Mauricio Kagel, born in Buenos Aires in 1931, studied music, literature, and philosophy there. In 1957 he moved to Germany. He has taught at the Darmstadt Summer Courses; 1964–1965: professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo; 1968: head of the Scandinavian Courses for New Music, Göteborg; 1974: professor of musical theater in Cologne. Awards include the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, the Karl-Sczuka-Preis of the SWR, and the Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden. Alberto Posadas, born in Valladolid, Spain, in 1967. He studied composition with Francisco Guerrero in Madrid. Stipend from the Casa de Velázquez in Madrid, the audience prize at Ars Musica in Brussels. Lectureship at the Conservatorio de Música de Majadahonda in Madrid. |