Rozalie Hirs

Rozalie Hirs

Rozalie Hirs is a contemporary Dutch composer and poet. Her poetry and music are lyrical as well as experimental. The principal concerns of her work are the adventure of listening, reading, and the imagination. Her music consists of vocal, orchestral, and electronic compositions. She often combines traditional instruments with electronic sounds. Her poetry includes both printed collections and digital poetry: interactive poems created in collaboration with visual artists, and graphic designers.Performers of her music include Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Asko|Schonberg, Bozzini Quartet, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and Slagwerk Den Haag; she is herself a regular performer of her compositions for voice and electronic sounds, mostly on international festivals. Her music scores are published by Donemus, her CDs by Attacca, her poetry books by Uitgeverij Querido.Bio courtesy of her website.

Dissertation
On Tristan Murail's "Le lac": Contemporary compositional techniques and OpenMusic
Columbia Degrees: 
DMA, Composition
2007