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Maarten van Norden graduated in composition
at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague studying
with Louis Andriessen, and holds a Master
of Music-degree from Yale School of Music
where he studied with Jacob Druckman, Martin
Bresnick and Allen Forte. In 2003 he obtained a
degree in "Contemporary Music through Non-
Western Techniques" at the Sweelinck Conservatory, studying with Rafael Reina.
For several years he worked as composer and
saxophonist in Orkest "De Volharding" and in his own jazz-rock band "Future Shock" before he dedicated himself to writing music for classical ensembles.
The performance of Van Norden’s “Cookie Girl†by The Volharding on the “Bang on a Can†Festival 1990 in New York brought him in contact with the young american composers and led to his 2-year stay and graduation at Yale
University. There he got familiar with the use of “pitch-class sets†which later
proved to be of great value for his compositional techniques.
Since his return in Holland he wrote for ensembles and orchestras such as the
Radio Filharmonic Orchestra, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, Osiris Trio, Amsterdam
Sinfonietta, Matangi Quartet. His orchestral works, chamber-music, movie-scores and popular music are published by MCN/Donemus.
see also: www.vannorden.demon.nl
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