Robin Minard 

Artist Minard, Robin

* 1953 born in Montréal, Canada. * Studied music theory and composition in Canada and Paris. * 1979-85 member of the improvisation group SONDE (Montréal), European tours 1984 and 1985. * 1984-86 music director of the gallery Tangente, Montréal. * 1987-1996 frequently worked as independent composer at the electroacoustic studio of the Technische Universität Berlin. * 1988-89 Canada Council Paris Studio for musicians. * 1990 guest of the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. * 1991 artist in residence on the theme of Virtual Reality at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada. * 1992 guest composer at Künstlerhof Schreyahn (Germany) ; nominated for the Computer Music Association Commission Award. * 1992-96 lecturer on sound installation at the electroacoustic studio of the Berlin Technical University. * 1993 Composition grants from the Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten Berlin and the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the German Südwestfunk. * 1995 Canada Council grant (intermedia) ; guest composer and lecturer at the Institut für Elektronische Musik, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Graz. * 1996 Brandenburg Prize for Visual Arts ; Composition grant from the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung of the German Südwestfunk.

Residencies : Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, 02.96 ; Schloß Wiepersdorf, Germany, 06-09.96 ; Villa Serpentara, Olevano Romano, Italy (granted by the Akademie der Künste, Berlin), 10-12.96.

* since 1997 professor for electroacoustic composition and sound design at the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT and the Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar ; Director of the studio for electroacoustic music (SeaM) at the Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT, Weimar.

Memberships :

* Associate composer of the Canadian Music Centre * Founding member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community and the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology * Member of the Canadian League of Composers and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik (DegeM)

Public Presentations (selection) :

Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art (1986) Warsaw Autumn Festival (1987, 1993, 1996) Berlin Kulturstadt Europas (1988) New Music America (1990) Inventionen Berlin (1991, 1994, 1998)Seoul PanMusic Fest (1991) Centro Recherche Musicale, Rome (1993) Warsaw Centre of Contemporary Art (1995) Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven (1996) Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (1996) daadgalerie, Berlin (1996) Galerie MUU, Helsinki (1996) KlangArt, Osnabrück (1997) In Medias Res, Dolmabahèe Cultural Centre, Istanbul (1997) World Music Days, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (1997) Donaueschinger Musiktage (1997) Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon (1998) Centre des Nouveaux Médias, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris (1998) Stockholm Electronic Music Festival (1998) Funkhaus, Sender Freies Berlin (1998) Zagreb Museum of Contemporary Art (1999) Bundesgartenschau, Magdeburg (1999) Weimar Kulturstadt Europas (1999) Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (1999)