Clemens von Reusner
Biography
The composition of the sound itself and its arrangement and movement on individual paths in the virtual acoustic spaces of multi-channel loudspeaker configurations are at the heart of the electroacoustic works and radiophonic audio pieces by composer Clemens von Reusner (* 1957). In his sound language, he sometimes refers to contemporary and historical works from music, literature and the visual arts. At the end of the 1980s, he developed the music software KANDINSKY MUSIC PAINTER, which uses graphic tools to create musical structures via MIDI. Clemens von Reusner is a member of the Academy of German Music Authors and was nominated for GEMA's German Music Author Award in 2023. His works have been awarded national and international prizes, including the 2024 Thomas Seelig Fixed Media Prize of the German Society for Electroacoustic Music – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik (DEGEM) for his complete works. Von Reusner's compositions are performed at renowned international festivals for contemporary music in Asia, Europe, North and South America. He received invitations to the World Music Days for New Music 2011 in Zagreb, 2017 in Vancouver and 2019 in Tallinn. Clemens von Reusner lives and works in Wendland, Lower Saxony.