EUGENE BIRMAN (USA)\n4 April @16.15-17.45 laboratory of composition in A-402\n5 April @10.00-14.00 ja 15.00-17.00 masterclass in B-201<\/p>\n
Eugene Birman<\/a> (b. 1987) is the composer and creator of numerous highly awarded international multidisciplinary productions, with commissioners and partners extending far beyond the concert hall to major international bodies such as the European Union, Hong Kong SAR, the United States Department of State, and others. His creative output, encompassing ambitious, socially relevant works for the stage, synthesizes virtuosic musical content with cutting-edge technology; he has pioneered the use of large-scale holography, immersive opera environments, and interactive digital media in classical music. \u201cHigh drama\u201d and \u201cintense emotion\u201d (BBC), \u201cthe most stunning and divisive\u201d (Business Times), \u201cthe most radical and ambitious\u201d (5:4), \u201canimalistic\u201d (Eesti Kultuurileht \u201cSIRP\u201d), \u201cfrom haunting and atmospheric to plain brutal\u201d (BBC Music Magazine), \u201ca breakthrough in public art\u201d (ReNew Vision), \u201cat once, ingenious, hypnotic, brave, and beautiful\u201d (Festival Internazionale A.F. Lavagnino)- his work exists at \u201cthe convergence of major current issues and supreme beauty\u201d (Gulbenkian). He has been recognized with prominent fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (2018) and the US Department of State\u2019s Fulbright Program (2010-11), awarded the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, leading to a season-long residency at the Southbank Centre and world premiere with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall, and appointed the sole Artist-in-Residence of the 2018 Helsinki Festival, Finland\u2019s biggest yearly cultural event. In 2021, he took up the position of Artist-in-Residence at the Manchester International Festival. His work has been prominently featured on major news and media outlets worldwide: CNN, BBC World TV, Bloomberg, National Geographic, Radio France, Deutsche Welle, and the South China Morning Post are among countless others that have broadcast and reported on his projects.<\/p>\nNow based primarily in Hong Kong, Birman began composing at the age of three in Moscow at the Gnessin School, and continued his studies privately in the United States with John Adams; he has since worked closely under Samuel Adler, Luis Bacalov, David Conte, Azio Corghi, Christopher Rouse, Toivo Tulev, and, most recently, Salvatore Sciarrino. He was awarded a D.Phil from the University of Oxford, Christ Church, under the generous support of the Stone-Mallabar Foundation and the American Friends of Christ Church and graduated with an M.M. degree from the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the A. Ellstein Memorial Scholarship, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Scholarship, and the Gretchaninoff Prize. He received a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University, as well as a Diploma di Merito from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Eugene Birman currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.<\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\nMasterclass for composers. Eugene Birman | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eamt.ee\/en\/event\/masterclass-sor-composers-eugene-birman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Masterclass for composers. 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Now based primarily in Hong Kong, Birman began composing at the age of three in Moscow at the Gnessin School, and continued his studies privately in the United States with John Adams; he has since worked closely under Samuel Adler, Luis Bacalov, David Conte, Azio Corghi, Christopher Rouse, Toivo Tulev, and, most recently, Salvatore Sciarrino. He was awarded a D.Phil from the University of Oxford, Christ Church, under the generous support of the Stone-Mallabar Foundation and the American Friends of Christ Church and graduated with an M.M. degree from the Juilliard School, where he was awarded the A. Ellstein Memorial Scholarship, the Rodgers and Hammerstein Scholarship, and the Gretchaninoff Prize. He received a B.A. in Economics from Columbia University, as well as a Diploma di Merito from the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy. Eugene Birman currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University.<\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\n