Martijn Padding

I was born in 1956 in Amsterdam where I still live and work. After studying piano and musicology I studied composition with Louis Andriessen at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, where I am
a teacher now. Over the years I have written lots of music for all kinds of usually known ensembles, soloists and orchestras as well as music theatre pieces. At the moment I consider my collaboration with the Dutch ensemble Loos (which started in 1998) as my main activity. It resulted already with several works for the ensemble in different line- ups (with or without electronics). In December 2002 I finished the opera Tattooed Tongues with a libretto by Friso Haverkamp and written for a largely extended Loos Ensemble, which had its world premiere during the OWarsaw Autumn1 Festival in 2001. At the moment
I am working on a large piece for authentic wind instruments, forte-piano and live electronics, which is based on the sketches of unfinished Beethoven1s works.
Martijn Padding

Selected works: Ritorno for saxophone quartet (1988), Shuffle for flute, saxophone, harp, violin, viola and piano (1990), 20 to 21 for two cellos (1991), Blend for piano (1992), In Pairs for recorders quartet (1992), Jesu erbarme Dich noch einmal for large mixed choir and orchestra (1993), Nich Eilen, Nicht Schleppen for soprano and ensemble (1993), Harmonypricker for flute and piano (1994), Nederland Muziekland for voice and piano (1994), Scharf Abreisen for large orchestra (1995), Quintett for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (or any other combination of instruments; 1996), Laid back for piano (1997), 5 Neo-Neo1s for tenor saxophone and piano (1997), Harmoniehof, electronic music for theatre production (1997), fix-us for ensemble (1997), Bien Mesure Bien for harpsichord (1998), Give me one more night for cello (1998), Ein Haus mit einem Dach with texts from Arnold Schönberg1s essay Neue Musik ­ Meine Musik for ensemble (1998), Man on the Mountain for voice and ensemble (1998), Padding1s Millennium Peasant Dance No. 1 for ensemble (1999), Couple for one percussionist (1999), Speculum Inversum for soprano and ensemble (1999­2000), Wild French Echo1s for electric guitar and amplified violin (2000), Bel dous amics for mezzo-soprano and harpsichord (2000), Pieton de Hauterives for ensemble (2001), Tattooed Tongues, opera in 13 scenes with libretto by Friso Haverkamp after Emanuel Swedenborg (2000­02), Lonely Moose for double-bass clarinet, electric guitar, piano/ keyboard, percussion and live electronics (2002), Legato1s for two pianos (2002), Mordants for violin and piano (2002).

Millennium Padding1s Peasant Dance No. 1
The piece was written specially for Wim Boerman and De Ereprijs Ensemble.
It is my humble tribute to the craziness that came over the world while moving from the year 2000 to a new millennium. Nothing happened. The title suggests that there will be more peasant dances. However, this is not the case yet.
Martijn Padding