities in the country, along with the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. It is also one of Chile's oldest universities and...
(2002). He also works with conductor Juan Carlos Tolosa, composer André Ristic
André Ristic
André Ristic is a Canadian composer, pianist, accordion player, and music theorist. He has won several awards, including the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in 2000 for his work Catalogue de bombes occidentales, the Prix opus for Composer of the Year in 2002, and the Prix Québec-Flandre in...
and virtuoso pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
Stephane Ginsburgh
Stephane Ginsburgh is a Belgian pianist.- Studies:Ginsburgh was born in Brussels. After graduating from the Royal Music Conservatories of Mons and Liège in piano and chamber music, Ginsburgh studied with Paul Badura-Skoda, Vitaly Margulis and particularly Claude Helffer in Paris for contemporary...
.
Orchestra
- Cosmose (2006–2008), 40 minutes
- Ho, mia kor (2007), 8 minutes
- Los cometas colorados opera (2002) with electronics, 10 minutes
- Manimatrix (2002–2004) with electronics, 25 minutes
- Stop Exchange (2008), 20 minutes
Stage
- Désirs chorégraphiques Music for dance (1994), 14 minutes
- Los cometas colorados opera (2002) with electronics, 10 minutes
- The Eyes of Ambush Stage music (2003) with electronics, 8 minutes
- Perdre corps Music for danse (2005) only electronics, 13 minutes
Chamber ensemble
- Chant contre champs for 7 players (1994), 6 minutes
- Antipasti for 7 players (1995), 12 minutes
- Mat for 6 players (1996), 14 minutes
- Have a Break for 6 players (1997), 18 minutes
- Passerelle for 4 players and electronics, (1999), 8 minutes
- Mani for various combinaisons of players (2001–2002)
- Wet Wet Wet Wedding for 3 players and tape (2004), 3 to 15 minutes
Chamber Music
- Sept Blasons for wind quintet (1994), 14 minutes
- Interchamps for 2 Flutes and Guitar (1994), 14 minutes
- Speaker for Flutes quartet (1995), 6 minutes
- I ching for Flute and Guitar (1996), 10 minutes
- Incipit vita nova First Piano Trio (2001), 7 minutes
- So-mani dreams are explored Second Piano Trio (2005), 15 minutes
- The Bowling' Stones for 2 pianos (2006), 9 minutes
- Plug-in for 2 pianos (2007), 6 minutes
Solo instrument (or solo instrument and live electronics)
- P as T for alto (2005)
- Sub-Negation for any solo instrument, 2 versions (2007–2008), 12 minutes
- Portiques génitifs for cello (1994), 6 minutes
- Beaver Tuned for piano (1998), 10 minutes
- Due scherzi for piano (2007), 12 minutes
- So Slow the Snow for piano (2006), 10 minutes
Vocal music
- Eggs for choir (1994), 8 minutes
- Hors d'un coffret de Santal Seven Melodies for one singer and piano (1997), 12 minutes