Claus Gahrn (1978)

Picture: Malwina Gahrn

Claus Gahrn received his Master of Music degree in Composition from the Academy of Music in Esbjerg, Denmark, in 2006. He now lives and works in Esbjerg as a freelance composer as well as a lecturer at the Academy of Music.

Gahrn´s work mainly consists of music for solo instruments and small ensembles with and without electronics. His music has been performed in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, Russia and in the UK.

One line runs through the piece undertow / everflow. The music is eruptive and pulsating in the first half of the piece. In the second half the music is mirrored into a dreamy and calm soundscape. The two parts are sharing material and rhythmical proportions and thus suggesting two different ways of listening to the same fundamental idea.

www.clausgahrn.dk