Daniel Glaus
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2017
Daniel Glaus is a musician, composer and educator from Berne, Switzerland. He studied music theory composition, organ and conducting in Bern, Freiburg and Paris. He has previously worked as a composer and church musician at Stadtkirche Biel and Berner Münster and is a professor at the Zurich University of the Arts for composition and instrumentation and at the University of the Arts in Bern for organ and composition.
Daniel is well known as a distinguished church musician and he has performed internationally as an organist. He is the director of the research project 'Innov-Organ-um', through which he and his team developed a wind-dynamic organ in which the dynamics, timbre and pitch can be influenced by simply pressing the buttons.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
