Kristoffer Zegers

Dutch composer (born 1973)

Kristoffer Zegers
Born	(1973-12-27) 27 December 1973 (age 50) Netherlands
Genres	Contemporary, Classical
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instrument(s)	Piano, Harpsichord
Years active	1997–present
Labels	BVhaast

Website	[1]

Musical artist

Kristoffer Zegers (born 27 December 1973) is a Dutch composer.

Life

Zegers was born in Breda, and was taught by Gilius van Bergeijk, Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Career

In Zegers' music microtonal clusters are the main object. His music is about slow developments in clusters via glissandi. Because of that: his motto "Glissandéz mes enfants, Glissandéz toujours!" after César Franck: "Moduléz mes enfants, Moduléz toujours!".

Zegers most important work is Pianophasing, composition for 20 to 60 pianos. This work is played in the United Kingdom, Australia and several places in The Netherlands.

Important works

Pianophasing (2004) (Novembermusic the Netherlands)
Pianophasing II (2009) (Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, England)
Pianophasing III (2012) (the Soundstream Festival in Adelaide Australia)

External links

Kristoffer Zegers
Pianophasing Shortlisted: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards
Documentary film Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England
Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England
Novembermusic in the Netherlands
Music Center Netherlands, about Zegers^{[permanent dead link]}
Soundstream Festival Australia 2012