Ludger Brümmer

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Ludger Brümmer (b. 1958, Werne, Germany) is a composer, professor of composition, and head of the research institute ZKM | Hertz-Lab since 2017. Since 2003, as head of the former ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics, he initiated the Sound Dome Project and important festivals on electronic music. The central focus of his music is the use of the computer both as an artistic means of composition and for electronic sound production. Brümmer has also realized a series of multimedia and interdisciplinary projects, experimental music pieces, compositions for dance and live electronics, and is interested in the interaction between acoustic instruments and live video. His latest cd, released by INA-GRM, is titled “9 Trajectoires.”