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Ruttkamp, Timo (b. July 5, 1980, Hagen). German composer of mostly chamber works that have been performed in Europe and North America.
Mr. Ruttkamp studied accordion at the Max-Reger-Musikschule in Hagen from 1989-2001, where he also studied composition and music theory from 1993-2001 and piano from 1996-2001. He has studied composition with York Höller at the Musikhochschule Köln since 2001, on a grant from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes. He has also attended seminars with Theo Brandmüller, Adriana Hölszky and Dimitri Terzakis, as well as Darmstadt in 2004, and studied at McGill University in Montréal in 2003, on an exchange scholarship.
Among his honors are three prizes in the Jugend komponiert competition in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Third Prize, 1995, for Konzertstück für Streicher, Hörner, Posaunen, und Schlagzeug [withdrawn]; Second Prize, 1997, for Sonatine für Akkordeon [withdrawn]; First Prize, 1999, for Nachtbilder). He has also received two prizes in the Bundeswettbewerb Komposition of Jeunesses Musicales Germany (2000, for Images perdues...; 2001, for Fels) and his Abgrund was a selected work in the competition of the Musikhochschule Köln (2003). Most recently, he earned First Prize in the competition of the Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik (2004, for trans-formation[en]). His music has been performed in Canada and Germany.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: T.Ruttkamp@web.de
Street address: Mr. Timo Ruttkamp, Schillingstr. 37-39, Apt. 217, D - 50670 Cologne, Germany
Telephone: + 4922 1120 6612
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
CHAMBER MUSIC: Poème, flute, 1997-98; Nachtbilder, flute (+ piccolo, alto flute), English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 1998; Images perdues..., flute (+ piccolo), bass clarinet, cello, percussion, 1999; Fels, bass flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2000-01; Atem – aus Stille, clarinet, bass clarinet, cello, 2001-02; interspace, trumpet, 2 percussion, 2002; Abgrund, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 2002-03; trans-formation(en), clarinet, trombone, accordion, 2003; Monumentum, flute, violin, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, CD, 2004
FILM SCORE (DIRECTOR): Swallow, 2003 (Daniel Jäger, Nils Witt)
FILM SCORE (FOR SILENT MOVIE) (DIRECTOR): Der Golem (sections), 2001-02 (Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener)
(Last updated on September 28, 2004)
