Thierry Tidrow

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Thierry Tidrow (born 29 September 1986) is a Franco-Ontarian composer. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.

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In 2014, he was awarded the Jules-Léger Prize for New Chamber Music, for his work, Au found du Cloître humide, commissioned by Continuum Contemporary Music (Toronto). In the same year he also received first prize at the SOCAN awards for his piece Violon et clarinette, and third prize for his opera Less Truth More Telling. [1]

In 2015, the Akademie der Künste der Welt in Cologne commissioned his Manifeste Assi, for clarinet, flute, cello and reciter, based on texts by Natasha Kanapé Fontaine and Joséphine Bacon. This work was premiered in Cologne by Liz Hirst, Heather Roche and Niklas Seidl, with Tidrow and Fontaine reciting. [2]

In 2016, the New Talents Biennale Cologne commissioned his work, Styroporös for ensemble hand werk. [3] He was also a fellow at Heidelberger Frühling and his piece based on texts from Das Knaben Wunderhorn, Die alten, bösen Lieder was commissioned by the festival for Sarah Maria Sun and Johannes Fischer. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Foundation, SOCAN. "2014_young_composers_announce.jsp". www.socanfoundation.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Manifeste Assi THIERRY TIDROW - Akademie der Künste der Welt". www.academycologne.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Thierry Tidrow | New Talents 2016". www.2016.newtalents-cologne.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  4. ↑ thierry tidrow (2016-06-06), Thierry Tidrow - Die alten, bösen Lieder (Sarah Maria Sun, soprano + Johannes Fischer, percussion) , retrieved 2017-02-10


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