Biography

Michael Fahres
Composer
 

born 15.4.1951 in Bamberg (Germany)
lives in the netherlands since 1973

1973-'75 Studied electronic music at the Institute of Sonology in Utrecht (teachers:   G. Koenig, W. Kaegi and
O. Laske).

1976-'82 Studied composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (Peter Schat, Konrad Boehmer, Louis Andriessen) and at the Conservatory in Amsterdam (Ton de Leeuw).

1974-'75 Grant Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

1976-'98 Director of the CEM studios (research and development of and lecturing on electronic music)

1983-'87 Festival programming in Karlsruhe with "Music Program Design"

1985-'87 Art advisor for the "Zentrum für Kunst und Medien" Karlsruhe

1987 Preproduction for the "Kunstdisko" for Germany which was presented during the Seoul Olympics

1999 Festival "Soundscapes be(for)e 2000" programming in Amsterdam for the NPS

1985-'09 Editor and producer for Dutch national radio and television music broadcasts (NOS, VPRO, NPS)

1971- Many compositions, guest lectures and concerts around the world: Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Rome, Athens, Madrid, Budapest, Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Seoul, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Monte Video, Sydney, Nice, Darmstadt, Cologne, Bogotá, Jakarta, Munich, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, New York

Awards

1983 Composition prize at the Amsterdam Academy of Music

1996 "Prix Italia" in collaboration with Co de Kloet for the compilation of the radio program Supplement "Kinky op 4"

1998 The "Reiss-Mikrophon", Dutch media prize for the radio program "Supplement"