Pierre Kolp

Pierre Kolp is a Belgian composer and music pedagogue born in Cologne, Germany, on 23 March 1969.

With composers Juan Carlos Tolosa, Francis Ubertelli, and David Nuñezañez, he founded the Black Jackets Company in 1995, an international society of contemporary arts based in Brussels.

Work For many years, Kolp has taught music theory, organology, aesthetics, history, and composition. In 1997, he became director of the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique, an educational institute in Brussels. In 2004, he became president of the Francophone Association of Belgian Music Academies and delegate to the European Music Schools Union. Kolp has written several articles on creativity, time, and musical spaces.

He gave composition master classes at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, in 1999, and at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2002. He also works with conductor Juan Carlos Tolosa, composer André Ristic, and virtuoso Stephane Ginsburgh, all three of whom have also taught at the Institut de rythmique Jaques-Dalcroze de Belgique.

Catalogue of Works Source:

Orchestra Cosmose (2006–2008), 40 minutes Ho, mia kor''' (2007), 8 minutes Los cometas colorados – opera (2002), 10 minutes Manimatrix (2002–2004), 25 minutes Stop Exchange (2008), 20 minutes

Stage Désirs chorégraphiques – music for dance (1994), 14 minutes Los cometas colorados – opera (2002), 10 minutes The Eyes of Ambush – stage music (2003), 8 minutes Perdre corps – music for dance (2005), 13 minutes

Chamber ensemble Chant contre champs – for 7 players (1994), 6 minutes Antipasti – for 7 players (1995), 12 minutes Mat – for 6 players (1996), 14 minutes Have a Break – for 6 players (1997), 18 minutes Passerelle – for 4 players and electronics (1999), 8 minutes Mani – for various combinaisons of players (2001–2002) Wet Wet Wet Wedding – for 3 players and tape (2004), 3–15 minutes

Chamber music Sept Blasons – for wind quintet (1994), 14 minutes Interchamps – for 2 flutes and guitar (1994), 14 minutes Speaker – for flute quartet (1995), 6 minutes I ching – for flute and guitar (1996), 10 minutes Incipit vita nova – first piano trio (2001), 7 minutes So-mani dreams are explored – second piano trio (2005), 15 minutes The Bowling' Stones – for 2 pianos (2006), 9 minutes Plug-in – for 2 pianos (2007), 6 minutes

Solo instrument P as T – for alto (2005) Sub-Negation – for any solo instrument, 2 versions (2007–2008), 12 minutes Portiques génitifs – for cello (1994), 6 minutes Beaver Tuned – for piano (1998), 10 minutes Due scherzi – for piano (2007), 12 minutes So Slow the Snow – for piano (2006), 10 minutes

Vocal music Eggs – for choir (1994), 8 minutes Hors d'un coffret de Santal'' – 7 melodies for one singer and piano (1997), 12 minutes