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First name: Martijn
Last name: Padding
Dates: 1956
Category: Quartet
Nationality: Dutch
Opus name: Short Histories on Nothing : Version for piano quartet (2009/2024)
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Peculiarities: Donemus website
Information: (Donemus website) Martijn Padding was born on April 24, 1956 in Amsterdam. In the introduction to his website, Martijn Padding writes, regarding his music and way of working, that he studied a volume of Béla Bartók’s 'Microcosmos' with the wrong notes. “I thought it sounded wonderful, and it cost me the greatest effort to learn the correct version.” Education: Padding studied composition with Louis Andriessen and musicology at the University of Utrecht. Career: Martijn is currently professor and head of the composition department of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague Holland.