Rozalie Hirs

After completing her Chemical Engineering studies (Master of Science, 1990) at Twente University, The Netherlands, Rozalie Hirs studied composition at the Royal Conservatoire, with Diderik Wagenaar (1991-94), Louis Andriessen (1994-98) and Clarence Barlow (1997-98). On a Fulbright grant she traveled to New York to study with Tristan Murail (1999-2002) at Columbia University (Doctor of Musical Arts, 2007). Her dissertation consisted of the essay On Murail's Le lac and the composition Platonic ID, written for the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble.

Recent musical works include: Venus (2010) for percussion sextet and electronic sounds, performed by Slagwerk Den Haag at Holland Festival 2010; Zenit (2010) for string quartet, premiered by the Formalist Quartet at REDCAT, Los Angeles; Roseherte (2008) for large orchestra and electronic sounds, premiered by the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and selected amongst the ten 'Most beautiful new Dutch works' at Toonzetters the following year; the electroacoustic Pulsars (2007), commissioned by the Dutch national radio VPRO, received the mention 'Recommended work' at the IREM in Lisbon in 2007. Her scores are published by Donemus/Music Center the Netherlands.

Her portrait CDs Platonic ID (2007), featuring instrumental works written for the Asko/Schönberg Ensemble, and Pulsars (2010) with electroacoustic compositions involving text, both appeared with Attacca records, Amsterdam. The latter CD was co-produced by Music Center the Netherlands, Amsterdam. Together with Bob Gilmore, Hirs was co-editor of the book Contemporary compositional techniques and OpenMusic (2009), published by Delatour/Ircam, Paris.

Hirs is also a poet. Her four poetry books, Locus (1998), Logos (2002), Speling (2005), and Geluksbrenger (2008), appeared with Querido, Amsterdam.

Personal website of Rozalie Hirs: www.rozalie.com
Record label: http://www.attacca-records.com/www.attacca-records.com<//a>
Musique/Sciences collection at Ircam: http://www.ircam.fr/598.html?&L=1