27 February 2019 | YCM: Lecture Martijn Padding | Gigant, Apeldoorn

Like every year, lectures are held by the senior composers during YCM. These are freely accessible and take place every evening at 8 pm in Gigant's concert hall from Monday 25 February to Thursday 28 February.
 
Martijn Padding (Amsterdam, 1956) studied composition with Louis Andriessen and musicology at the University of Utrecht. He is currently professor and head of the composition department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague Holland. Padding has a fascination for transparency and contrast between the logical and illogical. In his work he seeks the cunning rather than grand gestures. Although his compositions often have a technical point of departure, theatrical elements become more relevant lately in his work.

Padding’s oeuvre ranges from works for solo instrument to large-scale compositions for orchestra and music theater and opera. His compositional aesthetic precludes any hierarchical relationship in music, for instance between modernist and experimental elements, influences from popular culture and history rooted doctrines.

Monday, February 25: Lecture Ed Bennett & Silvia Borzelli
Tuesday, 26 February: Lecture Richard Ayres & Anna Korsun
Wednesday, February 27: Lecture Martijn Padding
Thursday, February 28: Lecture Georgi Sztojanov

27 February 2019 | YCM: Lecture Martijn Padding | Gigant, Apeldoorn

27 February 2019 | YCM: Lecture Martijn Padding | Gigant, Apeldoorn

Like every year, lectures are held by the senior composers during YCM. These are freely accessible and take place every evening at 8 pm in Gigant's concert hall from Monday 25 February to Thursday 28 February.
 
Martijn Padding (Amsterdam, 1956) studied composition with Louis Andriessen and musicology at the University of Utrecht. He is currently professor and head of the composition department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague Holland. Padding has a fascination for transparency and contrast between the logical and illogical. In his work he seeks the cunning rather than grand gestures. Although his compositions often have a technical point of departure, theatrical elements become more relevant lately in his work.

Padding’s oeuvre ranges from works for solo instrument to large-scale compositions for orchestra and music theater and opera. His compositional aesthetic precludes any hierarchical relationship in music, for instance between modernist and experimental elements, influences from popular culture and history rooted doctrines.

Monday, February 25: Lecture Ed Bennett & Silvia Borzelli
Tuesday, 26 February: Lecture Richard Ayres & Anna Korsun
Wednesday, February 27: Lecture Martijn Padding
Thursday, February 28: Lecture Georgi Sztojanov