Hans-Joachim Hessler

Hans-Joachim Hessler (German: Heßler, born in Recklinghausen) is a German composer, musician and musicologist. Today, he lives in Duisburg and Diemelsee. As a contemporary composer, he attributes his work in writing and composition to the epoch of musical postmodernism. Life He studied music theory at the University of Münster and then, from 1990 to 1997, school music and German literature at today’s Technical University of Dortmund. He received his education in art from, among others, Werner Seiss and Bob Degen, in the organ from, among others, Karl Weyers and Thomas Gabriel, and in composition from, among others, Heribert Buchholz and Thomas Stanko. In 2008, he received the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz. Work Poly-stylistics and boundary crossings of all kinds are a fundamental attribute of Hessler’s work. Much of Hessler’s work appears to be influenced by the philosophical writings of the postmodern thinker Jean-François Lyotard; for instance his chamber music pieces "" compulsion for actualisation and "" system for sound regulation 189 , which deal in particular with the event philosophy of Lyotard, as well as the