Bio
Torsten Anders was born in 1968 in Güstrow (D). He studied musicology and theology at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (1991-1992), switching to composition at the FRANZ LISZT Academy of Music in Weimar (1994-2000, MA in 2000), where he specialized in electro-acoustics. Anders studied composition with Wolfgang von Schweinitz and Michael Obst, as well as electro-acoustic composition with Hans Tutschku, and Robin Minard, among others. Between 2000-2001, Anders worked as a programmer in the Music, Mind, Machine research group at the University of Nijmegen (NL). Anders received a PhD in Music (Music Technology) from Queen's University Belfast (UK) in 2007, where he was a member of the Sonic Arts Research Centre (2002-2007). He is presently a research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research, University of Plymouth (UK).
Anders' research is focussed on computer-aided composition. He developed the constraint-based composition system Strasheela. Anders has composed multichannel tape pieces and sound installations, performed in several European countries, in America, and the Far East. He received commissions from Design-Zentrum Thüringen e.V., Deutsches Gartenbaumuseum Erfurt, FÖRDERBAND Kulturbüro Berlin, as well as scholarships of the Komponistenverband Thüringen e.V., and the Queen's University Belfast.