Gordon Williamson (b.1974, Ottawa)
Gordon Williamson is a Canadian composer currently based in Germany. His recent activities include performances by the Swedish Radio Choir, l'Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, and the International Ensemble Modern Academy, commissions by Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal and Trio Alpha, and residencies at the Denkmalschmiede Höfgen, the Banff Centre for the Arts, l'Académie Musicale de Villecroze, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts.
The recipient of several awards and prizes for his work, Gordon was most recently selected as one of five finalists for the 2009 CBC/Radio-Canada National Young Composers Prize. Previous awards and recognition from the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (Germany), the Canada Council for the Arts, and young composer awards from both SOCAN and ASCAP. His music has been broadcast on Swedish Radio, Danish Radio, CBC/Radio-Canada, and NPR.
Gordon holds degrees or diplomas from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, the Royal Danish Academy of Music, the Jacobs School of Music (Indiana), and Dalhousie University. He has studied composition with Johannes Schöllhorn, Sven-David Sandström, Bent Sørensen, Hans Abrahamsen, David Dzubay, and Dennis Farrell. Gordon currently teaches composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Medien und Theater Hannover. (October, 2010)
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