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Thomas Hummel

 
CountryGermany

Composer, sound researcher, computer specialist. Born in 1962. He studied composition, among others with Mathias Spahlinger and Klaus Huber. Between 1992 and 1994 he worked at the IRCAM/Paris as musical assistant, researcher and invited composer.
Since 1994, he is employed at the Experimentalstudio of the SWR Freiburg/Germany. Research and compositional work of many years in the field of orchestration and database composition.
Among others, his pieces have been performed by the Ensemble Itineraire, Ensemble Cour-Circuits, ensemble surplus, the Kairos-Quartett, Holst-Sinfonietta and the Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart. International broadcasts. Scholarships by Deutsche Studienstiftung, DAAD and Rosenberg-Stiftung. Development of databases of the contemporary playing techniques in music (Virtual Orchestra, conTimbre).
Lectures on contemporary music at the Universität Freiburg and the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. Among others, composition awards by Villa Konkordia Bamberg and Musikprotokoll Graz.

Thomas Hummel