Bernhard Gander was born in Tirol Austria where he studied piano and conducting and later studied composition with Beat Furrer in Graz.

He is well known for his experimentation with electronic music and has in the past been inspired by luminary figures such as Xenakis, comic book heroes, rap and hard rock music!

This CD presents a selection of works inspired from various aspects of his interests, collectively called ‘Monsters and Angels’. The second piece on the disc, ‘kuhl’ was written for the Arditti Quartet who perform the work on this recording.

Other works are performed by orchestra, voices, strings and trombones and will be a must for all collectors of modern music at its very best.

Artists

Hsin-Huei Huang (piano), Irvine Arditti (violin), Ralf Ehlers (viola), Lucas Fels (cello), Ruth Rosenfeld (soprano)

Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Arditti Quartet, oenm, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, Ensemble Resonanz, composers slide quartet, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Susanna Mälkki, Titus Engel, Peter Eotvos