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About Andrés Lewin-Richter Ossiander
- Andrés Lewin-Richter Ossiander (born 1937) is a Spanish composer of electronic music. Born in Miranda de Ebro, Spain, he began his studies in engineering at Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1955.
- Seven years later, he received a Fulbright Fellowship to continue his studies at Columbia University in New York to study with Vladimir Ussachevsky, Mario Davidovsky and Edgard Varèse.
- While there, he worked as a teaching assistant in the Columbia Princeton Electronic Music Center and composed music for the film “The Gondola Eye” by Ian Hugo and as a sound engineer at the Alwin Nikolais Dance Company.
- In 1966 Lewin-Richter founded the Estudio de Música Electrónica del Conservatorio de Música in Mexico City. In 1968, he returned to Spain and established the Barcelona Electronic Music Studio.
- He then widened his scope by becoming a founding member -together with Josep Mestres Quadreny and Lluís Callejo i Creus- and vice-president of the Phonos Electronic Music Studio in 1973.
- He has served as artistic and executive director for the music ensemble Conjunt Català de Música Contemporània (1968-1973).
- Always centering on electronic methods, his work has used tape, other instruments combined with tape, and instrumental collage techniques.
- Many of his pieces also use voice in a prominent role and have been used for dance, theater and cinema.
- Two of his most influential recordings are Musica Electroacustica and Secuencia III Para Anna, both issued on the Hemisferio label.
- Rich notes, His skillful use of gradual phase lag has led to some of his major achievements, bringing great beauty and expressiveness to his music.
- He has toured the world performing, lecturing, teaching and beginning electronic music studios.
- Since 2003, Lewin-Richter has been a professor of electronic music history at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya de Barcelona.
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