Education
From 1990 to 1996, he studied composition with Julius Ament and Wim Dirriwachter at Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen.
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Douwe Eisenga
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His most known work is Requiem Aeternam 1953, composed on an occasion of the 50th North Sea flood of 1953 anniversary. Eisenga is a self-taught musician and has begun composing music for theatre and films in 1980s. In the last years, he composed various works for musical ensembles as Xenakis Ensemble, Francis B. Quartet or the pianists Gerard Bouwhuis and Marcel Worms.
In 1999, his Civil Defense Rivius II recorded by pianist Rien Balkenende was published.
Then, in 2001, his piece Growing worm, stabbing his back-part slowly into the blues was published on his Civil Defense More new blues for piano. In 2003, his work Requiem Aeternam 1953, a composition for choir and orchestra, was premiered at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the North Sea flood of 1953.
Eisenga"s work has roots in popular music of his generation. He makes no difference between popular songs, twelve-tone techniques, baroque music or eastern musical patterns and manages to combine these elements in his compositions.
From 1993, Eisenga lives in Zeeland.
