Michel van der Aa

Michel van der Aa (; born 10 March 1970) is a Dutch composer of contemporary classical music. Early years Michel van der Aa was born 10 March 1970 in Oss. He trained as a recording engineer at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and studied composition with Diderik Wagenaar, Gilius van Bergeijk, and Louis Andriessen. Career The music of van der Aa has been performed by ensembles and orchestras internationally. Those include the AskoSchönberg ensemble, Freiburger Barockorchester, Ensemble Modern, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Dutch National Opera, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Seattle Chamber Players, Ensemble Nomad Tokyo, musikFabrik, Continuum Ensemble Toronto, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Orchestras, Norrköping Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, and the Helsinki Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. He completed a short program in film directing at the New York Film Academy in 2002. He also participated in the Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab, a short, intensive course in stage direction in 2007. Michel van der Aa’s music theatre works, including the chamber opera One (2002), the opera (2006, Amsterdam) and the music theatre work