Jorrit Tamminga - Komponistenportrait

1. Inside Out (2003) - 2 speakers

2. Barst! (2005) - 4 speakers

3. Bosch (2007) - 4 speakers

Jorrit Tamminga

(1973) studied Music & Technology at the Utrecht School of the Arts and Sonology at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. During this studies he concentrated on electronic composition, live electronics and sound synthesis.

In most of his works electronics play an important role. He composed works for speakers only (Barst), string quartet en live electronics (Powerchords), saxophone and live electronics (Klep Dicht!), carillon and soundtrack (Inside Out) and gamelan and live electronics (Tijdverspilling). Tamminga programmed live electronics for several music productions such as Faust (theatregroup Artery with the Nederlands Kamerkoor) and The Seven Chakras and Nada Brahma, compositions by Wim Henderickx.

As a musician he plays live electronics in several ensembles such as Herautronique with trumpetplayer Hans Leeuw and a duo with Sonsoles Alonso. Together with Martijn Buser he forms the dj-duo Rumor Soundsystem.

Tamminga teaches electronic music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam and sounddevelopment at Music & Technology.

In the period 2000-2002 he was music programmer of Theater Kikker in Utrecht. Currently he is one of the programmers of the Rumor festival.