Michiel Mensingh (Amsterdam, 1975) specialised in composition with Hans Timmermans and Barbara Woof, among others, while studying Music Technology at the Utrecht School of the Arts, KMT faculty in Hilversum. During this school period, he did an internship with composer Guus Janssen for some time. He graduated in September 2001 with a Masters of Arts degree.
His drum ‘n’ bass-inspired composition ‘Wicked’, written for recorder quartet Quartet New Generation, won him the Matthijs Vermeulen Aanmoedigingsprijs in 2001, a prize from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. The work has since been played successfully many times at home and abroad. ‘Wicked’ was selected for the ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award in 2006. Mensingh’s 2005 electronic composition ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’ (i.c.w. Tomoko Mukaiyama), was one of the nominated compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize in 2006. Six of his works have been released on CD.
In 2012, the premiere of Mensingh’s first orchestral work; ‘Control-Alt-Repeat – The Oncofonie Edition’ took place at Theater Carré in Amsterdam.
Michiel Mensingh (1975)
Michiel Mensingh (Amsterdam, 1975) specialised in composition with Hans Timmermans and Barbara Woof, among others, while studying Music Technology at the Utrecht School of the Arts, KMT faculty in Hilversum. During this school period, he did an internship with composer Guus Janssen for some time. He graduated in September 2001 with a Masters of Arts degree.
His drum ‘n’ bass-inspired composition ‘Wicked’, written for recorder quartet Quartet New Generation, won him the Matthijs Vermeulen Aanmoedigingsprijs in 2001, a prize from the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. The work has since been played successfully many times at home and abroad. ‘Wicked’ was selected for the ISCM-CASH Young Composer Award in 2006. Mensingh’s 2005 electronic composition ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’ (i.c.w. Tomoko Mukaiyama), was one of the nominated compositions for the Gaudeamus Prize in 2006. Six of his works have been released on CD.
In 2012, the premiere of Mensingh’s first orchestral work; ‘Control-Alt-Repeat – The Oncofonie Edition’ took place at Theater Carré in Amsterdam.
Discography
Mensingh: Wicked (Single)
BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet
Beneath a Pale Moon
BLOCK4 Recorder Quartet