Ruud Roelofsen, *16-11-1985 Rhenen (NL), currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music studying with Jay Alan Yim, Hans Thomalla, Alex Mincek and Chris Mercer, studied percussion in Arnhem (NL), Münster (D) and Brussels (B). He received masterclasses in composition with Dmitri Kourliandski, Martijn Padding, Richard Ayres, Carola Bauckholt, Hanna Hartman, Ted Hearne, Tristan Murail, Mark André and Hèctor Parra.
He has worked with Het Vers Ensemble (NL), Orkest de Ereprijs (NL), Gyre Ensemble (CH), Flubax Trio (LT), Ensemble Polygon (CH), Ensemble Soundinitiative (Fr), Parallel Asteroid (D), Ensemble Spaziomusica (it), FRAMES percussion (Esp), aTonal Hits (US), Platypus Ensemble (At), 20o dans le noir (Fr), Kroiser Ensemble (Ukr), Bart de Vrees (NL), Dario Calderone (It), a.o.
His music has been performed in festivals like the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (Utrecht, NL), Musica Viva Festival Lissabon (Pt), Sirga Festival (Flix, Esp), Ferienkurse für neue Musik (Darmstadt, D), MIXTUR Barcelona (Esp), Young Composers Meeting (Apeldoorn, NL), MUSICAPOI (Cagliari, It), Kiev Contemporary Music Days (Ukr), Florida International Toy Piano Festival (USA).
International Society for Contemporary Music
