Damian Marhulets, Line Bøgh & Nouvelle Philharmonie
Biography Damian Marhulets, Line Bøgh & Nouvelle Philharmonie
Damian Marhulets
is a Germany based composer and visual artist. Drawn upon his long term fascination for radical fringes of music making Damian feels most comfortable when blurring lines between musical genres. Combining his concert music roots with sound-design skills and years-long experience as an electronic music producer, he throws away conventional music clichés in order to develop original music language and explore new sonic landscapes
Born 1980 in Minsk, Belarus, Damian was accepted to prestigious Minsk College of Music at the age of 6. It was not long until he began performing as an oboe soloist with some of the most renowned orchestras in the country and abroad. Still in his early childhood, Damian became a prizewinner of numerous major international music competitions. His music career took a new turn in 2000 when he relocated to Germany. Following his artistic inquisitiveness he soon immersed himself in underground experimental music scene. His musical education shifted from oboe performance to modern composition and electronic music, that he studied at the Music Academy in Hannover and in Cologne with Prof. Johannes Schoellhorn and Joachim Heintz.
As an artist-in-residence Damian worked at such renowned venues as ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, ACROE Institute Grenoble, IONIAN University Corfu and STEIM in Amsterdam. He was also the recipient of several prizes and scholarships such as the composition-stipend by the Cultural Affair Department of the Lower Saxony, Szloma Albam Stiftung stipend and the European Culture Program grant.
Recent projects of Damian include large-scale stage performances in which he combines acoustic instruments with electronics and visuals. In the last couple of years he collaborated with such renowned musicians as David Krakauer, Frank Bungarten, Szymanowski String Quartet, Murat Coskun, Marina Baranova and many others. Besides from writing concert music as well as music for theatre, film and dance he toured all over Europe and USA, having played his own music at many different music festivals and alternative DJ clubs.
