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Kramer (musician)

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Mark Kramer (born November 30, 1958, in New York City, United States), known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc. He was a full-time member of the bands New York Gong, Shockabilly, B.A.L.L. and Bongwater; has played on tour (usually on bass guitar) with bands such as Butthole Surfers, Ween, Half Japanese and The Fugs (1984 reunion tour); and has performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City’s “downtown scene” of the 1980s. Kramer’s work as a producer has been with bands such as Galaxie 500 (whose entire oeuvre he produced), Low (whom he discovered and produced), Half Japanese, White Zombie, Gwar, King Missile, Danielson Familie, Will Oldham, Daniel Johnston, and Urge Overkill, including their hit cover of “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon”. Early music career Kramer’s first experience in the New York music scene came when he played in the band New York Gong, led by Daevid Allen, in 1979 and 1980. Kramer played organ on one song on their 1979 album About Time. In 1980, Kramer joined the band The Chadbournes, led by Eugene Chadbourne, which also included David Li

Kris Defoort

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Kris Defoort is a Belgian avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. He is the brother of the famous Wim “Dj Willie”, “the living pop encyclopedia” Defoort, Belgian saxophonist Bart Defoort and Koen Defoort. Early life Kris Defoort was born in Bruges, Belgium. His brother is saxophonist and composer Bart Defoort. In 1978, he entered the conservatory in Antwerp to study early music and recorder. He graduated four years later, and then decided to study contemporary music and jazz at the Liège conservatory. Frederic Rzewski, Henri Pousseur and Garrett List were among his teachers. He also teaches at the Brussels conservatory. Opera and music-theatre In 1998, Defoort became a composer-in-residence at LOD, a production company specialising in contemporary music theatre in Ghent. His first work for them was the dance piece Passages with Fatou Traoré, premiered in 2001. His first opera, created in collaboration with director Guy Cassiers was The Woman Who Walked into Doors, after the novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle. It premiered in November 2001 at deSingel in Ghent, before a very successful tour of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the Festival d’Automne in Paris, the Musica fe

Krishna Levy

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Krishna Levy (born on May 27, 1964, in New Delhi, India) is a French film score composer. He studied music in USA but lives and works in Paris (France). Filmography (selection) *1995 : Fast directed by Dante Desarthe. *1996 : Comment je me suis disputé… (ma vie sexuelle) directed by Arnaud Desplechin. *1999 : Karnaval directed by Thomas Vincent. *2000 : Cours toujours directed by Dante Desarthe. *2001 : Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue directed by Nabil Ayouch. *2001 : Quand on sera grand directed by Renaud Cohen *2002 : 8 Women (8 Femmes) directed by François Ozon. *2004 : Je suis un assassin directed by Thomas Vincent. *2004 : Le Dernier Trappeur directed by Nicolas Vanier. *2006 : Je me fais rare directed by Dante Desarthe. *2006 : The Fall directed by Tarsem Singh. *2007 : Contre-enquête directed by Franck Mancuso. *2008 : Whatever Lola Wants directed by Nabil Ayouch. *2008 : Le Nouveau Protocole directed by Thomas Vincent. *2009 : Je l’aimais directed by Zabou Breitman *2009 : directed by Nicolas Vanier. *2011 : 1, 2, 3, voleurs directed by Gilles Mimouni (TV) *2012 : Je fais feu de tout bois directed by Dante Desarthe. *2013 : Dancing in Jaffa directed by Hilla Medalia. Awards *

Krister Dreyer

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Krister Dreyer (born 11 September 1974 in Sandefjord, Norway), commonly known as Morfeus, is a Norwegian musician, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Morfeus is noted for his work in several bands in Norway, including Mayhem, Limbonic Art, Dimension F3H and Viper Solfa. Discography With Limbonic Art * Promo Rehearsal ‘95 (Demo) (1995) * Promo 1996 (Demo) (1996) * Moon in the Scorpio (1996) *In Abhorrence Dementia (1997) * Epitome of Illusions (1998) *Ad Noctum - Dynasty of Death (1999) * The Ultimate Death Worship (2002) *Legacy of Evil (2007) With Dimension F3H (as Mr. Morfeus): * The 3rd Generation Armageddon (Demo) (2000) * A Presentation of Armageddon (EP) (2002) * Reaping the World Winds (2003) * Does the Pain Excite You? (2007) With Viper Solfa (as Morfeus): *Carving an Icon (2015) As a guest or session musician * Ad Inferna. In Opus 7: Elevation (2014), song “InVisible” * Ad Inferna. In L’Empire des Sens (2001), song “The Vampyrik Supremacy” * Aeon Winds. In And Night Shall Have Dominion (EP) (2014) * Dark Fortress. In Profane Genocidal Creations (2003) * Finnugor: In Darkness Needs Us (2004) * Immemoreal. In Towards 1347 (Demo) (1999) * Immemoreal: In Temple of R

Kristi Allik

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Kristi Allik (born 6 February 1952) is a Canadian music educator and composer. Biography Born Kristi Anne Allik on 6 February 1952 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto, a Master of Fine Arts degree from Princeton University and doctorate from the University of Southern California. She studied composition under John Weinzweig, Oskar Morawetz, Lothar Klein, Gustav Ciamaga, James Hopkins, Frederick Leseman and Milton Babbitt. After completing her studies, Allik taught at the University of Victoria (1980–81) and the University of Western Ontario (1982–87) before she settled in Kingston, Ontario, and took a position as Associate Professor of Music at Queen’s University where she taught electronic music, composition and jazz until her retirement in July 2013. She was also the Director of the Electronic Music Studios and the Computer Laboratory of Music Applications at Queen’s University. Allik’s compositions have been performed in Canada, the United States, Europe, Cuba and South America. She has also published articles and essays in professional publications. Awards and honours *Grants and awards from the Canada Arts Council, Ontari

Kristian Blak

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Kristian Blak (born 1947) is a Danish composer, musician, and record executive based in the Faroe Islands. Early life Kristian Blak was born in Jutland, Denmark, in 1947. He moved to the Faroe Islands in 1974, where he has written most of his musical works. He has composed solo instrumental works, chamber music, choral works and symphonic music, for example the ballad Harra Pætur og Elinborg. In 2010 Queen Margrethe of Denmark visited the Faroe Islands, and one of the events she visited was a grotto concert in Klæmintsgjógv (Gorge of Klæmint) by Blak and other musicians. The cave is 50 m high, and the sea in the cave is around 400 m deep. There are some places inside the cave where the musicians can stand with their instruments and give a concert to the audience in boats. Blak is the chief executive officer of Tutl, which is the leading record label in the Faroe Islands. Recognition and awards *2002:Faroese Literature Prize, for his work with music in the Faroe Islands *2011 Heiðursgáva Landsins (Prize of Honour from the Faroese Ministry of Culture) – DKK 75 000 Musical works * 2001 PINIARTUT with Tellu Virkkala, Rasmus Lyberth and Ville Kangas * 1999 24 PRÉLUDES * 1998 KLÆMINT * 1

Kristian Hauger

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Kristian Hauger (24 October 1905 – 18 October 1977) was a Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and composer of popular music from the late 1920s to mid 1950s. Kristian Asbjørn Hauger was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His father, Hans August Hauger (1867–1928) was a businessman who operated the Norwegian Christmas Card Company (Norsk Julekortudsalg). He studied musical theory with composer Gustav Fredrik Lange (1861–1939) during 1921–22. From 1921 to 1925, he was a student of piano composer Nils Larsen (1888–1937). He formed the Kristian Hauger Jazz Orchestra in 1929 and became known to a wider audience with the Kristian Hauger Radio Dance Orchestra, which became a widely used studio orchestra in the 1930s. With his orchestra he also recorded a large number of his own compositions. He was musical director of the jazz stage at Bristol from 1928 to 1930, at Le Chat Noir from 1930 to 1936 and at Centralteatret on Akersgata in Oslo from 1936 to 1959. He composed about one thousand melodies throughout his career. His first composition was the prize-winning Charleston i Grukkedalen, which became a great success. Among his songs are Blåklokker (1929, lyrics Herbert Herding), En Osl

Kristin Kuster

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Kristin P. Kuster (born 1973) is an American composer of symphonic, vocal and chamber music. Biography Kuster was born Kristin Peterson in Raleigh, North Carolina and grew up in Boulder, Colorado. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan, where she studied with William Bolcom, Michael Daugherty, Evan Chambers, and William Albright. She was awarded the Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Underwood Emerging Composer Commission from American Composers Orchestra. Kuster is an Associate Professor of Composition at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was married to Andrew Kuster from 1997 to 2011. Style Kuster “writes commandingly for the orchestra,” and her music “has an invitingly tart edge” (The New York Times). Kuster’s colorfully enthralling compositions take inspiration from architectural space, the weather, and mythology. Her orchestral music “unquestionably demonstrates her expertise in crafting unique timbres” (Steve Smith, Night after Night). Works Orchestra and orchestra with voices * Iron Diamond (2005) * Myrrha (2006) * Beneath This S

Kristin Mellem

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Kristin Mellem (born 21 March 1965) is a Norwegian musician (violin), composer and conductor known for her involvement in Northern Norway’s musical scene. She was educated at and Bergen Music Conservatory (1984–1990) and has worked as a violin teacher in Balsfjord, Bergen, Hadsel, and Tromsø. Furthermore, she has been named regional musician and conductor of the Vesterålen Symphony Orchestra, part of the (1987–1997), Tromsø Symphony Orchestra (1993–present), associated with Hålogaland Teater (, 2002) and Rikskonsertene (1997–2000). Mellem has contributed to the Eventyr festival in Tromsø since 1998, toured with Boknakaran (2001–2002), and contributed to releases with Moya på Tvoya. With the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra she composed the performance (Travels through time, 2002). In 2004, she composed (Meeting of voices) with Solveig Kringlebotn and Ingor Ánte Áilo Gaup (joik) for Nordlysfestivalen; together with Gaup, Jeđđehus was released the following year and nominated for the 2005 Edvardprisen. In cooperation with she composed and performed fiddle music with the Tromsø Symphony Orchestra for the production – (2004). The other musicians involved were Finn Sletten (percussion) and (vi

Kristjan Kõrver

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Kristjan Kõrver (born 1 October 1976, in Tallinn) is an Estonian composer. In 1997, Kristjan Kõrver graduated in music theory from the Georg Ots Tallinn Music School where he also studied composition with Alo Põldmäe. His music has been performed in various ensembles such as the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, as well as by conductors Risto Joost and Lauri Sirp, mezzo soprano Iris Oja, Estonian zither (kannel) player Kristi Mühling, flutist Tarmo Johannes, cellist Leho Karin, Ensemble Resonabilis, pianists Kai Ratassepp and Irina Zahharenkova, Quartet SaxEst and many others. He studied composition at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, graduating in 2003. - 2007 Gratis dictum Ensemble work For instrumental ensemble - 2009 Symphonism 12 Orchestral work For symphony orchestra - 2013 The Iron-Ants (Raud-Ants) Chamber opera Opera for small ensemble and voices - 2016 Schizzo concertato Orchestral work For string orchestra References

Kristo Kono

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Kristo Kono (17 July 1907 – 22 January 1991) was an Albanian composer and recipient of the People’s Artist title in 1961, the highest artistic recognition title during the communist era. He was one of the early contributors to Albanian music and opera who spent all his life in their service; one of the symbols of the cultural traditions of his hometown of Korçë, same as other musicians as Tefta Tashko-Koço, Jorgjia Truja, and Kristaq Antoniu; Early life and work Kono was born on 22 January 1907 in Korçë, back then still part of the Ottoman Empire, today’s southeastern Albania. His interest in music showed up at a very early age. He followed the “Vatra” orchestral band in order to learn how to play the clarinet. In the 1920s he would start to compose songs and small instrumental parts. Rise as a composer After World War II, Kono’s artistic creativity intensified. He went deeper in the study of folk songs and patriotic songs. His big jump in fame came with the composition of major choral and instrumental works: instrumental poems and cantata. They were the first of their kind in Albania. The best known were the instrumental poems Borova (Borova) and Labëria (Labëria), and the cantata

Kristoffer Tømmerbakke

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Kristoffer Chaka Bwanausi Tømmerbakke (born 23 June 1983). better known by his stage name Kriss, is a Norwegian producer, songwriter and rapper. He got his break as half of the rap duo Erik & Kriss in 2007, one of the most successful Norwegian artists over the past decade. Tømmerbakke has since written and produced eight Top10 singles in Norway as part of the group. Kriss took his first steps internationally with a Swedish Spotify #1 with the artist Kamferdrops in 2017, and saw his international stock rise with his work on Robin Schulz feat Alida “In Your Eyes” that hit #1 on Billboard Dance. The track was also at the Global 100 on Spotify (peaking at #86th), and reaching Top10 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Tømmerbakke has also worked with K-pop group Twice, on their EP Taste of Love (EP), which reached #6 on the Billboard Top 200, and #2 in the Korean Album Charts. References

Kristoffer Zegers

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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 *Kristoffer Zegers *Pianophasing Shortlisted: Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards *Documentary film Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England *Pianophasing II Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield England *Novembermusic in the Netherland

Kryštof Harant

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Kryštof Harant of Polžice and Bezdružice (, 1564 – 21 June 1621) was a Czech nobleman, traveller, humanist, soldier, writer and composer. He joined the Protestant Bohemian Revolt in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown against the House of Habsburg that led to Thirty Years’ War. Following the victory of Catholic forces in the Battle of White Mountain, Harant was executed in the mass Old Town Square execution by the Habsburgs. As a composer he represented the school of Franco-Flemish polyphony in Bohemia. Harant is also noted for his expedition to the Middle East summarised in a travel book Journey from Bohemia to the Holy Land, by way of Venice and the Sea (1608). Life Harant was born at Klenová Castle, near Klatovy, western Bohemia. From 1576 he studied singing and counterpoint as a member of a local court band at Innsbruck, at the court of Archduke Ferdinand II, learning 7 languages, discovering his talent for music and the other arts and his interest in history, geography and political science. He returned to Bohemia in 1584 in a vain attempt to get a post at the court of Rudolf II, and so enlisted as a soldier, participating in the 1593 and 1597 campaign against the Turks. In 1589 h

Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar

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Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (5 September 1924, Lviv, now Ukraine – 27 September 2008, Kraków) was a Polish composer, music educator and pianist. She was born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), and after World War II studied at the State Higher School of Music in Kraków with Stanisław Wiechowicz for composition and Jan Hoffman for piano. After completing her studies, she took a position as professor at the Academy of Music in Kraków and also served as Rector from 1987 to 1993. She died in Kraków after an extended illness. Honors and awards *Winner of the Young Composers’ Competition of the Polish Composers’ Union (1954) *International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim (1961, 1966) *First Prize/Gold Medal, International Competition for Women Composers in Buenos Aires (1962) *Second Prize Karol Szymanowski Composers’ Competition (1974) *Award of the Polish Composers’ Union *Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (five times) *Award of Merit for National Culture *Prime Minister’s Award *Honoris Causa doctorate from the Music Academy in Kraków *City of Kraków Award Works Moszumanska-Nazar composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, vocal and electronic performance. Sel

Krzesimir Dębski

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Krzesimir Marcin Dębski (; born 26 October 1953 in Wałbrzych) is a Polish composer, conductor and jazz violinist. His music career as a musician has been that of a performer as well as composer of classical music, opera, television and feature films. In 2024, he became the recipient of the Gloria Artis Gold Medal for Merit to Culture. Professional career Dębski was born in 1953 in Wałbrzych and began attending a music school in Kielce at the age of six. He subsequently studied composition with Andrzej Koszewski, and conducting with Witold Krzemieński, at the Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Poland. Following graduation, Dębski became interested in jazz. Since 1982, as the leader and violinist of the jazz group String Connection, he has performed in the United States, Canada and over 25 countries in Europe. In 1986 Dębski has cut down on his concert performances and concentrated primarily on composition. He has composed more than 60 symphonic and chamber music pieces, including an opera, 2 symphonies, religious works and 9 instrumental concertos. Since 1986, he has composed the music for over 70 films, received 8 platinum albums and has composed music for the highest-grossing

Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak

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Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak (born 1 May 1983) is a Polish composer of film, classical and TV music, sound designer and musicologist. Biography Janczak was born on 1 May 1983 in Warsaw, Poland. From 2002 to 2006 he studied in Institute of Musicology at University of Warsaw. In 2007, he got his Diploma of Musicology and received the Artistic Scholarship of the French Government. He continued his studies in composition and orchestration classes in École Normale de Musique de Paris and Maurice Ravel Conservatory in Paris with Michel Merlet, the winner of the Grand Prix de Rome and former student of Olivier Messiaen and Igor Stravinsky. In 2008 he got his Diplomas of musical composition and Orchestration with a special mention and in 2009 he got Advanced Diploma of Orchestration. Janczak is the award-winning composer of film, classical and television music. He received the prizes and distinctions at numerous festivals and competitions, among other: International Film Festival Camerimage in Łódź (2004 and 2008); Silver Cross of Merit form President of Poland in Warsaw (2006); 1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize at the International Composers Competition “Garden Music” in Kraków (2007, 2009 and 2011)

Krzysztof Knittel

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Krzysztof Knittel (born 1 May 1947) is a Polish composer of symphonic, chamber, stage and electroacoustic works. Knittel was born in Warsaw. He studied sound engineering and composition with Tadeusz Baird, Andrzej Dobrowolski, Wlodzimierz Kotonski at the Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. References External links * Krzysztof Knittel, pwm.com.pl *Profile, polmic.pl

Krzysztof Komeda

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Krzysztof Trzciński (27 April 1931 – 23 April 1969), known professionally as Krzysztof Komeda, was a Polish film composer and jazz pianist widely regarded as one of the most influential Polish musicians. He is best known for writing the scores for Roman Polanski’s films Knife in the Water (1962), Cul-de-sac (1966), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), and Rosemary’s Baby (1968). Komeda’s album Astigmatic (1965) is often considered one of the most important European jazz albums. British critic Stuart Nicholson describes the album as “marking a shift away from the dominant American approach with the emergence of a specific European aesthetic.” Komeda is also known for blending jazz with classical and traditional Polish music. Life and career Early life and education He was born Krzysztof Trzciński on 27 April 1931 in Poznań to father Mieczysław and mother Zenobia (née Gębicka). He chose Komeda as his stage name only upon graduation from university as a means of distancing himself as a jazz musician from his daytime job in a medical clinic. He grew up in Częstochowa and Ostrów Wielkopolski where in 1950 he graduated from the ’liceum (high school) for Boys’. While at school, he partici

Krzysztof Penderecki

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Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, After graduating from the Academy of Music in Krakow, he became a teacher there and began his career as a composer in 1959 during the Warsaw Autumn festival. His Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for string orchestra and the choral work St. Luke Passion have received popular acclaim. His first opera, The Devils of Loudun, was never successful despite repeated revisions. In the mid-1970s, Penderecki became a professor at the Yale School of Music. From the mid-1970s his composition style changed, with his first violin concerto focusing on the semitone and the tritone. His choral work Polish Requiem was written in the 1980s and expanded in 1993 and 2005. Penderecki won many prestigious awards, including the Prix Italia in 1967 and 1968; the Wihuri Sibelius Prize of 1983; four Grammy Awards in 1987, 1998 (twice), and 2017; the Wolf Prize in Arts in 1987; and the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition in 1992. In 2012, Sean Michaels of The Guardian called him “arguably Poland’s greatest liv