Andreas Dohmen

Andreas Dohmen is a Professor of Composition at the Würzburg University of Music and Performing Arts since 2013. His career includes studies at Folkwang University of the Arts with Rolf Heister (double bass) and Dieter Torkewitz (composition), followed by masterclasses with Franco Donatoni at Accademia Musicale Chigiana (Siena) and DAAD-funded composition studies in Milan/Biella.

• Key affiliations: Folkwang University of the Arts, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, DAAD
• Academic positions: Professor (since 2013), previously at Essen/Duisburg/Dortmund/Bremen

Research interests focus on contemporary composition with emphasis on orchestral innovation, vocal-instrumental interplay, and experimental notation. His works explore

• structural complexity in ensemble settings
• text-sound relationships in vocal compositions
• timbral orchestration in large ensembles
• spatial sound design

through collaborations with leading contemporary ensembles like Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart and SWR Symphony Orchestra.

Scientific awards include:

• 1st Prize, Premio Valentino Bucchi (Rome)
• Orchestra Prize, SWR Symphony Orchestra (2011)
• Folkwang Prize for Composition
• DAAD Prize

He has received commissions from Donaueschinger Musiktage, Witten Days for New Chamber Music, and ECLAT Festival.

His publications include works with COL LEGNO, WERGO, and NEOS labels, documenting premieres by Ensemble Modern, Percussion Quartet Cologne, and SWR Symphony Orchestra.