Matthias Krüger is a composer for contemporary music. Born in 1987 in Ulm, he grew up in Brussels and Trier, and studied music composition at Cologne’s Hochschule für Musik und Tanz, at Columbia University in New York City, and IRCAM in Paris, as well as French language at Cologne University and Sorbonne University in Paris. Currently he is a doctoral candidate at Hamburg's University of Music and Theatre. Lately, he has been artist-in-residence at Goethe-Institut Montreal and the German Center for Venetian Studies in Venice. He has received numerous awards and scholarships, including from DAAD, the German National Academic Foundation, Berlin’s Mendelssohn competition in 2013, Cologne's B.A. Zimmermann award in 2015, the Chevillion-Bonnaud composition award (Orléans 2016) as well as a nomination for the 2018 Gaudeamus Award (Utrecht). His music has been performed by the Klangforum Wien, the WDR Symphony Orchestra, ensemble Recherche, ensemble Aventure, ensemble ascolta, Slagwerk Den Haag, PluralEnsemble Madrid, and Meitar Ensemble Tel Aviv. Performances include countries all over Europe, the US, Canada, China and Japan, as part of festivals such as ECLAT Stuttgart, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Warsaw Autumn, Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Festival de Royaumont, Nuova Consonanza Rome, or the Shanghai New Music Week and in venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Palau de la Música Catalana Barcelona, Centre Pompidou Paris and Carnegie Hall New York. Website: www.matthias-krueger.com