Kristoffer Zegers
{{short description|Dutch composer (born 1973)}}
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| instrument = Piano, Harpsichord
| genre = Contemporary, Classical
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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
- [http://www.kristofferzegers.nl Kristoffer Zegers]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100417125539/http://www.rpsmusicawards.com/2010/shortlists/shortlist2.html Pianophasing Shortlisted: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards]
- [http://vimeo.com/8309099 Documentary film Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100419022949/http://www.hcmf.co.uk/pianophasing Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England]
- [http://www.novembermusic.net Novembermusic in the Netherlands]
- [http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/en/contemporary/electroacoustic/cd-albums/zegers Music Center Netherlands, about Zegers]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120123163213/http://www.soundstream.org.au/soundstream-festival/2012-10/ Soundstream Festival Australia 2012]
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Category:20th-century Dutch classical composers
Category:Dutch male classical composers
Category:Royal Conservatory of The Hague alumni
Category:20th-century Dutch male musicians
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