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Kristoffer Zegers (born Breda, 27 December 1973) is a Dutch composer.

Taught by Gilius van Bergeijk, Jan Boerman, Martijn Padding, Clarence Barlow, Diderik Wagenaar at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.

In Zegers' music microtonal clusters are the main object. His music is about slow developments in clusters via glissandi. Because of that: his motto "Glissandéz mes enfants, Glissandéz toujours!" after César Franck: "Moduléz mes enfants, Moduléz toujours!". His work "Singularity IV" has been played at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Zegers' music has been played in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Italy and several radiostations in the world. In 2002 he also wrote a piece for 4 saxophones, named Venlafaxine, which tells the listener about the feeling you get when you take an antidepresivum which makes the mind instable, a kind of 'collapse' of the brains.

Important works

Electronic music without ensemble

• Singularity IV, Electronic music (1997)
• Tod und Verklärung, Electronic music (2000)

Electronic music with ensemble

• Venlafaxine, for 4 saxofoons (2001)
• Electroshocks, for 8 saxofoons (Novembermusic (2003)
• Singulariteit VI for12 solosingers clavichord and computermusic (commissioned ASKO kamerkoor (2007)

External links

• Kristoffer Zegers
• Royal Conservatory The Hague, the Nederlands
• Quasar Saxophone Quartet Montreal/Canada