David Berezan’s works are out there! They have been performed in concert in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA…

David Berezan has received awards at the following contests:

Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, Leuk (Switzerland): 2020
Concorso internazionale Luigi Russolo di musica elettroacustica, Varèse (Italy): 2002
Concours d’interprétation spatialisée Espace du son, Ohain (Belgium): 2002
Concours international de composition électroacoustique Klang!, Montpellier (Hérault, France): 2015
Concours international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, Bourges (Cher, France): 2002
Concurso de Composición Electroacústica Destellos, Mar del Plata (Argentina): 2022
Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo (CIMESP), São Paulo (Brazil): 2003, 2005
EAR — Hungarian Radio’s International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Budapest (Hungary): 2001
Jeu de temps / Times Play (JTTP), Canada: 2000
MA/IN Matera Intermedia Competition, Matera (Italy): 2023
Musica Nova International Competition of Electroacoustic Music, Prague (Czech Republic): 2015
Música Viva — Concurso Internacional de Composição Electroacústica, Parede (Portugal): 2012
Musicworks Electronic Music Composition Contest, Toronto (Ontario, Canada): 2021

After completing a BA in History (1988) at the University of Calgary, a Diploma in Composition (1996) at Grant MacEwan College (Edmonton) and an MMus in Composition (2000) at the University of Calgary, David Berezan moved to the UK and completed a PhD in Electroacoustic Composition (2003) at the University of Birmingham (UK). In 2012 he was appointed Professor in Electroacoustic Music Composition at The University of Manchester (UK), where he has acted, since 2003, as Director of the Electroacoustic Music Studios and MANTIS (Manchester Theatre in Sound).

Since 2000 he has primarily composed acousmatic music, though he has also composed and performed solo and ensemble live-electronics works. He is a practitioner and proponent of sound diffusion performance and the interpretation of fixed-media work.

David Berezan has been awarded in the Klang (France, 2015), Música Viva (Portugal, 2012), CIMESP (Brazil, 2003, ’05), Bourges (France, 2002), Luigi Russolo (Italy, 2002), Espace du son (Belgium, 2002), EAR (Hungary, 2001), and JTTP (Canada, 2000) competitions. In addition to frequent concert performances of his work, his music has been broadcasted on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) as well as the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation).

He has worked in residence in the studios of the University of Calgary (Canada, 2011), Université de Montréal (Québec, 2011), CMMAS (Mexico, 2011), EMS (Sweden, 2011, ’12, ’18), VICC (Sweden, 2011, ’12, ’14), The Banff Centre of the Arts (Canada, 2000, ’07), ZKM’s Institut für Musik und Akustik (Germany, 2007), Ina-GRM (France, 2007), IMEB (France, 2007), ESB (Switzerland, 2005), and Tamagawa University (Japan, 2007).

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