A L E X  D E R B E N

Alexander Derben studied music at the Academy of Arts (HFK) in Bremen, 1998 finishing with the concert examination. Intensive work with audiovisual composition and electro acoustic music. Artist website ALDEMEDIA . COM

Concerts, performances and presentations at international music and media art festivals, a.o. Paris, Bourges (France), Brussels (Belgium), Los Angeles and Washington (USA) as well as in St. Petersburg (Russia) and Mar del Plata (Argentina).

2006 Award of the Niedersachsen Lottostiftung Hannover. 2008 Award of the IFCT-Festival USA for the best audiovisual composition "Work In Progress". 2012 premiere and TV show (Tele Bocal) of the AV composition "Post Humanity Survival" at the 10th Festival International Signes de Nuit Paris. 2018 New Music Award for the audiovisual composition "Wasserwerk", Christoph & Stephan Kaske Stiftung / NMZ. Honary mention for "The Worlds finest", Foundation Destellos. 2019 Nomination at the XII ° Destellos Competition for "Solar Winds AV". Cooperations with a.o. Elizabeth Anderson (USA), Toto Blanke (DE), Jasper van't Hof (NL) as well as curator of the concert series Space Attack in the context of the Bremer Hausmusikwoche (DTKV) with the Atelier Neue Musik (HfK Bremen).

CD recordings at Aliso Records as artist as well as co-producer, two solo albums on iTunes. Various AV and music productions for promotions and theater. (especially Theater Werkstatt Göttingen & Theater BUNT / Domino e.V.)

Since 2000 music teacher (guitar/percussion/elektronic) at various institutions in Hanover; Gehrden and Bremen. Since 2012 teacher for audiovisual composition at the Freie Musikschule Bremen-Nord, there intention and conduction of the audiovisual atelier Freies Tonstudio Bremen. Since 2017 lecturer at the Musikschule Bremen for digital music (Kultur macht stark, Buendnisse für Bildung).

Member of the DEGEM (German Society for Electroacoustic Music) as well as
the DTKV (Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband) and the ABK (Arbeitskreis Bremer Komponisten e.V.)