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
7
June 2020
7:30 pm
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Cancelled
Série QB
Wolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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12
Marc 2020
7:30 pm
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MillerSokolovićTanWolff |
Colorado Springs (Colorado, USA)
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5
Octo 2019
8:00 pm
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MillerSmithTenneyWolff |
Albi (Tarn, France)
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3
Sept 2019
7:00 pm
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SandbergWolff |
Borås (Sweden)
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1
Sept 2019
8:00 pm
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BeyerKotíkSokolovićWolff |
Prague (Czech Republic)
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29
Augu 2019
7:00 pm
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BeyerKotíkSokolovićSoriaWolff |
Ostrava (Czech Republic)
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21
Febr 2019
7:00 pm
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Wolff |
Borås (Sweden)
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17
Nove 2015
8:00 pm
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CardewWolff |
Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada)
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23
Apri 2015
8:00 pm
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Série QB
CeccarelliFrithHétuMyhrWolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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18
Marc 2014
6:00 pm
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Série QB
ArnoldBarryFargionMagnanensiWolff |
Workshop
Montréal (Québec)
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16
June 2013
8:00 pm
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Série QB
Wolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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15
Marc 2011
8:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada)
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10
Marc 2011
8:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Victoria (British Columbia, Canada)
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17
Nove 2010
8:00 pm
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HallnäsHegdalPerssonWolff |
Borås (Sweden)
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7
Octo 2010
8:00 pm
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Série QB
CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Montréal (Québec)
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28
Marc 2009
4:00 pm
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CageTenneyWolffZimmermann |
Berlin (Germany)
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3
Octo 2004
4:00 pm
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FreyHallnäsWolff |
Borås (Sweden)
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2
Octo 2004
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Wolff |
Borås (Sweden)
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13
Sept 2003
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Série QB
BeugerFreyPisaroStieglerWolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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25
Nove 2002
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BarryOesterleWolff |
Huddersfield (England, UK)
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21
Nove 2002
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Série QB
BeethovenWalsheWolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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11
May 2001
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Série QB
FeldmanIvesLesageOesterleWolff |
Montréal (Québec)
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6
May 2001
11:00 am
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FeldmanPisaroWolff |
Aarau (Switzerland)
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