Klaus Ager
Klaus Ager (born 10 May 1946) is an Austrian composer and conductor. He continued his studies in composition with Pierre Schaeffer and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. From 1975 to 1986 he directed the Österreichische Ensemble für Neue Musik (Austrian Ensemble for New Music).
Klaus Ager
- Born
- 1946 · Salzburg.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · university teacher · musician
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- Mozarteum University Salzburg
- Languages
- German
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Klaus Ager (born 10 May 1946) is an Austrian composer and conductor. He continued his studies in composition with Pierre Schaeffer and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire. From 1975 to 1986 he directed the Österreichische Ensemble für Neue Musik (Austrian Ensemble for New Music).
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From 1995 to 2000 he was rector of the Mozarteum Hochschule in Salzburg. Beginning in 2000, Ager dedicated himself primarily to working as a guest composer and lecturer in South and North America, and to campaigning throughout Europe for an improved standing for composers. In 2003 he was able to achieve through his mustering of relevant subsidies and innovative articles, that the Arovell-Musikzeitschrift was expanded to a color edition with a circulation of 700 copies per quarter. Since April 2004 he has been president of the Austrian Composers Association. In this office he initiated, amongst other things, the congress "Komponieren im Europa des 21. Jahrhunderts", which took place from 2 to 5 February 2006 in the Gläsernen Saal of the Wiener Musikverein. From 2006 to 2014, he was chairman of the European Composers' Forum (ECF) in Brussels.
Klaus Ager studied at Mozarteum University Salzburg. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Mozarteum University Salzburg.
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- 1.Österreichischer Komponistenbund – Präsidenten und Ehrenmitglieder. komponistenbund.at; abgerufen am 1. Februar 2021.
- 2.Dieter Torkewitz: Ager, Klaus. In: MGG, S. 3.
- 3.Lexikon zeitgenössischer Musik aus Österreich. 1997, S. 230.
- 4.Programme der ISCM World Music Days von 1922 bis heute. iscm.org
- 5.Sarah Haslinger: Persönlichkeiten der Salzburger Musikgeschichte – Klaus Ager. Universität Mozarteum Salzburg.
- 6.Werkeverzeichnis Klaus Ager. Musikdatenbank von mica – music austria, 13. April 2021; abgerufen am 18. April 2021.
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