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)
Transformations (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)

[edit] List of Works

Attending to Sacred Matters (2002)
A Walk Through The City (1981)
Beneath The Forest Floor (1992)
Breaking News (2002)
Breathing Room (1990)
Convergence Radio (1989)
Cricket Voice (1987)
École polytechnique (1990), churchbells, mixed choir, bass clarinet, trumpet, percussion, and tape
Fantasie for Horns II (1979), French horn, and tape
Für Dich-For You (2005)
Gently Penetrating (1997)
Gently Penetrating beneath the sounding surfaces of another place
Into the Labyrinth (2000)
Kits Beach Soundwalk (1989), spoken voice, and tape
Talking Rain (1998)
Türen der Wahrnehmungen (Doors of Perception) (1989)
Whisper Study (1975-79)