Hildegard Westerkamp

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Hildegard Westerkamp is an important German and Canadian composer of contemporary music, and a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

Many of her compositions deal with the acoustic environment. Particular themes include soundscapes of urban or rural areas, including voices, noise, silence, music and media, and so on. In several of these compositions, she incorporates the poetry of Norbert Ruebsaat. She has also composed for film soundtracks, including the movies Last Days and Elephant.

[edit] Discography

The following are recordings featuring Hildegard Westerkamp's compositions.

Musique inpirée et tirée du film Elephant (2003)
S:on (2003)
Into India (Earsay, ES 02002, 2002)
Radiant Dissonance, (2000)
The Dreams of Gaia (1999)
harangue II (Earsay, ES 98005, 1998)
harangue I (Earsay, ES 98001, 1998)
1977-1997, 20 Jahre Osnabrücker Komponisten (1997)
The Vancouver Soundscape (1996)
Transformation (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9631, 1996)
Transmissions From Broadcast Artists, Radius #4 (1995)
Der Verlust der Stille (1995)
Klang Wege (1995)
Radio Rethink - art and sound transmission (1994)
Électro clips (empreintes DIGITALes, IMED 9004 1990, IMED 9604, rereleased in 1996)
The Aerial 2 (1990)
Anthology of Canadian Music:Electroacoustic music (1990)
Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989)