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31/07/10: Kranichsteiner Musikpreis 2010
I'm very happy to announce that the International Darmstadt Ferienkurse awarded me the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis 2010 for composition. Many thanks to all who supported me and to Thomas Schäfer for this fantastic edition!concert announcement Nikel Nikel Ensemble performing "Fremdkörper #2" at Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2010
28/07/10: "Fremdkörper #1 " selected by ISCM-Flanders
Fremdkörper #1 has been selected by ISCM-Flanders for the ISCM World Music Days 2011 in Zagreb. From the jury-report (chaired by Martijn Padding): "A completely original soundworld, a real top-work soundwise." / "Disturbing"
2/06/10: Featured in "Les Classiques de demain" on Musiq3
Click here to listen to an extensive interview (in French), fragments of "Erosie", "Ensuite", "Ventriloquium", "Fremdkörper #1" and improvisations with collectief reFLEXible and in duo with Richard Barrett in Anne Mattheeuws's program of 2-6-2010 on the French-speaking National Radio Channel "Musiq3"
22/06-3/07/10: Tzlil Meudcan Summercourse & Festival
I'm very happy to announce that I've been selected to participate in the first Tzlil Meudcan Summercourse & Festival in Tel Aviv, Israel. Besides having masterclasses with composers Chaya Czernowin & Steven Tagasuki, I'll be working intensively with the Nikel Ensemble on "Fremdkörper #2", which will be premiered by Nikel in Darmstadt in July.preparations for Fremdkörper #2 "Fremdkörper #2" in progress...
14/12/09: Staubach Award
I'm very happy to announce that I've been awarded a "Staubach Honorarium", which is bi-annually awarded by the Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2010. This prize includes a composition commission for a new piece to be premiered by the Israelian Nikel Ensemble during the upcoming Darmstadt Ferienkurse in July (see calendar).
9/12/09: Special Belgian-Brazilian Night at Q-O2
Together with Brazilian composer/e-guitarist Mario Del Nunzio & pseudo-Brazilian e-guitarist Matthias Koole, we'll perform Belgian (i.e. "Not I") & Brazilian (by M.Del Nunzio and world premières by Bernardo Barros & Henrique Iwao) compositions and improvisations for one/two electric guitars and live-electronics at Q-O2 (Brussels). With some luck, there will even be cachaça to drink!

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Mario Del Nunzio, Matthias Koole & Stefan Prins improvising at Univ. de São Paulo, 9/9/2009.
24/11/09: ZWERM premières "Infiltrationen (Memory Space #4)"
ZWERM premières "Infiltrationen (Memory Space #4)", my new piece for electric guitar quartet and live-electronics, in the program "Modes of Interference" at the Concertgebouw Brugge on 24/11/2009. In the same program they'll perform a brand-new piece by Mario Del Nunzio and pieces by Agostino Di Scipio & Karlheinz Essl. With this program we'll tour in Austria in January 2010.

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ZWERM & Stefan Prins performing "Infiltrationen (Memory Space #4)" at Concertgebouw Brugge during its première (excerpts), 24/11/2009.
4/11/09-7/11/09: Nadar plays at Harvest Festival Denmark
The Nadar Ensemble is invited to play two concerts at the Harvest Festival (Odense, Denmark). On the 4th we will play a portrait-concert of music by German composer Martin Schüttler and on the 7th the program will consist only of music by Nadar's composer-in-residence Simon Steen-Andersen.
15/10/09-20/10/09: Workshops live-electronics in Freiburg
Together with 5 other selected composers, I'll be having two workshop-weeks with Orm Finnendahl at the Musikhochschule Freiburg dealing with his recently developed live-electronics software "Quo!". These workshops (the second one will be in March), in collaboration with the classes of Markus Weiss & Uli Fussenegger, will result in a new piece to be premiered at the Darmstadt Ferienkurse 2010.
27/8/09-12/9/09: Brazilian tour
From 27/8/09 until 12/9/2009 I'll be touring in Brasil, together with guitar-player Matthias Koole and Brasilian composer/guitar-player Mario del Nunzio. Concerts (including a.o. "Not I" for e-gtr & live-electronics), workshops and lectures are planned in a.o. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Campinas, Santos and Belo Horizonte.
23/6/09: Myspace & Youtube now online
Check my myspace or youtube-channel for regularly updated recordings and videos of improvisations and compositions.
23/4/09: International Impuls Composition Competition 2009
I'm very happy to announce that, being one of the four winners of the biannual International Impuls Composition Competition, the ensemble Klangforum Wien commissioned me a new composition to be premiered in Graz, Austria, in 2011. The jury consisted of Beat Furrer (dir), Pierluigi Billone, Ernesto Molinari & Ernst Kovacic.
18/4/09: "Erosie (Memory Space#1)" selected by ISCM-Flanders
Erosie (Memory Space #1) for viola & Bayan/accordion has been selected by ISCM-Flanders for the World Music Days in Australia 2010. The jury consisted of Eric Sleichim (dir), Maarten Beirens, & Filip Rathé.
13/3/09: "Realgar" - review and interview on Kwadratuur.be
CD Realgar by collectief reFLEXible is selected as the "Editor's Choice" on Kwadratuur.be. Click here for the review and here for an interview by Koen van Meel.
15/1/09: "Fremdkörper" - score and recording now online
Just added on this site: the score and a recording of "Fremdkörper", the composition I've made for Nadar for amplified ensemble (flute/piccolo, electric guitar, percussion, violoncello), soundtrack & live-electronics.Yves Goemaere performs percussion part of Fremdkörper (Yves Goemaere performing percussion part of Fremdkörper)
20/10/08: "Realgar" - new cd by collectief reFLEXible
After having released several home-made cd-r's the past few years, collectief reFLEXible now presents its brand-new cd "Realgar" on the Italian improv-label Amirani Records. Over 50 minutes of improvised music by Joachim Devillé, trumpet & flugelhorn, Thomas Olbrechts, alto saxophone and Stefan Prins, live-electronics. Thanks to John "Sugerdaddy" Rottiers & Gianni Mimmo for their support! To order the cd go directly to Amirani's site or drop me a mail. To listen to excerpts, visit our myspace. For reviews, click here. realgar
25-29/06/08: LABO#6 composition laboratory
Together with recorder-player Tomma Wessel and CRFMW, I´ll be coordinating the composition laboratory LABO#6 which is focused upon writing compositions for recorder and live-electronics. After a first working period (Froidlieu, Luxembourg, Belgium, 25-29/6/08), a second meeting is planned in autumn ´08. Finally, the resulting compositions will be presented in a series of concerts in Belgium. Open for every-one (!) who wants to compose a piece for recorder & live-electronics. In collaboration with Ferme du Biereau, MATRIX & CRFMW. For more info:
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www.fermedubierreau.eu.org
06/02/08: "Not I" & "Ventriloquium" selected by ISCM-Flanders
The Flemish ISCM-section selected six compositions of Flemish composers to represent Flanders at the ISCM World Music days 2009 in Sweden, amongst them my recent compositions "Not I" and "Ventriloquium".
www.iscm-vlaanderen.be
25/01/08: Release of Champ d´Action Archives Series 06
Release of Champ d´Action Archives Series 06 "Integrating the Recorder" with a.o. "Memory Space #2" for recorder, ensemble and live-electronics, and compositions for recorder & ensemble by M. Finnissy, M. Shlomowitz, D. Nuñezañez, J. Nichols.
ORDER the CD for only 2 € (shipping included!)
www.champdaction.be/nl/audio/

Stefan Prins - "Ensuite" (beginning) for violoncello solo (Jean-Guihen Queyras) - de Bijloke - Gent - first performance, 23/2/08 (for the continuation of "Ensuite", click here)

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