The composer Rune Glerup (b. 1981) goes in search of strange, almost absurd situations in music. “There is always something incredibly freeing and beautiful with something that goes really wrong; when the musical situation tips over or short-circuits”, says the composer. Among the absurd, at times almost violent situations, a special kind of beauty appears once in a while.
Rune Glerup studied with Niels Rosing-Schow, Bent Sørensen and Hans Peter Stubbe Teglbjærg at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Walter Zimmerman in Berlin. In addition to this, he studied at IRCAM in Paris during 2010-2012.
His work has been awarded a number of grants, inter alia Léonie Sonning’s Music Fund Grant and work grants from the Danish Arts Foundation. His works have been played by Diotima Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, inter alia, the London Sinfonietta, Athelas Sinfonietta, Uusinta Ensemble, Curious Chamber Players, Ensemble Alternance, Ensemble Tm+, Esbjerg Ensemble, Contemporánea and Trio Gáman.
Rune Glerup
(1981-)
