Gregers Brinch


Gregers Brinch is a Danish composer.

Biography

Gregers Brinch was born in Esbjerg, Denmark.
He was drawn to become a composer upon watching the film Amadeus by Miloš Forman and Peter Shaffer in 1984, at the age of 20.
After an initial period of aided self-study in England with the singer and composer Cecil Cope, he studied piano with Louis Demetrius Alvanis in London before moving to Hamburg, Germany to study composition with Elmar Lampson and piano with Alan Newcome and later Ulrike Bauer.
Brinch’s use of a number of styles with an authentic quality stems from his wide musical background.
He feels equally at home with the blues, as with the music of Beethoven or Gregorian Chants.
His consistent use and exploration of tonality is energised by his finding new nuances in harmony and melody which is accessible to the listener without being easy listening.
Nature and drama also feature as inspirations for Brinch’s work, but it is his study of intervals that has served to lend him his own unique voice as a composer.
Central themes permeating a number of his works include Human Rights and the Holocaust.
His work Lieder aus Leid was 18 years in preparation before receiving its premiere in Hannover in May 2012 by Jardena Flueckiger, Jonathan dela Paz Zaens and Stéphan Aubé.
Brinch's works have been performed frequently in the USA and the UK, as well as in Denmark, Germany and France.

Works

For Piano solo