John Van Buren

1952 – 2022

Personal details

John Van Buren studied at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule under Milko Kelemen. His œuvre, which includes solo and chamber music, choral works, electronic music and compositions for full orchestra, is played by leading ensembles and orchestras. Performances at various German opera houses, and in international music centres (e.g. Carnegie Hall, New York), together with broadcasts by German and American radio and television, document growing public interest in his work. Since 1992 Van Buren has been professor of composition and head of the Studio for New Music at the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg-Augsburg.