Tim Hansen
Tim Hansen is an Australian composer and songwriter. He graduated in Theatre & Media at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales and in Composition, first at the Australian National University in Canberra (BA), then at New York University (MA). His music is largely inspired by storytelling: contemporary as well as historical and mythical narratives. He is also interested in education, apart from creating lessons for TED, he is engaged in the Musician in the Classroom program and Soundfly – an educational online music project. Hansen performs in W4 New Music collective; among their compositions there is an oratorio based on Moby Dick, and Cellophilia; he also worked with many others music and theatre groups and companies in Australia and USA. He also received the Frank Ponton Memorial Prize, the Darwin International Guitar Festival Composition Prize and an ArtStart Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: July 2, 2018)
Profile at the australianmusiccentre.com.au (accessed: July 2, 2018)
Bio prepared by Joanna Kłos, University of Warsaw, joanna.klos@student.uw.edu.pl
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