Bernhard Gander was born in Lienz, Austria, in 1969. He studied at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium (piano, music theory, conducting) as well as composition with Beat Furrer in Graz and electro-acoustic music at Studio UPIC/Paris and the Schweizerisches Zentrum für Computermusik/Zürich. Ensembles and orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble Intégrales, Talea Ensemble, Arditti Quartett, Ensemble Phace, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, RSO Wien, DSO Berlin, Brüsseler Philharmoniker, SWR Sinfonieorchester, WDR Sinfonieorchester, hr-Sinfonieorchester, NÖ Tonkünstlerorchester perform his music in prestigious halls and festivals such as Wiener Konzerthaus, Steirischer Herbst, ORF, Klangspuren, Transart Bozen, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wiener Festwochen, Wien modern, Musica Strassbourg, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, Biennale München and many more. Gander received several prizes (Musikförderungspreis der Stadt Wien für Komposition 2004, Erste Bank Kompositionspreis 2005, Staatsstipendium für Komposition 2005/07, SKE Publicity Preis 2009, Ernst Krenek Preis 2012 for „melting pot“), many of his works are published by Edition Peters.

Bernhard Gander will be tutoring at impuls from February 12th to 18th.