Karlheinz Essl (born August 15, 1960 in Vienna) is an Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser and composition teacher. Biography Karlheinz Essl was born in Vienna in 1960. Studies at the University of Music in Vienna: composition (Friedrich Cerha), electro-acoustic music (Dieter Kaufmann) and double bass. Studies at the University of Vienna: musicology (1989 doctoral thesis on "Das Synthese-Denken bei Anton Webern"). 1990-94 ?composer in residence? at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse für Neue Musik. 1992-93 work on a commission at IRCAM in Paris. Since 1994 [LINK: http://www.essl.at/bibliogr/felber-musikkurator_e.html] music curator of the Essl Collection in Klosterneuburg/Vienna. Between 1995-2006 he was teaching Algorithmic composition at the Studio for Advanced Music & Media Technology at the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance in Linz, Austria.

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