Bernhard Gander

Born in Lienz (Austria) in 1969. Bernhard Gander studied piano and conducting at the Tyrolean Provincial Conservatoire and composition with Beat Furrer in Graz. He also studied at the Studio UPIC in Paris with Julio Estrada and Curtis Roads and at the Swiss Centre for Computer Music in Zurich. He received the ‘Erste Bank Composition Prize’ as well as commissions from Klangforum Wien, Musikprotokoll, Konzerthaus, Wien Modern, Ensemble Modern and Donaueschingen.