Pierre Kolp
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Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue born in Cologne, Germany, on 23 March 1969.
With composers Juan Carlos Tolosa, Francis Ubertelli, and David Nuñezañez, he founded the Black Jackets Company in 1995, an international society of contemporary arts based in Brussels.
Work
For many years, Kolp has taught music theory, organology, aesthetics, history, and composition. In 1997, he became director of the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique, an educational institute in Brussels. In 2004, he became president of the Francophone Association of Belgian Music Academies and delegate to the European Music Schools Union.
Kolp has written several articles on creativity, time, and musical spaces.
He gave composition master classes at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, in 1999, and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2002. He also works with conductor Juan Carlos Tolosa, composer André Ristic, and virtuoso Stephane Ginsburgh, all three of whom have also taught at the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique.
Catalogue of Works
Source:
Orchestra
Cosmose, 40 minutesHo, mia kor', 8 minutesLos cometas colorados – opera, 10 minutesManimatrix, 25 minutesStop Exchange, 20 minutes
Stage
Désirs chorégraphiques – music for dance, 14 minutesLos cometas colorados – opera, 10 minutesThe Eyes of Ambush – stage music, 8 minutesPerdre corps – music for dance, 13 minutes
Chamber ensemble
Chant contre champs – for 7 players, 6 minutesAntipasti – for 7 players, 12 minutesMat – for 6 players, 14 minutesHave a Break – for 6 players, 18 minutesPasserelle – for 4 players and electronics, 8 minutesMani – for various combinaisons of players Wet Wet Wet Wedding – for 3 players and tape, 3–15 minutes
Chamber music
Sept Blasons – for wind quintet, 14 minutesInterchamps – for 2 flutes and guitar, 14 minutesSpeaker – for flute quartet, 6 minutesI ching – for flute and guitar, 10 minutesIncipit vita nova – first piano trio, 7 minutesSo-mani dreams are explored – second piano trio, 15 minutesThe Bowling' Stones – for 2 pianos, 9 minutesPlug-in – for 2 pianos, 6 minutes
Solo instrument
P as T – for alto Sub-Negation – for any solo instrument, 2 versions, 12 minutesPortiques génitifs – for cello, 6 minutesBeaver Tuned – for piano, 10 minutesDue scherzi – for piano, 12 minutesSo Slow the Snow – for piano, 10 minutes
Vocal music
Eggs – for choir, 8 minutesHors d'un coffret de Santal – 7 melodies for one singer and piano, 12 minutes