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Act Ii Scene 18 The House Serena Joy Offred by Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders

Biographie de l'artiste pour Poul Ruders

Poul Ruders Born March 27 1949 In Ringsted Is A Danish Composer. Ruders's Early Studies In Piano And Organ Led Eventually To Studies In Orchestration With The Danish Composer Karl Aage Rasmussen. His First Compositions Date From The Mid-60s. Ruders Regards His Own Compositional Development As A Gradual One With His True Voice Emerging With The Chamber Concerto Four Compositions Of 1980. Writing About Ruders The English Critic Stephen Johnson States "He Can Be Gloriously Explosively Extrovert One Minute-Withdrawn Haunted Intently Inward-Looking The Next. Super-Abundant High Spirits Alternate With Pained Almost Expressionistic Lyricism Simplicity And Directness With Astringent Irony." Poul Ruders Has Created A Large Body Of Music Ranging From Opera And Orchestral Works Through Chamber Vocal And Solo Music. In Recent Years Performances Of His Work On Both Sides Of The Atlantic And In Such Distant Locals As China Japan And Russia Have Taken Place With Increasing Regularity. With The Overwhelming Success Of His Second Opera The Handmaid's Tale 1996-98 Produced In Copenhagen 2000 Ruders Became Even More In Demand With Commissions Coming In Rapid Succession From The Berlin Philharmonic The New York Philharmonic The BBC Symphony Orchestra And From The Royal Danish Opera. Recent Performances Include Productions Of The Handmaid's Tale In Toronto And London And Orchestral Premieres And Performances In Berlin New York And London. Poul Ruders's Opera Kafka's Trial Libretto By Paul Bentley Premiered In March 2005 In Copenhagen's New Opera House. Commissioned By The Royal Danish Opera For The Opening Of The New Opera House The Opera Explores Kafka's Unfinished Masterpiece As Well As Including Dramatized Events From The Writer's Life. Among Poul Ruders's Upcoming Performances Will Be The World Premiere Of His Next Opera Dancer In The Dark 2009 .