Hans Tutschku, born in 1966 in Weimar (GDR), is an international artist in every respect. As a scholarship student, Tutschku attended renowned studios and schools of electronic music in England, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States. Before becoming a composition professor and director of the Harvard University Studio for Electroacoustic Composition in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a guest professor at several schools, including the IRCAM in Paris and the Technical University Berlin. Tutschku is an “artist of the world” in every sense of the word. Few of his compositions and multimedia works are limited to his immediate surroundings. His works reference distant places, travel to sound worlds and to what is different and exotic in those places. Field recordings from around the world serve as inspirations, sources and material for this near ubiquitous electro-acoustic artist. Yet, Tutschku remains loyal to his hometown and the Weimar Days of New Music, as well as the Ensemble for Intuitive Music Weimar. The composer was an adolescent when he first encountered Karlheinz Stockhausen, whose works he brought onto the stage in the GDR. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tutschku became Stockhausen’s student and composition partner. With his innovative contributions in the field of instrumental and electronic music, Tutschku is part of today’s academic music avant-garde. His artistic creativity and willingness to experiment with theory and technology manifest themselves in numerous collaborations, ranging from dance and film to interactive installations and art exhibits.
