Sandeep Bhagwati
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Sandeep Bhagwati is an Indian composer of western classical music and an academic teacher.
Sandeep Bhagwati was born in Bombay, now Mumbai
, as the son of a German mother and an Indian father. He has lived in Germany since age five. He studied from 1984 to 1987 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, with teachers such as Boguslaw Schaeffer
, Kurt Prestel, Walter Hagen-Groll, Kurt Maedel, Josef Maria Horváth
and Rupert Huber
. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule München
with Wilhelm Killmayer
. He took master classes with Killmayer and Hans-Jürgen von Bose
, and with Edison Denisov
at the Lucerne Festival of 1991. He studied computer music
for one year at the IRCAM
. He studied further with Brian Ferneyhough
and Tristan Murail
.
Bhagwati organized from 1989 to 1991 a chamber concert series "KammerMusikUtopien" at the Gasteig
. He was a co-founder, with Moritz Eggert
, of the festival A*Devantgarde in 1991. From 1990 to 1992 he was, together with Gerd Kühr
, artistic director of the composers' workshop "AmateurKomponistenWerkstatt" of the Munich Biennale
, which had been established by Hans Werner Henze
. Bhagwati's opera in five acts Ramanujan on his own libretto on the life of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 1998, as a co-production with the Staatstheater Darmstadt and IRCAM, in collaboration with the "Bayerische Theaterakademie" at the Prinzregententheater
. The story of Ramanujan (1887-1920) could "be used almost without any changes by a scriptwriter for a film", sais his British colleague B. M. Wilson in the 1930s.
Bhagwati's works were awarded with prizes such as the "Europäischer Kompositionspreis der Akademie der Künste Berlin" and the Ernst-von-Siemens Förderpreis
. From 1995 to 1998 he worked at the IRCAM. In 1998 he was a guest composer at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
, in 1998/99 at the "Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie" Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
in Graz. and for the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.
Bhagwati was from 2000 to 2003 Professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe
. Since 2006 he has held the Canada Research Chair in Inter-X Art Practice and Theory at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Concordia University
in Montreal
.
Sandeep Bhagwati was born in Bombay, now Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
, as the son of a German mother and an Indian father. He has lived in Germany since age five. He studied from 1984 to 1987 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, with teachers such as Boguslaw Schaeffer
Boguslaw Schaeffer
Bogusław Julien Schaeffer is a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, member of the avantgarde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers alongside Krzysztof Penderecki and others...
, Kurt Prestel, Walter Hagen-Groll, Kurt Maedel, Josef Maria Horváth
Josef Maria Horváth
Josef Maria Horváth is a Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor.-Life:At the Jesuit School of his hometown he learned to play the organ. After high school he studied Piano, Composition, and Conducting at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. In 1956 he was awarded his diploma with distinction, and...
and Rupert Huber
Rupert Huber
Rupert W.M. Huber is an Austrian composer and musician.In 1994, Huber founded Huber Musik to publish his own music, and in same year, founded Tosca with Richard Dorfmeister...
. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule München
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München is one of the most respected traditional vocational universities in Germany specialising in music and the performing arts. The seat of the Hochschule is the former Führerbau of the NSDAP, located at Arcisstraße 12, on the eastern side of the Königsplatz...
with Wilhelm Killmayer
Wilhelm Killmayer
Wilhelm Killmayer is a German composer of classical music and an academic.-Professional career:Wilhelm Killmayer studied conducting and composition from 1945 to 1951 in Munich at Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen’s Musikseminar...
. He took master classes with Killmayer and Hans-Jürgen von Bose
Hans-Jürgen von Bose
Hans-Jürgen von Bose is a German Composer.-Life:After an unsettled adolescence, Bose entered the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt in 1969, where he received instruction in piano and music theory...
, and with Edison Denisov
Edison Denisov
Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
at the Lucerne Festival of 1991. He studied computer music
Computer music
Computer music is a term that was originally used within academia to describe a field of study relating to the applications of computing technology in music composition; particularly that stemming from the Western art music tradition...
for one year at the IRCAM
IRCAM
IRCAM is a European institute for science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to, and is organizationally linked with, the Centre Pompidou in Paris...
. He studied further with Brian Ferneyhough
Brian Ferneyhough
Brian John Peter Ferneyhough is an English composer. His music is characterized by the extensive use of complex rhythmic tuplet notation which features in all his works...
and Tristan Murail
Tristan Murail
Tristan Murail is a French composer. His father, Gérard Murail, is a poet and his mother, Marie-Thérèse Barrois, a journalist. One of his brothers, Lorris Murail, and his younger sister Elvire Murail, aka Moka, also write, and his younger sister Marie-Aude Murail is a French children's writer...
.
Bhagwati organized from 1989 to 1991 a chamber concert series "KammerMusikUtopien" at the Gasteig
Gasteig
Gasteig is a cultural center in Munich, opened in 1985, which hosts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. The Richard Strauss Conservatory, the Volkshochschule, and the municipal library are all located in the Gasteig...
. He was a co-founder, with Moritz Eggert
Moritz Eggert
Moritz Eggert is a German composer and pianist.- Life :Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt , at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München...
, of the festival A*Devantgarde in 1991. From 1990 to 1992 he was, together with Gerd Kühr
Gerd Kühr
Gerd Kühr, also Gerd Kuhr, is an Austrian conductor, composer of classical music and academic teacher....
, artistic director of the composers' workshop "AmateurKomponistenWerkstatt" of the Munich Biennale
Munich Biennale
The Munich Biennale is an opera festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater, literally: International Festival for New Music Theater. The biennial festival was created in 1988 by Hans Werner Henze and is held in even-numbered years over...
, which had been established by Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze is a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life"...
. Bhagwati's opera in five acts Ramanujan on his own libretto on the life of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was a Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions...
was premiered at the Munich Biennale in 1998, as a co-production with the Staatstheater Darmstadt and IRCAM, in collaboration with the "Bayerische Theaterakademie" at the Prinzregententheater
Prinzregententheater
The Prinzregententheater, or Prince Regent's Theatre, is a theatre and opera house located at 12 Prinzregentenplatz in the Bavarian city of Munich, Germany.- Building and History :...
. The story of Ramanujan (1887-1920) could "be used almost without any changes by a scriptwriter for a film", sais his British colleague B. M. Wilson in the 1930s.
Bhagwati's works were awarded with prizes such as the "Europäischer Kompositionspreis der Akademie der Künste Berlin" and the Ernst-von-Siemens Förderpreis
Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
The international Ernst von Siemens Music Prize is an annual music prize given by the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste on behalf of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung , established in 1972. The foundation was established by Ernst von Siemens...
. From 1995 to 1998 he worked at the IRCAM. In 1998 he was a guest composer at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
The Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in Karlsruhe, Germany is an interdisciplinary art museum and research institution focusing on new media....
, in 1998/99 at the "Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie" Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics
The Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics is a multidisciplinary research center within the Graz University of Music and Dramatic Arts .- Research and Development :...
in Graz. and for the Beethoven Orchester Bonn.
Bhagwati was from 2000 to 2003 Professor of composition at the Musikhochschule Karlsruhe
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe's University of Music is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany.-Studies:The Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe offers tuition in voice, orchestral instruments, piano, composition and music journalism. The academic degrees go from Bachelors to Artists Diplomas.- External links:*...
. Since 2006 he has held the Canada Research Chair in Inter-X Art Practice and Theory at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Concordia University
Concordia University
Concordia University is a comprehensive Canadian public university located in Montreal, Quebec, one of the two universities in the city where English is the primary language of instruction...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
.
External links
- Sandeep Bhagwati, at Culturebase
- Karen Herland: Composer crosses borders, disciplines Concordia University Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, September 2006