Eckart Beinke Born 1956 in Oldenburg, originally a rock musician, following a period of employment in the social sector, studied music pedagogy at the Carl-von-Ossietzky-University in Oldenburg. Subsequently studied composition with Jens-Peter Ostendorf and piano with Luciano Ortis at the Hochschule für Künste (College of Art) in Bremen with a scholarship provided by the Evangelisches Studienwerk (study foundation of the protestant church) in Villigst. Studied electronic-acoustic composition at the Conservatoire National de Région Bordeaux and completed his studies in composition in a one-year-stage with Gérard Grisey at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. During his studies he was invited to Darmstadt to the Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung (Institute for New Music and Musical Education). His first portrait concert was performed by the visual artists' organisation BBK-Bund Bildender Künstler in Bremen. Cooperation with visual artists is a regular feature of his work. Since its foundation (1990), Eckart Beinke has been Chairperson of the contemporary music association oh ton, Förderung aktueller Musik and again since its foundation in 1994 he has been artistic director of the oh ton-ensemble, the association's chamber orchestra for new music. He has also been a member of the artistic advisory council for the media art project Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst and holds a lectureship in music at Oldenburg University. Beinke has received...