The composer has lived mostly in the USA since 1941. He studied piano with Grete Sultan and, briefly, composition with John Cage. Though mostly self-taught as a composer, association with John Cage, Morton Feldman, David Tudor, Earle Brown, Frederic Rzewski and Cornelius Cardew have been important for him. A particular feature of his music has been to allow performers various degrees of freedom and interaction at the actual time of performance. The music is published by C F Peters (New York), and a good portion of it has been recorded. A number of pieces have been used by choreographer Merce Cunningham starting in 1953.
Wolff has also been active as a performer and as an improviser — with, among others, Takehisa Kosugi, Steve Lacey, Keith Rowe, William Winant, Kui Dong, Larry Polansky and the group AMM. He has received awards and grants from the American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, DAAD Berlin, the Asian Cultural Council, the Fromm Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts (the John Cage award for music) and the Mellon Foundation. He is a member of the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin and has received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from the California Institute of the Arts. Academically trained at Harvard as a classicist, Wolff has taught classics at Harvard and from 1971 to 1999 was professor of Classics and Music at Dartmouth College.
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[Christian G Wolff]
Nice (Alpes-Maritimes, France), 1934
Residence: USA
18
Janu 2023
20h00
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TenneyWolff |
In person
Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
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9
June 2022
20h30
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Wolff |
Online event Live
Montréal (Québec)
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9
June 2022
20h30
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Wolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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8
June 2022
13h00
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In person Free admission with pass Workshop
Montréal (Québec)
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26
Marc 2021
14h00 – 16h00
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MoleOliverosWolff |
Online event Live
Calgary (Alberta, Canada)
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7
June 2020
19h30
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Cancelled
Série QB
Wolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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12
Marc 2020
19h30
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MillerSokolovićTanWolff |
In person
Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)
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5
Octo 2019
20h00
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MillerSmithTenneyWolff |
In person
Albi (Tarn, France)
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3
Sept 2019
19h00
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SandbergWolff |
In person
Borås (Sweden)
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1
Sept 2019
20h00
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BeyerKotíkSokolovićWolff |
In person
Prague (Czech Republic)
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29
Augu 2019
19h00
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BeyerKotíkSokolovićSoriaWolff |
In person
Ostrava (Czech Republic)
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21
Febr 2019
19h00
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Wolff |
In person
Borås (Sweden)
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17
Nove 2015
20h00
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CardewWolff |
In person
Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)
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23
Apri 2015
20h00
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Série QB
CeccarelliFrithHétuMyhrWolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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18
Marc 2014
18h00
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Série QB
ArnoldBarryFargionMagnanensiWolff |
In person Workshop
Montréal (Québec)
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16
June 2013
20h00
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Série QB
Wolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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15
Marc 2011
20h00
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
In person
Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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10
Marc 2011
20h00
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
In person
Victoria (British Columbia, Canada)
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17
Nove 2010
20h00
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HallnäsHegdalPerssonWolff |
In person
Borås (Sweden)
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7
Octo 2010
20h00
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Série QB
CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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28
Marc 2009
16h00
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
In person
Berlin (Germany)
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3
Octo 2004
16h00
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FreyHallnäsWolff |
In person
Borås (Sweden)
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2
Octo 2004
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Wolff |
In person
Borås (Sweden)
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13
Sept 2003
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Série QB
BeugerFreyPisaroStieglerWolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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25
Nove 2002
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BarryOesterleWolff |
In person
Huddersfield (England, UK)
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21
Nove 2002
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Série QB
BeethovenWalsheWolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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11
May 2001
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Série QB
FeldmanIvesLesageOesterleWolff |
In person
Montréal (Québec)
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6
May 2001
11h00
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FeldmanPisaroWolff |
In person
Aarau (Switzerland)
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