Jeff Hamburg

Jeff Hamburg (born 1956) is an American composer. Born in Philadelphia, he studied acoustics and composition at the University of Illinois and moved to the Netherlands in 1978 to continue his studies at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague with Louis Andriessen. In 1986, he received the Conservatory Prize. He further studied French Horn at the Royal Conservatory and later conducted classes with David Porcelijn at the Conservatory of Utrecht. In 2002, Hamburg received the Visser-Neerlandia Music Prize for the outstanding quality of his oeuvre. From 2008 to 2015, Hamburg was chairman of the board of Geneco, the Dutch composer’s guild. His translation of The Apollonian Clockwork: On Stravinsky by Elmer Schönberger and Louis Andriessen is published by Oxford University Press. Together with flutist Eleonore Pameijer, Hamburg started the Dutch cd label FutureClassics. Selected works Orchestral * 2009 Podolian Dances – string orchestra * 2007 Hear O Heavens – Give Ear, O Earth – symphony orchestra * 2007 The Wild Waters that Roar – symphony orchestra * 2004 Ruach – Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra * 2003 Kumi, Ori – tenor and orchestra * 2001 Aychah – choir and orchestra * 2001 Zachor – sym