Rudiger Meyer, born in
1968 in
Johannesburg, South Africa, studied at the University of the
Witwatersrand for the degree of Bachelor of Music (specialising in
composition) and undertook further musicological studies at the same
university with a doctoral thesis on Change
and Continuity in the Works
of Morton Feldman. He furthered his studies with Younghi
Pagh-Paan at
the Hochschule für Kunste, Bremen on a DAAD scholarship and
Diderik Wagenaar, Gilius van Bergeijk and Clarence Barlow at the Royal
Conservatory in The Hague. He has also attended master classes with
Klaus Huber, was a finalist in the Gaudeamus International Music Week
(1997) as well as being selected for the Fourth International Composers
Meeting in Apeldoorn (1998) and Nieuw Ensemble Composer's Workshop
(1998).
Besides composing for new music ensembles and soloists he has also
completed a number of soundscapes, videos, installations and
electroacoustic works which reflect his increasing interest in the use
of (interactive) electronics and computers. He has also worked with
dance and created a number of pieces with the Danish choreographer Rosa
Isaldur.
Musical Education
1997 - 2000: Studied composition with Diderik Wagenaar and Clarence
Barlow at the Royal Conservatory, Den Haag
1998: Nieuw Ensemble Composer's Workshop, Amsterdam
International Composers Meeting, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
1995 - 1997: Studied composition at the Hochschule für Kunste,
Bremen
on a scholarship from the DAAD
1996 - Master classes with Klaus Huber on a scholarship from the
Hochschule für Künste Bremen
1996: Doctorate - thesis Change and Continuity in the Works of
Morton Feldman, University of the Witwatersrand
1996: Darmstadt Ferienkurze für Neue Musik on a scholarship from
the DAAD
1994: Darmstadt Ferienkurze für Neue Muziek
1992 - 1994: Studied Musicology at the University of the Witwatersrand,
]ohannesburg
1987 - 1991: Bachelor of Music (composition) at the University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg